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Down the river unto the sea

After serving time in Rikers Island solitary for assault, Joe King Oliver, who is an ex-NYPD investigator working as a private detective, receives a note from a woman who admits she was paid to frame him, compelling him to investigate.

Main Author: Mosley, Walter (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Private investigators > Fiction.
Ex-convicts > Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Suspense fiction > New York.
Mystery fiction > New York.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Summary: After serving time in Rikers Island solitary for assault, Joe King Oliver, who is an ex-NYPD investigator working as a private detective, receives a note from a woman who admits she was paid to frame him, compelling him to investigate.
Item Description: "A novel"--Jacket.
Physical Description: 322 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780316509640
0316509647
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.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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