Known to Evil
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- ISBN13: 9781594487521
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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 additional direction. He has split up with his girlfriend, Aura, because his new self won’t let him place his wife-but then Aura’s new boyfriend starts angling to get Leonid kicked out of his prime, top-of-theskyscraper office space. Meanwhile, one of his sons seems to have establish right like-but the girl has a shady past that’s all of sudden threatening the whole McGill family tree-and his additional 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 small 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 reasonably square with the new company policy- but turning down Rinaldo is nearly impossible to even contemplate.
Known to Evil delivers on all the promise of the characters and tale lines introduced in The Long Fall, and then some. It careens quick and deep into stark, glittery contemporary Manhattan, building 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.
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. . . that’s what I am doing. I slow down my reading, to savor Mr. Mosley’s clever descriptions, observations and humor. I laugh at loud at times.
It’s a Masterpiece, people.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
“For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me. They are silly children,
And they have no understanding.
They are wise to do evil,
But to do excellent they have no knowledge.”
–Jeremiah 4:22 (NKJV)
Known to Evil is the second mystery in the Leonid McGill series, featuring the ex- “anything goes” fixer and Private Investigator for “anyone who will pay.” In The Long Fall, Walter Mosley lovingly developed a most unusual anti-hero, a deeply fallen man who is trying to redeem himself, but is constantly pulled back into the muck of his past.
With the character now well customary, Known to Evil has a better pacing and doesn’t try so hard to update Raymond Chandler. As a result, I thought Known to Evil worked reasonably well . . . floating forwards like the swelling rhythms and alternating solos of excellent jazz.
As the book opens, Leonid is still at odds with his wife and cannot resist the call to serve the city’s most powerful political fixer, Alphonse Rinaldo. Leonid does choose to place some limits on the assignment, hoping to avoid a bloody body count that would place his hands covered in gore. No sooner does he start the assignment, to check on a young woman, Tara Lear, than everything goes terribly incorrect. There are two corpses where Lear is supposed to be. Life quickly becomes even more intricate.
On the home front, Katrina, Leonid’s wife, has a sudden need to chat about their marriage. In addition, his two “sons” disappear, putting one of them at risk for incarceration. A young woman he saved from a horrible life returns and needs a job. Will he hire her?
At the office, his lover has sent Leonid packing, and he’s torn apart by seeing Aura Ullman with her new man.
Like a one-armed paper hanger, Leonid finds himself balancing all these problems (and a few more that renovate along the way) while trying to save everyone he can . . . including himself. It’s reasonably a challenge, and one that you’ll delight in following, I’m sure.
The writing is wonderful, especially for setting the scene and capturing emotion. Here’s a gem from the book’s opening: “Standing up in my chair and moving into the hallway, I felt as if I were displaced, another man, or maybe the same man in a similar but vastly different world: the effective-poor lottery winner who suddenly one day realizes that riches have turned his blood into vinegar.”
Don’t miss this book!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
As usual I find the writing of Walter Mosley wonderful. I like the tale line and the nonstop development of the characters. Excellent reading!
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
This is an fantastic novel. Leonid McGill despite his flaws continues to fight the excellent fight. In this novel he is hired by the fixer Rinaldo to find a missing girl but the catch is he’s not know what, or why. Despite his misgivings continue on. Also he must save his sons who seem to be on the incorrect side of law. As permanently his novels as action-packed and it keeps you guessing until the end. If you miss his first Leonid McGill The Long Fall this new novel Known to Evil is a must get.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
Let me say right up front how much I loved reading this book. I do miss Simple Rawlins and the Los Angeles of my youth, but I am slowly warming up to Leonid McGill. Walter Mosley is a master craftsman when it comes to the English language. I like what he does with it; his frequent references to additional literary works (how he managed to get Beowulf into this tale is still beyond me); and the dialogue he regularly uses is enough to stop your breath at times. There are at least three significant plots natural fiber into the fabric of this novel, and Mosley maneuvers us through them with incredible skill. In the end, everything makes sense, even if some things remain unresolved. What is Leonid going to about his wife and her young lover? Or, for that matter, Leonid’s unbridled like for his mistress? The only problem I have with “Known to Evil” (and it’s not really a problem per se) is the nearly overwhelming number of characters that people this tale. You nearly need a roadmap to keep up with so many minor characters: some of whom are only mentioned in passing. And then there’s the unusual combination of first and surnames. It’s as if Mosley is just too clever with the names of some his characters. When you read “Known to Evil,” you’ll know what I mean.
“Known to Evil” is an incredible work of fiction. The more you read it, the more it pulls you in. No matter how clean a character appears to be, s/he is still touched by evil. And I reflect that Mosley is building an observation about all of us. If you delight in noir and you like it set in New York City, you have to read this book.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5