Walter Mosley's infamous detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new
mystery to solve on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California.
Ezekiel "Easy" Porterhouse Rawlins is an unlicensed private investigator
turned hard-boiled detective always willing to do what it takes to get
things done in the racially charged, dark underbelly of Los Angeles.
But when Easy is approached by a shell-shocked Vietnam War veteran--a
young white man who claims to have gotten into a fight protecting a
white woman from a black man--he knows he shouldn't take the case.
Though he sees nothing but trouble in the brooding ex-soldier's eyes,
Easy, a vet himself, feels a kinship form between them. 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.
Set against the social and political upheaval of the late 1960s, Blood
Grove is ultimately a story about survival, not only of the body but
also the soul.
Widely hailed as "incomparable" (Chicago Tribune) and "dazzling"
(Tampa Bay Times), Walter Mosley proves that he's at the top of his
game in this bold return to the endlessly entertaining series that has
kept fans on their toes for years.
