a terrific new hero -- MARCEL BERLINS THE TIMES - 23.05.09 Mark Lawson introduced this as an interesting departure and Jeff Park went on to say it smells of New York and If you like hard boiled you'll love this book: very , very good of its kind. -- Seasonal crime roundup - Mark Lawson and Jeff Park FRONT ROW, BBC RADIO 4 - 17.06 A return to form, and a reminder that nobody is better at exotic minor characters or macho verbal sparring. -- JOHN DUGDALE SUNDAY TIMES - 07.06.09 McGill is an engaging creation, saddled with a faithless wife, an adoring mistress and a son who appears to be planning a murder of his own. Mosley ensures the reader hopes to meet {him} again soon. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 07.06.09 Like Easy Rawlins before him LT is a black man having to make his way in what is still essentially a white world, and Mosley's novel is very good at conveying a sense of how this might feel. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 12.06.09 Your 100 best holiday reads. Choose from a rich haul of novels and thrillers... Mosley returns to form with a new series hero - PI Leonid McGill - and his trademark verbal sparring, in this Chandleresque thriller set in New York -- Your Guide to Perfect Summer Reading THE SUNDAY TIMES - 28.06.09 as pacy and as well-written as Mosley fans will expect. TIME OUT - 16.07.09 Mosley's New York is realistic, and his laconic style brings out the action. Once again, he reinvigorates the PI yarn with erudition and wit. -- MARK SANDERSON THE SCOTSMAN - 27.06.09 - 3 star review when it comes to chronicling the African-American post-war experience, Walter Mosley does it better than anyone else... a masterful character study... social observations from a uniquely African-American perspective. THE HERALD 16.05.09 Like other Mosley novels, The Long Fall's dialogue rings true, and the landscape is full of quirky characters... Walter Mosley has a solid reputation for writing high quality crime fiction and The Long Fall is no exception... an exciting new series debut. MYSTERY SCENE - June 09 Bill Clinton's favourite writer brings us a modern day New York PI. THE LIST 30.04.09