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    Known to Evil

    Written by Walter Mosley

    Narrated by Mirron Willis

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    About this audiobook

    The Walter Mosley and his new hero, Leonid McGill, are back in the new New York Times-bestselling mystery series that's already being hailed as a classic of contemporary noir.

    Leonid McGill-the protagonist introduced in The Long Fall, the book that returned Walter Mosley to bestseller lists nationwide-is still fighting to stick to his reformed ways while the world around him pulls him in every other direction. He has split up with his girlfriend, Aura, because his new self won't let him leave his wife-but then Aura's new boyfriend starts angling to get Leonid kicked out of his prime, top-of-the-­skyscraper office space. Meanwhile, one of his sons seems to have found true love-but the girl has a shady past that's all of a sudden threatening the whole McGill family-and his other son, the charming rogue Twilliam, is doing nothing but enabling the crisis.

    Most ominously of all, Alfonse Rinaldo, the mysterious power-behind-the-throne at City Hall, the fixer who seems to control every little thing that happens in New York City, has a problem that even he can't fix-and he's come to Leonid for help. It seems a young woman has disappeared, leaving murder in her wake, and it means everything to Rinaldo to track her down. But he won't tell McGill his motives, which doesn't quite square with the new company policy-but turning down Rinaldo is almost impossible to even contemplate.

    Known to Evil delivers on all the promise of the characters and story lines introduced in The Long Fall, and then some. It careens fast and deep into gritty, glittery contemporary Manhattan, making the city pulse in a whole new way, and it firmly establishes Leonid McGill as one of the mystery world's most iconic, charismatic leading men.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 23, 2010
    ISBN9781101154762
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    Known to Evil
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    Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley is the author of over twenty critically acclaimed books and his work has been translated into twenty-one languages. His popular mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins began with Devil in a Blue Dress in 1990, which was later made into a film starring Denzel Washington. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he now lives in New York.

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    • 4/5
      This is the second in Mosley's Leonid McGill series. McGill is a middle-aged black man with an unusual marriage, three children (only one of whom is biologically his) and a history of working deep in the criminal underground. He has recently made the decision to go straight...or as straight as possible...and he works now as a PI in New York City. He still finds it useful, naturally, to call on former associates for assistance from time to time. When his oldest son disappears, and a man with a powerful but unofficial city job seeks his help in making sure a young woman has come to no harm, Leonid crosses paths with several different sorts of evil. Luckily he is fitter than he looks to be, and has virtually no fear. Fast paced and fairly intense, but no graphic violence.Reviewed in June 2016
    • 4/5
      I also really liked the second volume of the Leonid McGill series.This time Leonid has to protect a young woman on the one hand, help his sons uncover a girl trade and help a former victim out of trouble. He also reveals other corrupt government employees and finds that his wife has a much younger lover.Fortunately, he can always fall back on old friends, but cannot avoid getting involved in various physical battles and has to find out that he is no longer the youngest.
    • 3/5
      I don't read much genre fiction (an occasional noir or sci fi). However, my son is a huge Walter Mosley fan, so I picked up Known to Evil for him from the remainder table at the local bookstore. I had to read it, of course, before passing it along to him, since no book crosses the threshold without being read (at least its first 100 pages). I'm not much of a plot fancier. That's not what I obsess about. What I do appreciate in PI noir fiction are the oh-so-flawed, worldly wise and worldly worn detective's meditations on urban life, politics, human relations & in some cases, food, music & art (not much of the latter three here). I got lost a bit in the plot machinations of Known to Evil (couldn't keep all those corrupt & not so corrupt cops, etc. straight)& the ending (or temporary pause in the ongoing saga of Leonid McGill)is disappointing (i.e. nothing much happens). I found Leonid's 23 year marriage to Katrina, during which both have been serially unfaithful, entirely unconvincing. The kids are for the most part grown up. Leonid is in love with Aura & Katrina, although indicating some desire for a real marriage, seems unable to keep from straying at every opportunity. Why don't they just call it quits? I don't get it. An aspect of Mosley's style (or politics)is the attention he pays to the nuances of every character's skin tone. Every shade of black, brown, & white can be found in his catalog. And, even at this late date (2011), it's refreshing to find a writer who identifies all the white characters as white. One can't assume In Mosley's world that if a character isn't identified as black, brown, Asian, Latino, etc. that he or she is some kind of generic white person. Everyone gets the same descriptive treatment. I came away from this read fantasying about writing a poem or prose piece that would include Noir musings but forgo any explicit plot. I would just insert the words "plot continues" whenever necessary to further the train of thought. Perhaps this is what genre writers do in the dead of night, while staking out a case. It's the glue, after all, that solders the story.
    • 4/5
      While very well written, Mosley made one mistake that I REALLY HATE in a book. He has his character discuss how his life is not like a character in a novel...gimme a break, this just irritates me to no end. Sorry, I guess it may be a personal thing. Otherwise, the plot and characters were pretty good, but this second novel in no way measured up to the first Leonid McGill book and a few subplot points were easily solved in what appeared to be time to end the book. Will I read another....maybe, but as I stated when I reviewed the first book in the series, this is definitely Robert B. Parker Spenser lite.
    • 4/5
      Mosley has written another engaging mystery, that is also a kind of Socratic dialogue on injustice, morals and responsibility to oneself and others, with a little class war thrown in.
    • 3/5
      I have never been too into Mosley's series books. They seem like they are geared more towards men. That said, Leonid McGill just wasn't believable to me. The story was okay, but not great. Seems like Mosley spent more time making sure to include a variety of ethnicities and having them intermingle rather than focus on the characters' personalities. Not in a rush to get another Leonid McGill book.
    • 4/5
      Mosley's new detective, Lenoid McGill, traverses the shadow worlds where the law and the lawless intersect in today's New York City. Like all of Mosley's richly drawn characters in all of his books, McGill and those who appear in this book are a mixed lot, many capable of wreaking nastiness on those who cross them, but most not without the capability to exercise their humanity. Particularly compelling is "Hush" a retired hit man who is not exactly McGill's's friend but is certainly more loyal and dependable than any definition of friendship.I've read and loved most of Mosley's books, and this new series seems very promising. If he retires McGill someday, then maybe he'll begin a series with Hush.
    • 5/5
      I'm a huge fan of Walter Mosley. Although he is listed as a "crime writer" or "African American" writer. He really is an American writer to his core. His Leonid McGill character is, like his others, such an interesting person. I want to meet him and am sorry he's only fictional. I LOVED this book. I had a hard time putting it DOWN!
    • 4/5
      Leonid McGill is 50-something, short, pudgy and bald. He's also a private detective, who had done nasty work and now is trying to be on the straight and narrow...sort of. He's got a bunch of friends he can call on for various services, as required, and they all show up in Known to Evil, the second in McGill series.Alphonse Rinaldo, a secrete power in the New York City government, calls upon McGill to find the whereabouts of Tara Lear. Going to her last known address, he finds himself in the midst of a murder investigation of one, Wanda Soa. Since McGill is not a favorite of New York's finest, he finds himself a suspect.In the midst of this, his sons Dimitri and Twilliam are trying to help a Russian girl who was forced into prostitution--Dimitri has a crush on her. Lastly, a women Leonid loves (he's in a loveless, cheating marriage) has found a new boyfriend.I like several things about this series. I like the fact it takes place in New York. I like the characters. Leonid's father was a Communist and he's transferred his dislike of the establishment to Leonid. Leonid philosophizes throughout the book. He's a really likeable character. Actually, all the characters are likeable. There's enough action and enough blood, but not too much. Mosley's books are fast reads, but they also make you think about life. A good combination--mystery and philosophy.
    • 5/5
      I just finished listening to this book on audiobook. I really liked it. I got caught up in both plots (WM never has just one plot in any of his books, does he?) I didn't think anyone could take Easy Rawlins' place, but maybe Leonid can. I haven't read the first one in this series, and am looking forward to it.Mosely's books are often brutal and violent, but for some reason they have the ring of truth to them. Life is tough, and Mosely's protagonists often have to battle the forces of evil. I guess that's why when I finish one of his books, I feel a little better, like the good guys really can win once in a while . . .
    • 4/5
      Leonid is still struggling with his family; estranged yet living with his wife; children who are dong their own thing while he takes on a case from a prominent NYC man and Leonid cannot refuse him. He agrees reluctantly but with the caviat that he will only turn the girl over if he is sure that nothing bad will happen. He immediately walks into an apartment where there is a murdered girl; meanwhile his eldest son has hooked up with a Russian girl who is also in trouble.