King Oliver: Down the River unto the Sea (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from Hardboiled

I enjoyed following Joe Oliver down his road to redemption. While Oliver is a new character for Mosley it's not hard to see the overall similarities to Easy Rawlins and Leonid McGill. The pace is fast, the characters numerous and the life lessons abound. Of the many secondary characters I found t...

from polywogg

BOTTOM-LINE: Great character, great story, a few weak spots . PLOT OR PREMISE: A detective was framed for rape, temporarily jailed, kicked off the police force and is working as a private investigator looking at a potential case of corrupt cops who tried to commit murder. . WHAT I LIKED: Mosley a...

from debann6354

This was my first Walter Mosley book. Enjoyed much e.g. Joe Oliver's and Mel's characters, the writing is wonderful, many great one liners. However for me way too many characters, halfway stopped worrying about figuring out who was who. The author seemed compelled on telling both Oliver's story a...

from Dokfintong

It's been quite a long time since I read a Walter Moseley book and I had not realized how far he has come as a writer. Joe Oliver is a tormented ex-cop who was the victim of conspiracy and betrayal. Yet he has had some good luck in his life within his family and the community and even with some o...

from sleahey

Fans oif Mosley's Easy Rawlins books will not be disappointed by his new hero, Joe Oliver, private detective. Oliver is a former cop who was set up to be disgraced, fired, and sent to prison, where he suffered physically and emotionally. Ten years later he has built a private detective career, an...