The first novel by "master of mystery" (The New York Times) Walter
Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American
detective in all of fiction. Named one of the "best 100 mystery novels
of all time" by the Mystery Writers of America, this special thirtieth
anniversary edition features an all new introduction from the author.
The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles. Easy Rawlins, a black war
veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant.
Drinking in his friend's bar, he's wondering how he'll manage to make
ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers
him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing
blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs. Easy has no idea that
by taking this job, his life is about to change forever. "More than
simply a detective novel...[Mosley is] a talented author with
something vital to say about the distance between the black and white
worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it" (The New York Times).