
Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right
A King Oliver Novel
Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · January 28, 2025
In the latest from “mystery master” Walter Mosley, a family member’s terminal illness leads P.I. Joe King Oliver to the investigation of his life: tracking down his long-lost father, and meanwhile, a new case pits King’s professional responsibility against his own moral code.
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- Who it’s for
- Family loyalties and a private eye’s moral bind give this mystery intimate stakes.
- Genres
- Private Eye Fiction, Black Mystery, Hard-Boiled Mystery
- Published
- Little, Brown and Company, January 28, 2025
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In the latest from “mystery master” Walter Mosley, a family member’s terminal illness leads P.I. Joe King Oliver to the investigation of his life: tracking down his long-lost father, and meanwhile, a new case pits King’s professional responsibility against his own moral code. (TheWashington Post) Joe King Oliver’s beloved Grandma B has found a tumor, and at her age, treatment is high-risk.
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She’s lived life fully and without regrets, and now has only a single, dying wish: to see her long-lost son. King has been estranged from his father, Chief Odin Oliver, since he was a young boy. He swore to never speak to the man again when he was taken away in handcuffs. But now, Grandma B’s pure ask has opened King’s heart, and through his hunt, he gains a deeper understanding of his father as a complicated, righteous man—a man defined by women, a man protected by women, a man he wants to know. Although Chief was released from prison years ago, he’s been living underground ever since. Now, King must not only find his father, but prove his innocence, and protect the future of his entire family. Simultaneously, King finds himself in a moral bind. Marigold Hart, the wife of a powerful Californian billionaire, has gone missing, along with their seven-year-old daughter. Orr is brutish and dangerous, and King realizes after locating her that it’s in her best interest to stay hidden. But are his motives pure? There is something magnetic about Marigold; he can’t help but want her near. In the latest installment in the Joe King Oliver series, no good deed goes unpunished. Emotionally stirring, pulse-pounding, and undeniably sexy, Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right shows Walter Mosley at his best.
Duty, Desire, Family
Family loyalties and a private eye’s moral bind give this mystery intimate stakes.
Come here for
- A family search with justice at stake
- A private eye’s case with a moral knot
Expect
- Professional duty pulled against personal desire
- A tense blend of family mystery and hard-boiled investigation
Where it sits
| Private Eye Fiction | 58% |
|---|---|
| Hard-Boiled Mystery | 47% |
| Black Mystery | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Private Eye Fiction
- Black Mystery
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Dion Graham, Walter Mosley, Mulholland Books
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- January 28, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Private Eye Fiction