“One thing I had learned in fifty-three hard years of living is that there’s a different kind of death waiting for each and every one of us - each and every day of our lives. There’s drunk drivers behind the wheels of cars, subways, trains, planes, and boats; there’s banana peels, diseases and the cockeyed medicines that supposedly cure them; you got airborne viruses, indestructible microbes in the food you eat, jealous husbands and wives, and just plain bad luck.”
I'm actually recommending all the books in this series, which is about a hard boiled New York City detective named Leonid McGill. He's a black ex-boxer and former fixer for the mob. He has some family problems, including a cheating wife and a few illegitimate children. Hated by the cops and his landlords-always just one step ahead of death. Mosley is one of the greatest authors of all time. Check out his novel 'Fortunate Son', The Easy Rollins series, or the Socrates Fortlow series....if you're not a great reader check out his kids book '47' about an alien that comes to earth to free slaves.
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