Down the River Unto the Sea

Posted on 15 December 2018 by Walter Mosley

From trailblazing novelist Walter Mosley a former NYPD cop once imprisoned for a crime he did not commit must solve two cases that of a man wrongly condemned to die, and his own Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD s finest investigators, until, dispatched to arrest a well heeled car thief, he is framed for assault by his enemies within the NYPD, a charge which lands him in solitary at Rikers Island.A decade later, King is a private detective, running his agency with the help of his teenage daughter, Aja Denise Broken by the brutality he suffered and committed in equal measure while behind bars, his work and his daughter are the only light in his solitary life When he receives a card in the mail from the woman who admits she was paid to frame him those years ago, King realizes that he has no choice but to take his own case figuring out who on the force wanted him disposed of and why.Running in parallel with King s own quest for justice is the case of a Black radical journalist accused of killing two on duty police officers who had been abusing their badges to traffic in drugs and women within the city s poorest neighborhoods.Joined by Melquarth Frost, a brilliant sociopath, our hero must beat dirty cops and dirtier bankers, craven lawyers, and above all keep his daughter far from the underworld in which he works All the while, two lives hang in the balance King s client s, and King s own. Download Down the River Unto the Sea By Walter Mosley – kino-fada.fr I am always going to read the latest Walter Mosley book as I have read every single thing he has written His books have a special place in my heart and even though there is much that feels familiar in this one, I still loved it It might not quite be there with the Easy Rawlins series, but Mosley still has me with his ability to create a large cast of memorable characters, even when they only have minor ro...If you want to understand Joe Oliver, Mosely s front man in his latest offering, then look no further than his tastes in books and music He took to reading when he was locked up on Rikers Island, having been framed for a crime he didn t commit Throughout this tale he s ever reaching for a book and most often it s Remarque s 1929 tome All Quiet on the Western Front a story of the extreme mental stress imposed on German soldiers during WWI and how they often found themselves detached from civi If you want to understand Joe Oliver, Mosely s front man in his latest offering, then look no further than his tastes in books and music He took to reading when he was locked up on Rikers Island, having been framed fo...5 rounded up First of all, thank you to Little, Brown and Company for sending me a review copy of this book All opinions are my own I had a REALLY hard time rating Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley I knew I was going to give it a 3.5, but figuring out whether to round up or down was incredibly hard for some reason.I think this book could easily be read in a couple of days by most people, if not 1 It was very quick to read, and I thought it was pretty fast paced as well Th 5 rounded up First of all, thank you to Little, Brown and Company for sending me a review copy of this book All opinions are my own I had a REALLY hard time rating Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley I knew I was going to give it a 3.5, but figuring out whether to round up or down was incredibly hard for some reason.I think ...This is an interesting but ultimately disturbing noir from the Easy Rawlins author It s quite a complex story and I m still not sure I ve understood the ending There are two strands of story one where King is trying to find out enough information to get a an off death row and the other strand is an investigation into the frame job that happened to himself There s a whole cast of characters to help him on these journeys.One of my problems is I just didn t like most of them I m not entirely s This is an interesting but ultimately disturbing noir from the Easy Rawlins author It s quite a complex story and I m still not sure I ve understood the ending There are two strands of story one where King is trying to find out enough information to get a an off death row and the other strand is an investigation into the frame job that happened to himself There s a whole cast of characters to help him on these journeys.One of my problems is I just didn t like most o...Since this is not my first roll in the hay with Mr Walter Mosley s writing I expected exactly what I got What I got was a gritty, police procedural of an ex detective, Joe King Oliver, making his way in life as a Private Investigator on the mean streets of Brooklyn Let s refer to him as King from now on.King narrates as he investigates two cases that may or may not be connected, yet are still extremely personal His investigation into the frame up that essentially took the life he had as a co Since ...Walter Mosley has long been one of my favorite authors, especially in regards to his mystery novels The first several Easy Rawlins novels, as well as the Socrates Fortlow and the Fearless Jones series , are among my most beloved books Unfortunately, hisrecent works, while solid, haven t lived up to this legacy.That is as true here as it is with the Leonid MacGill series While there are several interesting support characters and a nice father daughter dynamic, the main character just did Walter Mosley has long been one of my favorite authors, especially in regards to his mystery novels The first several Easy Rawlins novels, as well as the Socrates Fortlow and the Fearless Jones series , are among my most beloved books Unfortunately, hisrecent works, while solid, haven t lived up to this legacy.That is as true here as it is with the Leonid MacGill series While there are several interesting support characters and a nice father daughter dynamic, the main character just didn t connect with me It didn t help that his voice was indistinguishable from Leonid s This despite an intriguing, and tragic, backstory.The same holds true for the story itself There are two main plots, thematically linked rather than literally Both are topical, as well as politically charged, yet neither had any sense of urgency.S...Although he ranks alongside James Lee Burke and James Ellroy in Raven s trinity of favourite contemporary American crime authors, it is highly unusual for me to post a review of his work, as he is always read in a vacuum of serenity outside of critical reading, and imminent reviewing my hygge zone if you will So I ll keep this review of Down To The River Unto The Sea as brief, and as objective as I can, but frankly Mr Mosley probably writesinteresting post its than a substantial of self Although he ranks alongside James Lee Burke and James Ellroy in Raven s trinity of favourite contemporary American crime authors, it is highly unusual for me to post a review of his work, as he is always read in a vacuum of serenity outside of critical reading, and imminent reviewing my hygge zone if you will So I ll keep this review of Down To The River Unto The Sea as brief, and as objective as I can, but frankly Mr Mosley probably writesinteresting post its than a substantial of self published tosh, we as readers, are assailed with Every word, image, theme and plot contrivance are perfectly done, and as the first book in a new series, I can...We are defined by our weaknesses.For Joe King Oliver the weakness has always been his sexual drive It compelled him to disregard duties and promises, vows and common sense and ended his career as an NYPD investigator.Disgraced and haunted by losses, his beloved job and his wife, he scrapes by as a private detective The few joys left in his life are Aja Denise, the teenage daughter who assists in his office, and Sergeant Gladstone Palmer, the one friend from the force who s stood by him si We are defined by our weaknesses.For Joe King Oliver the weakness has always been his sexual drive It compelled him to disregard duties and promises, vows and common sense and ended his career as an NYPD investigator.Disgraced and haunted by losses, his beloved job and his wife, he scrapes by as a private detective The few joys left in his life are Aja Denise, the teenage daughter who assists in his office, and Sergeant Gladstone Palmer, the one friend from the force who s stood by him since his fall from grace.It s Palmer who informs him the incident which got him in trouble was a frame...First person narrative of a man not in blue noand then orange and then as a pi from Queens in a one man service, King Detective Service.There are simple truths and there arecomplex truths and there is freemen in sense of no longer in prison and following his days to exonerate himself and another in a case brought to his attention.The author successfully engages the reader and walking in this protagonists shoes at odds with conflicts and t...Though this isn t the best of Mosley s books is still darn enjoyable His writing style isreminiscent of Chandler in Down the River unto the Sea and though the characters lead live distant from most of us common mortals they re relatable with an emphasis on the gray area between right and wrong As a new character The former New York cop turned PI aka survivor Joe Oliver leads a lonely life in the shadows He s still recovering and trying to make sense of who set him up to take a fall land Though this isn t the best of Mosley s books is still darn enjoyable His writing style isreminiscent of Chandler in Down the River unto the Sea and though the character...

15 December 2018

Walter Mosley