Walter Mosley is a wonderfully descriptive writer. This is a hardboiled detective story, with Leonid McGill as the main protagonist. I liked the various characters and their unconventional lifestyles. The main story was a bit complex with much of the mystery unraveled at the end. My problem was, like others have noted, too many characters. I really had a hard time keeping them straight. There were also at least 2-3 sub-plots involving his kids, another detective assignment, people at the gym, etc. I think if I was more intelligent I could have followed it all better, or perhaps I should have started with the beginning of the series. I did not do the latter in this case, since it was a first reads book.

Mr. Mosley is a prolific writer; I may check out some of his other novels.