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February Leftovers 2022

Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley

Sleeping With Strangers by Eric Jerome Dickey

The Trees by Percival Everett

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Democracy by Carol Anderson

March 3, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

These are my February leftovers, i.e. books that I read but didn’t give a full review either cuz I didn’t have time or didn’t have much to say. There are fewer than normal this month because Black Reconstruction by W.E.B. DuBois took up most of my time. Trouble Is What I Do **** Another good entry in the Leonid McGill series. It’s short and that streamlines the story more than its predecessors. I still read these as if Leonid is dead and NYC is his purgatory where […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Carol Anderson, Eric Jerome Dickey, espionage, Gideon, horror, Leonid McGill, mystery, New York City, One Person No Vote, Percival Everett, Racism, Satire, Sleeping with Strangers, the trees, Trouble is what i do, Voter Suppression, walter mosley

Jake's CBR14 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Carol Anderson, Eric Jerome Dickey, espionage, Gideon, horror, Leonid McGill, mystery, New York City, One Person No Vote, Percival Everett, Racism, Satire, Sleeping with Strangers, the trees, Trouble is what i do, Voter Suppression, walter mosley ·
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“Mr. McGill?” Mardi Bitterman said over the intercom that connects her desk at the front of our office complex to mine at the far end.

Trouble is what I Do by Walter Mosley

March 5, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is the second Leonid McGill novel I’ve read and I don’t really remember much about the first one. McGill is a contemporary detective, a former boxer, still in shape, dangerous with his hands and weapons, knows everyone, and works in various undergrounds in various capacities. What’s strange about this book is that it is considerably shorter than the other McGill books. In addition, what’s strange about contemporary detective novels is that the character generally has to contend with modern technology in some way. And […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Trouble is what i do, walter mosley

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:104 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Trouble is what i do, walter mosley ·
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