Known to Evil is the second story in the Leonid McGill detective series and the second title of work that I've read by Walter Mosley. I must admit I was not extremely impressed by the first in the series as I stated in a previous review, perhaps my expectations were too high. Yet I read the second anyway and I must say that Leonid has grown on me. Walter Mosley does an excellent job of drawing a picture of this middle-aged detective seeking redemption from people he has wrong

Trouble is What I Do is another addition to the Leonid McGill series I was excited to read another chapter of this bad guy turned good P.I. of another era in NYC. One of my favorite aspects of Mr. Mosley's writing style is his penchant for world-building & character building as well he always paints vivid pictures of his characters that flesh out the story. In this latest adventure of McGill we find our anti-hero taking on a case of an old bluesman, he has to deliver a letter

Although not one of my favorite reads by EDJ & I say this as a fan it is still a 5* read. The title Before we Were Wicked is a prelude to the title Bad Men and Wicked Women. I read the latter titled book so I was anxious to read this book and see where Ken Swift got his start in the enforcer business. The prelude had the same cast as the previous: Ken Swift, Jake Ellis, and Jimi Lee. I have to admit the first half of the book threw me off it was very heavy on love scenes. I g