The Way We Die Now

Written by Charles Willeford

Narrated by Stephen Bowlby

When Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley receives an
unexplained order to let his beard grow, he doesn’t think much about it. He has
too much going on at home, especially with a man he helped convict ten years
before moving in across the street. Hoke immediately assumes the worst, and
considering he has his former partner, her newborn, and
his two teenage daughters living with him, he doesn’t like the situation one
bit. It doesn’t help matters when he is suddenly assigned to work undercover,
miles away, outside of his jurisdiction and without his badge, his gun, or his
teeth. Soon he is impersonating a drifter and trying to infiltrate a farm
operation suspected of murdering migrant workers. But when he gets there for
his job interview, the last thing he is offered is work.

In this final installment of the highly acclaimed Hoke
Moseley novels, Charles Willeford’s brilliance and expertise show on every
page. Funny, thrilling, and disturbing in equal parts, The Way We Die Now is a triumphant finish to one of the most
original detective series of all time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blackstone Audio
• Release date: Aug 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781483008868

Reviews for The Way We Die Now

[thomaspluck · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great ending to an unforgettable series, I wish he'd lived forever and given us more...

[bjkelley · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another great entry into the Hoke Mosley series, unfortunately this is the final book in that series written before Willeford died and even though it is set up at the end to be continued with Hoke as the head of internal affairs, we'll never know. Highly Recommend to all.

[ecw0647 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Charles Willeford is one of the undiscovered masters of the American mystery. He wrote marvelous books that are far superior to those of much more popular authors. This is no exception and features Hoke Moseley, his Miami homicide detective sergeant. Williford’s world is darkly ironic and the humdrum, normal aspects of life, become part of the tension. Hoke is forced to make a series of accomodations and compromises, some very dark in this book.
Hoke has been working on a series of unsolved murders when his boss, Major Brownley and Mel, an immigration cop, ask him to go undercover to root out the murderer of some illegal Haitian immigrants. The woman he is living with — not really living with in the common sense, they are chastely sharing a house to save money with Hoke’s two teenage daughters -- ex-partner Ellita and her baby, has begun showing interest in a new neighbor, Donald Hutton, a man Hoke has reason to worry about because Hoke believes him to be a murderer who was released from jail too early. Hutton had sworn to get Hoke. He’s also working on a cold case, the murder of a physician, and he has just uncovered a clue that he believes will help solve the case, so he’s not enthusiastic about the new undercover work. It turns out to be a bloody assignment — there is a truly shocking scene where the foreman of the farm tries to kill and sodomize Hoke — one that we learn at the end of the novel was something of a setup to see how he would be able to react in difficult and lonely situations.
Willeford easily ranks with Hammett and McDonald.

[datrappert · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Willeford's last novel includes some pretty riveting scenes but suffers from the lack of a real focus. There are two main cases going on - not at all related - and neither really receives the attention it deserves. Perhaps plotting wasn't really Willeford's best strength. The character of Hoke Moseley is still interesting, however, so if you've read the other three in the series, you won't want to miss this one.

[wirkman_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Superb final installment in the Hoke Mosely series, Charles Willeford's pulp-noir crime novel. Willeford was something of a pulp genius, a fine writer who got caught in the lowbrow section of the industry, but churned out some fine work. This is not Willeford at his very best, but it is, still, very good.