Walking After Midnight

by Richard M. Nusser

Philip Marlowe meets Bright Lights, Big City in this ambitious first novel that roams from Park Avenue to Manhattan's seedy, savage after-hours scene. In it, a burned out journalist tracks the most difficult story of his the murder of the woman he loved.

353 pages, Hardcover

First published May 13, 1989

Reviews

[Heather Ames · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was another book that had haunted my shelves for a long time. So well written that the convoluted plot didn't keep me from finishing. Really a 3.5 because it had far too many characters. I had trouble keeping all the names straight, and although I like plot twists, it seemed like more kept being added unnecessarily. Did we really need to have so many agencies involved along with the gangsters, thugs, transvestites and drag queens? Some really interesting and unexpected moments moved everything along despite the flaws. Unfortunately, it appears the author passed away before the second book in the series was published. I found it online in its entirety, but chose to leave the characters where they were at the end if this book.