Easy Rawlins mysteries
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Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2010
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Devil in a Blue Dress, a defining novel in Walter Mosley's bestselling Easy Rawlins mystery series, was adapted into a TriStar Pictures film starring Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins and Don Cheadle as Mouse.
Set in the late 1940s, in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles, Devil in a Blue Dress follows Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's...
Set in the late 1940s, in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles, Devil in a Blue Dress follows Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's...
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A red death , Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 2
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Audio Renaissance
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
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6 CDs (7 hrs., 3 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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When a white co-ed is murdered in the same way that a series of black women were recently killed, L.A. police coerce detective Easy Rawlins to become involved in the case.
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Black Betty: an Easy Rawlins mystery , Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 4
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A little yellow dog: an Easy Rawlins mystery , Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 5
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On the road in a "borrowed" '36 Ford, nineteen-year-old Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins and his companion, Raymond "Mouse" Alexander, are on a perilous odyssey that takes them from Houston to a mysterious bayou world of voodoo, sex, revenge, and death. Their destination is desolate Pariah, Texas - Mouse's home once, and still home to his hated stepfather. Encountering violent and unexpected threats, Easy and Mouse forge bonds that will link them in the decades...
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Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 8
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Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 21 cm
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"Easy should be living a contented life, with steady work as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, and a loving family. But happiness is as elusive for Easy as smoke in shadows. Easy's the man folks seek out when they can't take their problems to anyone else. Trading favors and investigating cases of arson, murder, missing persons, and false accusations, it's hard to steer clear of trouble."--Page [4] of cover.
10) Cinnamon kiss
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Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 10
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 25 cm
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Facing unprecedented financial troubles when his daughter requires a medical treatment, Easy Rawlins takes a job tracking down a missing attorney and legal assistant, but the assignment proves more complicated than anticipated.
11) Blonde faith
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Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 25 cm.
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Fearing his friend, Christmas Black, has met his demise when the ex-Marine's daughter is left on his doorstep, reluctant L.A. detective Easy Rawlins finds the challenges of caring for a child further complicated by another friend's murder accusation.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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Life for Easy Rawlins is surprisingly... easy. He's living off the proceeds of his last case, trying to keep out of trouble. Of course it's not going to last. Because Easy's old friend Mouse knocks on his door. Mouse is one of the deadliest men in America. And Mouse wants a small favour. He wants Easy to help a man he says is wrongly imprisoned, a friend of Charcoal Joe. Charcoal Joe is a mythical figure in the LA underworld -- he pulls all the strings...
15) Blood grove
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Pub. Date
2021.
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After being approached by a shell-shocked Vietnam War veteran who claims to have gotten into a fight protecting a white woman from a black man, Easy embarks on an investigation that takes him from mountaintops to the desert, through South Central and into sex clubs and the homes of the fabulously wealthy, facing hippies, the mob, and old friends perhaps more dangerous than anyone else.