Review
"'A first novel of astonishing virtuosity, upending Chandler's LA to show a dark side of a different kind' Sunday Times 'From a writer who has the legacy of Chester Himes and more to live up to, Walter Mosley makes a distinctly confident start to his career' Time Out 'His Easy Rawlins novels are a series of perfectly balanced concoctions of lust, violence, politics and race. You crack a new one open knowing exactly what sort of pleasure is in store' Sunday Times"
The Times
‘An original, beguiling creation. One of the most impressive first crime novels’
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Face
A magnificent first novel by Walter Mosley... The most exciting arrival in the genre for years’
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The Crack
‘Easy Rawlins walks it like he talks it. Great Stuff'
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Book Description
Award winning first novel now with a new foreword by Val McDermid
Product Description
Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job. Drinking in a friend's bar, he wonders how to meet his mortgage when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will locate Miss Daphne Monet, a blonde beauty with a reputation. In the sleazy, fearful city, Easy must rely on his instincts, not just to solve the case, but to save his life.
From the Back Cover
With a new introduction by Val McDermid 'A first novel of extraordinary virtuosity' Sunday Times The summer of '48 in the City of Angels and there's heat on the streets and in the ghettos of LA when Daphne Monet hits the sidewalk. Heat when she disappears with a trunkload of someone else's cash. 'I'm just asking you to find a girl...' A simple decision for Easy Rawlins - no job, a mortgage and money due. Simple but for one thing. Nobody ever warned him - better the devil you know... 'Magnificent... a wonderful new talent' Financial Times 'Sharp and meatily convincing... one of the most impressive first crime novels' The Times Winner of the Jogn Creasey Award Cult 1995 film starred Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle
About the Author
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.
