Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride

A Novel

By: Will Leitch

Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

""Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride broke my heart. And then it somehow mended that shattered heart, made it beat more buoyantly than before. We need books like this and writers like Will Leitch now more than ever.”—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and the North Bath Trilogy of “Fool” novels

From the Alex Award-winning and Edgar-nominated author of How Lucky, this twisty, funny, and ultimately uplifting novel follows a father in a race against time to provide for his child.

Lloyd McNeil has just learned he has months to live. He also learns that his twenty years as a beat cop in Atlanta haven’t earned him enough money to take care of his teenage son, Bishop, after he’s gone. But when Lloyd discovers his police benefits will increase exponentially if he dies in the line of duty, he comes up with a plan.

Lloyd begins to throw himself into one life-threatening situation after another to try to get himself killed and to provide for his son . . . but he keeps failing—and surviving. To his shock, his accidental heroics make him an inspirational icon in the community. But time is still running out for Lloyd to get his affairs in order, to teach Bishop the lessons he needs to be a good person, and to say goodbye.

Lloyd McNeil’s Last Ride is a surprising, unforgettable blend of suspense, humor, and compassion. It is a novel about what we leave behind and what we learn along the way, a bighearted and stirring story about the depths of a father’s love for his son.

Great story, timeless lessons

Will Leitch writes with the right combination of wit and seriousness in this exploration of father / son connections and the inevitability of death that separates loved ones.

Another winner, thoughtful and engrossing story

His best book so far. A wonderful and different kind of story told in a rather unique way. A cop’s last ride and and what he learns about life, family and the prospect of death. Highly recommended, Read it now , You won’t won’t be sorry.

Intriguing Premise Works

This is an excellent book with well-developed characters and a plot that grabbed me right away. I laughed and thought and got teary.

Ending is disappointing

I was loving this book until it ended abruptly like the story wasn't completely finished.

Where to start…

I didn’t enjoy the narrator in this story. Not sure I can exactly pinpoint what I didn’t like, but it was just a combination of things. I feel like he didn’t leave enough room between when two of the characters were speaking that their dialogue would run together. I hated how the main character called his son Bish. That grated on my nerves. And last thing, I’m going to mention is: I feel like the ending was very anticlimactic! Maybe I read too much suspense or mystery books, but I felt like some parts of the book were building up to be something more. Spoiler alert - they were not. And don’t get me started on the last chapter.