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Lloyd McNeil’s Last Ride
2025
First Published
4.26
Average Rating
152
Number of Pages

From the award-winning author of How Lucky and The Time Has Come, this heartfelt and humorous novel follows an Atlanta police officer who learns he has months to live and determines to get killed in the line of duty to provide for his son . . . but keeps failing in unexpected ways. Lloyd McNeil has served as an officer with the Atlanta Police Department for 20 years while being a devoted father to his teenage son. But then he learns the worst possible He has learned he has an inoperable brain tumor, and he has only months left to live. Lloyd begins throwing himself into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, but things don’t go according to plan. Instead of dying, he becomes a civic hero. Meanwhile, a malevolent force from his past shadows Lloyd as he tries to get his affairs in order, teach his son the lessons he needs to be a good person, and to say goodbye. Told in Lloyd’s wistful but wonderfully comedic voice, Untitled is a masterful blend of suspense, humor, and compassion. It is a novel about what we leave behind and what we learn along the way, a bighearted story that brings into focus the depths of a father’s love for his son.

Avg Rating
4.26
Number of Ratings
31
5 STARS
55%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author

Will Leitch
Will Leitch
Author · 8 books
Will Leitch lives in Athens, Georgia with his family and is the author of six books, including the novel How Lucky and the upcoming The Time Has Come, released by Harper in May 2023. He writes regularly for New York, MLB.com, Medium, The New York Times and the Washington Post. He is the founder of the late website Deadspin. He also writes a free weekly newsletter that you might enjoy at williamfleitch.substack.com.
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