1961: For most black Americans, these were times of hope. For former P.I. Easy Rawlins, Los Angeles's mean streets were never meaner...or more deadly. Ordinarily, Easy would have thrown the two bills in the sleazy shamus' face -- the white man who wanted him to find the notorious Black Betty, an ebony siren whose talent for all things rich and male took her from Houston's Fifth Ward to Beverly Hills. There was too much Easy wasn't being told, but he couldn't resist the prospect of seeing Betty again, even if it killed him....
Walter Mosley is the New York Times bestselling author of five Easy Rawlins mysteries: Devil in A Blue Dress, A. .It is presented from the viewpoint of a black investigator, Easy Rawlins. The setting is the Los Angeles area in the early 1960s. Civil rights are just getting into motion.
Walter Mosley is the New York Times bestselling author of five Easy Rawlins mysteries: Devil in A Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, Black Betty, and A Little Yellow Dog; three non-mystery novels, Blue Light, Gone Fishin', and R. s Dream; two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, for which he received the Anisfield. Wolf Award, and which was an HBO movie; and a nonfiction book, Workin' On The Chain Gang. s Dream; two collections of stories featuring. Wolf Award, and which was an HBO movie; and a nonfiction book, Workin' On The Chain Gang
Электронная книга "Black Betty: An Easy Rawlins Novel", Walter Mosley. Эту книгу можно прочитать в Google Play Книгах на компьютере, а также на устройствах Android и iOS. Выделяйте текст, добавляйте закладки и делайте заметки, скачав книгу.
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Ezekiel "Easy" Porterhouse Rawlins is a fictional character created by mystery author Walter Mosley
Ezekiel "Easy" Porterhouse Rawlins is a fictional character created by mystery author Walter Mosley. Rawlins is an African-American private investigator, a hard-boiled detective and World War II veteran living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. He is featured in a series of best-selling mysteries set from the 1940s to the 1960s
1961: For most black Americans, these were times of hope . With Black Betty, Mosley delivers what you'd expect from an Easy Rawlins mystery if you came to it having already read a few others such as I had. The crime to be solved is made to seem convoluted but ultimately turns out to be relatively simple. Yet as with each book in this series it isn't really about the plot.
Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery. WALTER MOSLEY is the author of more than forty books, including eleven previous Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress-a combustible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright-he captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of readers (including future president Bill Clinton).
Black Betty novel is a marvelous writing attempt by the novelist, Walter Mosley. The book is part 4 of the popular Easy Rawlins mystery novel series by the author. It is a fictional novel with a mystery to mesmerize your mind. It is sensational in every possible way or what you can expect from a top level fictional mystery thriller. Michael Boatman, once again had the honors of doing the narration of this catchy novel. When you are learning about the life and story of Easy Rawlins, mystery always has its part to play. This time it is in the year 1961 and in the Los Angeles area
Also by Walter Mosley FICTION Gone Fishin’ Devil in a Blue Dress A Red Death White Butterfly Black Betty A Little Yellow Dog . Other author's books: Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories. This Year You Write Your Novel.
Also by Walter Mosley FICTION Gone Fishin’ Devil in a Blue Dress A Red Death White Butterfly Black Betty A Little Yellow Dog Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery.