Leonid must deliver a letter to a certain bride-to-be from an upscale address in New York. The so-called favor is not as simple as Catfish purposes. He's come all the way from Mississippi to ask for a favor from Leonid. But this time, she escorts ninety-four year old Catfish Worry down the hall to see Leonid. Through a signal system, Mardi declines visitors to the office. Leonid's office is run alongside his son, Twill, and his hovering, take-no-prisoners receptionist, Mardi. He knows the individuals who walk on the dark and shady side of the streets because he's been there himself. Will be embracing those very soon.Īs I gather, Leonid walks face first into highly complicated cases with characters surrounding situations bathed in complexity.
He's caused me to look over my shoulder at the previous five novels from his creator, Walter Mosley. Leonid and I had not met before I picked up Trouble Is What I Do. "To paraphrase the great Sugar Ray Robinson," I said, "trouble is what I do."Īnd Walter Mosley knows how to make it rain trouble through his very multi-faceted character of Leonid McGill, private investigator hanging his hat in New York City. Joined by a team of young and tough aspiring investigators, Leonid must gain the trust of wary socialites, outsmart vengeful thugs, and, above all, serve the truth - no matter the cost.
Working to protect his client and his own family, Leonid must reach the heiress on the eve of her wedding before her powerful father kills those who hold their family's secret. Unsurprisingly, the opportunity to do a simple favor while shocking the prevailing elite is too much for Leonid to resist.īut when a famed and feared assassin puts a hit on Catfish, Leonid has no choice but to confront the ghost of his own felonious past. Phillip "Catfish" Worry is a 92-year-old Mississippi bluesman who needs Leonid's help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father. His seemingly infallible instinct and inside knowledge of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip Worry comes knocking.
Leonid McGill's spent a lifetime building up his reputation in the New York investigative scene. Leonid McGill is back - and investigating crimes against society's most downtrodden - in this installment of the beloved detective series from an Edgar Award-winning and bestselling crime novelist.
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