Synopses & Reviews
WALTER MOSLEY is the author of more than forty-two books, most notably twelve Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered was an HBO film starring Laurence Fishburne, adapted from his first Socrates Fortlow novel. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy Award, and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award. A Los Angeles native and graduate of Goddard College, he holds an MFA from CCNY and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Synopsis
Rosemary Goldsmith, the daughter of a weapons manufacturer, has been kidnapped by a black revolutionary cell called Scorched Earth. Their leader, Uhuru Nolice, is holding her for ransom and if he doesn t receive the money, weapons, and apology he demands, Rose Gold will die horribly and publicly. So the authorities turn to Easy Rawlins, the one man who can cross the necessary lines to resolve this dangerous standoff and find Rose Gold before it s too late.
In the sixties era of black nationalism, political abductions, and epidemic police corruption, Easy s investigation will pull him unremittingly and inevitably into the darkest underbelly of Los Angeles."
Synopsis
In the sixties era of black nationalism, political abductions, and epidemic police corruption, Easy s latest case will pull him unremittingly and inevitably into the darkest underbelly of Los Angeles.
Rosemary Goldsmith, the daughter of a weapons manufacturer, has been kidnapped by a black revolutionary cell called Scorched Earth. Their leader, Uhuru Nolice, is holding her for ransom and if he doesn t receive the money, weapons, and apology he demands, Rose Gold will die horribly and publicly. So the authorities turn to Easy Rawlins, the one man who can cross the necessary lines to resolve this dangerous standoff and find Rose Gold before it s too late."