When the Thrill Is Gone: A Leonid McGill Mystery [Paperback] Mosley, Walter

AfricanAmerican noir is at its finest in this gripping crime novel from Walter Mosleys New York Times bestselling series, in which a strange young woman hires Detective Leonid McGill to protect her from her allegedly murderous husbandThe 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 Lately, Leonid McGill is getting job offers only from the criminals hes worked so hard to leave behind Meanwhile, his personal life is growing more complicated, with his stepson mysteriously dropping out of school, a friend getting diagnosed with cancer, and his unfaithful wife taking another new loverSo how can he say no to the beautiful young woman who walks into his office with a stack of cash? Shes an artist who has 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 Leonids help Though Leonid knows better than to believe every word, this isnt a job he can afford to turn away, even as he senses that sorting out the womans crooked tale might bring him straight to deaths door ISBN10: 0451235657 ISBN13: 9780451235657Material Type: paperback