Down the River Unto the Sea

Down the River Unto the Sea

2018

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Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel of the Year: bestselling author Walter Mosley "is back with a whole new character to love...As gorgeous a novel as anything he's ever written" (Washington Post).

Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators until he was framed for sexual assault by unknown enemies within the force. A decade has passed since his release from Rikers, and he now runs a private detective agency with the help of his teenage daughter. Physically and emotionally broken by the brutality he suffered while behind bars, King leads a solitary life, his work and his daughter the only lights. When he receives a letter from his accuser confessing that she was paid to frame him years ago, King decides to find out who wanted him gone and why.

On a quest for the justice he was denied, King agrees to help a radical black journalist accused of killing two on-duty police officers. Their cases intertwine across the years and expose a pattern of corruption and brutality wielded against the black men, women, and children whose lives the law destroyed. All the while, two lives hang in the balance: King's client's and his own.

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Originally posted at irresponsiblereader.com.

I try to read 2 award winning books and 2 classics each month, this book won the Edgar award 2018
for best novel. I thought it was very good! I won't tell too much (Bad Cops, Set Up) etc but if you like mysteries this should be on your list! Tks David

The characters are unique and complex, but, for me, there are too many characters making it hard to keep track of who is aligned with who.


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