When the Thrill Is Gone

De: Walter Mosley

Narrado por: Mirron Willis

Leonid McGill is back, in the third-and most enthralling and ambitious-installment in Walter Mosley's latest New York Times- bestselling series.

The economy has hit the private-investigator business hard, even for the detective designated as "a more than worthy successor to Philip Marlowe" (The Boston Globe) and "the perfect heir to Easy Rawlins" (Toronto Globe and Mail). Lately, Leonid McGill is getting job offers only from the criminals he's worked so hard to leave behind. Meanwhile, his life grows ever more complicated: his favorite stepson, Twill, drops out of school for mysteriously lucrative pursuits; his best friend, Gordo, is diagnosed with cancer and is living on Leonid's couch; his wife takes a new lover, infuriating the old one and endangering the McGill family; and Leonid's girlfriend, Aura, is back but intent on some serious conversations...

So how can he say no to the beautiful young woman who walks into his office with a stack of cash? She's an artist, she tells him, who's escaped from poverty via marriage to a rich collector who keeps her on a stipend. But she says she fears for her life, and needs Leonid's help. Though Leonid knows better than to believe every word, this isn't a job he can afford to turn away, even as he senses that-if his family's misadventures don't kill him first-sorting out the woman's crooked tale will bring him straight to death's door.

Enjoyed but too many names

I love both Eazy and Lenoid stories but this story had too many characters to keep track of. If you go a day or so without listening, more than likely you have to go back to understand. This book was the most confusing.

Really good listen

Enjoyed this one, this story was good. I thoroughly enjoyed the descriptions of the characters, his writings make you believe you know these people. I did truly enjoy the actor reading and listening to his take on each characters voice. Will listen again.

so nice i listened to it twice

i love this book and the series. Leonid is as interesting and as layered as Eazy

Read these in order

Getting to know Leonid McGill has been a thrill for me. It's important to read all the books in order. His family and acquaintances are recurring characters and some of the plot points run throughout the series.

I liked this one less than the first 2. I love his prose and Leonid's life-lessons and quotes from his father but this book went a little overboard with the tangential musings. Also, Leonid is described as a short, stocky, balding middle-aged man who doesn't look like much unless you see him in the gym, but practically EVERY woman he meets wants to sleep with him within an hour. He doesn't pass any of them by, either. :)

The plot, as always, was great....just complicated enough without making it hard to follow while multi-tasking.

I dig it

This was a nicely paced book. The reader has a humorous way of expressing character emotions. I keep on listening