Fear Itself [Paperback]

'Mosley is at the top of his form weaving another tale of fifties noir.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Mosley is at the top of his form weaving another tale of fifties noir. (THE HERALD (25.9.04) )

In Mosley's world, a pretty woman with a missing husband is shorthand for trouble, and the ensuing imbroglio involving a black millionairess, vanished jewels, bigoted policemen and a rising body count is executed with the author's signature mix of high-velocity action and effortless style. (SUNDAY TIMES (24.10.04) )

This is taut, tense thriller-writing at its best. (TELEGRAPH & ARGUS (Bradford - 22.1.05) ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The second in the Fearless Jones series from the author of the Easy Rawlins crime thrillers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Paris Minton doesn?t want any trouble. He minds his used bookstore and his own business. But in 1950s Los Angeles, sometimes trouble finds him, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it. When the nephew of the wealthiest woman in L.A. is missing and wanted for murder, she has to get involved?no matter if she can?t stand him. What will her church think? She hires Jefferson T. Hill, a former sheriff of Dawson, Texas, and a tough customer, to track him down and prove his innocence. When Hill goes missing too, she tricks his friend Fearless Jones and Paris Minton into picking up the case. Paris steps inside the world of the black bourgeoisie, and it turns out to be filled with deceit and corruption. It takes everything he has just to stay alive through a case filled with twists and turns and dead ends like he never imagined. Written with the voice and vision that have made Walter Mosley one of the most entertaining writers in America, Fear Itself marks the return of a master at the top of his form.

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.