Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large

by Walter Mosley

Genres: African American Mystery & Detective; Private Investigators

Synopsis

A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection
 
Young journalism student Felix Orlean is in over his head. Against his better judgment, he is temporarily under the employ of the mad yet charismatic anarchist detective Archibald Lawless, a witness to murder, and under investigation for the theft of millions of dollars in red diamonds. Caught in an impossible predicament, Orlean plunges into an underworld populated by shady denizens. With Lawless, he unravels a big-money conspiracy involving cold-blooded assassination, hide-away real estate in Manhattan, a network of international criminals, a lethal siren named Lana Drexel, and the richest man in Canada.
 
A brilliant, absurdist novella and a biting work of political commentary, Walter Mosley’s “Archibald Lawless” is a masterpiece of contemporary American crime fiction.
 
An ebook short.

Release date: May 10, 2016

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Print pages: 64