And Sometimes I Wonder about You, by Walter Mosley

Leonid McGill Mysteries

In the fifth of the series, Leonid finds himself in the usual pickle of trying to balance his cases with his chaotic personal life. Leonid's father is still out there somewhere, and his wife is in an uptown sanatorium trying to recover from the deep depression that led to her attempted suicide. His wife's condition has put a damper on his affair with Aura Ullman. And his son, Twill, has been spending time out of the office with his own case, helping a young thief named Fortune and his girlfriend, Liza.