Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

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The hero of this crime thriller set in 1940s Los Angeles is Easy Rawlins, a tough black war veteran who takes up detective work in order to make ends meet. His assignment - discovering the whereabouts of a femme fatale singer - leads him into a nightmare world of racialism and violence.

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Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

The time is 1948. The town is Los Angeles. The hero is Easy Rawlins, an out of work black war veteran. The mortgage payment?s coming due, so Easy accepts the assignment of finding Daphne Monet, blonde torch singer. In his search through a sleazy fearful city, he is lucky to be under the protection of the murderous Mouse...
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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ISBN 13 9781852422172
ISBN 10 1852422173
Title Devil in a Blue Dress
Author Walter Mosley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Year published 1991-06-01
Number of pages 224
Prizes Winner of CWA John Creasey Memorial Award 1991
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.