The Boston Globe on Walter Mosley's The Long Fall

Mosley's New P.I. Has His Hands Full

"Mosley has created not only the newest of the great fictional detectives, but also an incisive and insightful commentator on the American scene. And this more-than-worthy successor to Philip Marlowe is our guide through one of the finest mysteries I've read in some time. The Long Fall is tightly plotted with unforeseeable twists, to say nothing of fully realized characters and exceptional dialogue. It's also unfailingly real: The fidelity to detail and plausible elaborations made me feel as if I were watching real-life events." More...