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Leonid McGill mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Leonid McGill, a New York City private detective living a luxurious life after years of shady work as a fixer for the Mob, is trying to put his past life behind him as he contends with a mobster who wants a potentially deadly favor and his own teenage son who is planning a murder.
Author
Series
King Oliver novels volume 1
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Leonid McGill mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Leonid finds himself in an unusual pickle of trying to balance his cases with his chaotic personal life. Meanwhile, Leonid is approached by an unemployed office manager named Hiram Stent to track down the whereabouts of his cousin Celia, who is about to inherit millions of dollars from her father's side of the family. It's up to Leonid to save who he can and incriminate the guilty, all while helping his son finish his own investigation, locating his...
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Life for Easy Rawlins is surprisingly... easy. He's living off the proceeds of his last case, trying to keep out of trouble. Of course it's not going to last. Because Easy's old friend Mouse knocks on his door. Mouse is one of the deadliest men in America. And Mouse wants a small favour. He wants Easy to help a man he says is wrongly imprisoned, a friend of Charcoal Joe. Charcoal Joe is a mythical figure in the LA underworld - he pulls all the strings...
7) Blood grove
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After being approached by a shell-shocked Vietnam War veteran who claims to have gotten into a fight protecting a white woman from a black man, Easy embarks on an investigation that takes him from mountaintops to the desert, through South Central and into sex clubs and the homes of the fabulously wealthy, facing hippies, the mob, and old friends perhaps more dangerous than anyone else.
Author
Series
Leonid McGill mysteries volume 6
Language
English
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Description
"Leonid McGill's spent a lifetime building up his reputation in the New York investigative scene. His seemingly infallible instinct and inside knowledge of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip Worry comes knocking. 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. Unsurprisingly, the...
Author
Series
King Oliver novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When friend of the family and multi-billionaire Roger Ferris comes to Joe with an assignment, he's got no choice but to accept, even if the case is a tough one to stomach. White nationalist Alfred Xavier Quiller has been accused of murder and the sale of sensitive information to the Russians. Ferris has reason to believe Quiller's been set up and he needs King to see if the charges hold. Even with the help of bodyguard and mercenary Oliya Ruez, the...
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