Fear of the Dark (Fearless Jones Series #3) » (Unabridged)

A genre-bending author who can move from science-fiction to mysteries, Walter Mosley is perhaps best-known -- and loved -- for his 1940s and 50s noir crime novels starring the cool, complex detective Easy Rawlins.

For Paris Minton, a knock on his door is often the first sign of trouble. With family like Useless, who needs enemies? Yet trouble always finds an open window, and when Useless’s mother, Three Hearts, shows up to look for her son, Paris has no choice but to track down his wayward cousin.

The Washington Post - Patrick Anderson

Fear of the Dark is a funny, funky novel, but like all of Mosley's work, it's troubling, too -- that's clearly what he intends, and he does his work well.