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When the thrill is gone

A beautiful young woman walks into PI Leonid McGill's office with a stack of cash. She's an artist, she tells Leonid, who's escaped poverty via marriage to a rich collector. A rich collector with two ex-wives whose deaths are shrouded in mystery. She says she fears for her life, and needs Leonid's h...

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Main Author: Mosley, Walter
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2011.
Series:Mosley, Walter. Leonid McGill mysteries ; 3.
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McGill, Leonid (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > New York.
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Summary:A beautiful young woman walks into PI Leonid McGill's office with a stack of cash. She's an artist, she tells Leonid, who's escaped poverty via marriage to a rich collector. A rich collector with two ex-wives whose deaths are shrouded in mystery. She says she fears for her life, and needs Leonid's help. Will sorting out the woman's crooked tale bring Leonid straight to death's door?
Physical Description:359 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781594487811 (hbk.)
1594487812 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Walter Mosley was born in Los Angeles, California on January 12, 1952. He graduated from Johnson State College in Vermont. His first book, Devil in a Blue Dress, was published in 1990, won a John Creasy Award for best first novel, and was made into a motion picture starring Denzel Washington in 1995. He is the author of the Easy Rawlins Mystery series, the Leonid McGill Mystery series, and the Fearless Jones series. His other works include Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, 47, Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, and Twelve Steps toward Political Revelation. He has received numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award, and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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