Walter Mosley is the author of over twenty critically acclaimed books and his work has been translated into twenty-one languages. His popular mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins began with Devil in a Blue Dress in 1990, which was later made into a film starring Denzel Washington. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he now lives in New York.
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'A far more believable character than many LA gumshoes, Easy Rawlins walks it like he talks it. Great stuff' The Crack; 'Rawlins himself, scared, cynical, but with a reservoir of integrity, operating on the margins of morality and legality, is an original, beguiling creation' Times; 'Easy and Mouse are a team who deserve to be heard from again' New York Times
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Book Description
An Easy Rawlins Mystery - from Bill Clinton's favourite novelist.
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Review
Mosley's 1960s LA is a feverish, vibrant, dangerous place blighted by unremitting racism. Hard-hitting, fast, masterful. - WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY
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From the Publisher
Walter Mosley is the author of twelve books and has been translated into twenty-one languages. His popular mysteries featuring Easy Rawlins and his friend Raymond "Mouse" Alexander began with
Devil in a Blue Dress. It was published by W.W. Norton in 1990, and was nominated for an Edgar. The TriStar film, "Devil in a Blue Dress," produced by Jonathan Demme, directed by Carl Franklin, and starring Denzel Washington and Jennifer Beals was released in the fall of 1995 and garnered critical acclaim and many awards. Others in the series,
A Red Death and
White Butterfly were also nominated for several awards.
Black Betty and
A Little Yellow Dog were
New York Times bestsellers
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