All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid Mcgill Mysteries)
All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid Mcgill Mysteries). In the latest and most surprising novel in the bestselling Leonid McGill series, Leonid finds himself caught between his sins of the past and an all-too-vivid present.Seven years ago, Zella Grisham came home to find her man, Harry Tangelo, in bed with her friend. The weekend before, .8 million had been stolen from Rutgers Assurance Corp., whose offices are across the street from where Zella worked. Zella didn’t remember shooting Harry, but she didn’t deny it either. The district attorney was inclined to call it temporary insanity-until the police found ,000 from the Rutgers heist hidden in her storage space.For reasons of his own, Leonid McGill is convinced of Zella’s innocence. But as he begins his investigation, his life begins to unravel. His wife is drinking more than she should. His oldest son has dropped out of college and moved in with an exprostitute. His youngest son is working for him and trying to stay within the law. And his father, whom he thought was long dead, has
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Proving Innocence,
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All I Did Was Shoot My Man, is unlike most mystery stories. The story is mainly about family and acquaintances. The novel does present a mystery that has alluded investigators for eight years. They seek to learn who stole 58 million dollars from Rutgers Assurance Corp, and what happened to the money.
Only one person, Zella Grisham, was convicted of the robbery, because she had 50 thousand dollars in her storage unit. Zella does admit that she shot her man when she found him in bed with her best friend, but claims to be innocent of the robbery. Detectives have been unable to find the rest of the gang, and Leonid Mcgill believes that the one convicted is innocent.
Leonid takes on Zella as a client. He knows she is innocent but cannot reveal how he knows. Zella takes his help reluctantly, but does not really trust him. The police believe that Leonid may have been involved in the robbery, since before the robbery he had been heavily involved in crime himself.
How can a detective prove that his client is really innocent when she had 50 thousand of the stolen money? How can an investigator discover who really robbed Rutgers when those guilty have had eight years to cover their tracks? How does one conduct an investigation when the police and Rutgers think he is guilty?
Walter Mosley is an artist at character descriptions. There are many characters in this story and most of them are alive and realistic. The relationship of Leonid and his family is particularly clear. Leonid and his wife Katrina have a marriage of mutual tolerance, but somehow it survives more than twenty years.
I recommend this novel for those who enjoy good character studies. Leonid Mc Gill is a complex man with complicated relationships, I enjoyed meeting him.
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|He’s Got The Fever,
‘Fever … in the mornin’
Fever all through the night’
John Davenport
Leonid Mcgill has got a fever. A fever that runs through him physically and psychologically. He keeps popping aspirin to stave off the fever, but it only works for a short period of time and, of course, that is a metaphor for Leonid’s life. Leonid has many problems, some of them surround his family, friends, acquaintances and most of them, self created problems.
Leonid has a mess. One he created himself, but one that leads to all sorts of issues. He set up a young woman to take the fall for a large bundle of money that went missing. Now, he is in the process of trying to rectify this mess. Leonid is a private detective, of sorts. Short of stature, but large in the ways of the world. He is the kind of man you want in your corner in times of trouble. Leonid’s work finds him in the bowels of New York City, in the places you might expect to see the low men, the Mafia, the dredges of society. Somehow, Leonid shines. He is a family man, and what a family he has, talk about dysfunctional! Several children, only a few of whom he is sure he is the father, a wife who has affairs, is an alcoholic, an overly obsessive mother, but she loves her kids. Leonid loves them all, his kids, their girlfriends, and all the ones in-between. Leonid lives on the Upper West Side in an apartment that is so well protected that it would take an army to blow its doors down. This is his life, his place, his children, his family, his love. Leonid has several women that walk in and out of his life, but this place is where his heart lies.
So, Leonid has this woman he is trying to pay back for his misdeeds, and he has other business. He is introducing his son into his business, and Twilliam seems to be the kind of son you would expect coming from Leonid. Leonid’s business address is another wonder. A luxurious place that Leonid came into through his wondrous luck. Leonid has a lot going on for him. A new job involves looking for another man’s son. A billionaire with plenty to hide wants to know what his son is doing. This opens so many doors that Leonid does not really want to go through. Leonid is an intelligent man, with a cover that is a plus for him. Walter Mosley has written a character so rich that it encompasses all that is good and all that is evil. He has given us a character to relish. Leonid Mcgill is the kind of man we all want to know. This is the fourth in a series of Leonid Mcgill stories and one of his best.
Highly Recommended. prisrob 12-07-11
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|Dark Urban Adventure With Undercurrents,
Leonid McGill is one of those unique but unforgettable characters in fiction. He is a short, pugnacious men with an unusual childhood, a criminal past, trying to go straight, when he gets the case of Zella Grisham. Leonid is a sort of private eye, a fixer of complicated problems, an urban philosopher, now in big trouble with assorted killers, a big corporation, and surly cops.
I can’t tell you much about the plot, except that it’s complicated, involves a lot of players and a lot of money, surging currents of emotion, and a serious risk to life. Will Leonid work his way through it without getting killed? Will he get together with his true love? Will he find his father, missing for 40 years? You’ll have to read the book to find out. Just remember–don’t try to figure everything out. Read it like music, just enjoy it page by page.
Author Walter Mosley is a story-telling genius with a unique urban voice. He’s a spellbinder. Even if you can’t keep all the characters straight or remember where the money went, you’ll still keep reading. His dialogue is gripping and believable; his characters fascinating. You wouldn’t want to have lunch with most of them, but you care about them in the book, wonder if they’ll find what they’re looking for, and what makes them tick. Like all of Mosley’s books, I recommend this one highly. Read it as soon as you can. Reviewed by Louis N. Gruber.
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