I have always enjoyed Walter Mosley's style and re-reading Devil in a Blue Dress was like catching up with an old friend. If you like mysteries, you can't go wrong with Easy Rawlins.
Easy Rawlins is persuing the American Dream. After serving his country in WWII, he returns home, moves to L.A., gets a good job, and buys a small home. Things are going swell, till Easy suddenly finds himself out of a job, and the mortgage is due in a week.
So Easy jumps at the chance to earn a quick hundred bucks. All he has to do is find a girl for a repentant lover. Oh! I forgot to mention, Easy is a black man. He's looking for a white girl. And this is 1948 Watts. Easy finds himself caught in a mealstrom of extortion, graft, racism, and murder -- and that's just the mild stuff!
I read the book in one day. The reader will find it hard to put down as every page if full of action. A definite "must read".
So Easy jumps at the chance to earn a quick hundred bucks. All he has to do is find a girl for a repentant lover. Oh! I forgot to mention, Easy is a black man. He's looking for a white girl. And this is 1948 Watts. Easy finds himself caught in a mealstrom of extortion, graft, racism, and murder -- and that's just the mild stuff!
I read the book in one day. The reader will find it hard to put down as every page if full of action. A definite "must read".
This is a great first novel....Easy Rawlings is asked to find a beautiful blond woman who loves to frequent the black jazz clubs in 1948 LA
Walter Mosley is a genius at describing locations and settings and weaving them into his stories. With Easy Rawlins stories, that usually means L.A. Devil in a Blue Dress is the first chronologically and it sets the stage, acquainting the reader with post-war Los Angeles and the features of Easy's life. The story isn't Mosley's best, but it's still an exciting read. The shortness of the book makes you feel like you need to study each little detail before moving onto the next. And paying attention to the details just makes the journey that much more interesting.
this was certainly a different kind of mystery
John O. (buzzby) -
Sam Spade-esque mystery. Takes place in LA in 1948, although written in the 90s
This is the classic who dunnit. Walter Mosley begins the series with a character you root for the entire book. I really liked Easy Rawlins. Great beginning to a great series. Highly recommended.
