Walter Mosley

FICTION

Released: June 5, 2001

FEARLESS JONES

by Walter Mosley

Even before sultry Elana Love walks into mild-mannered Paris Minton's life three months after his Watts bookstore opens, Mosley can't resist his signature scene: A pair of cops stroll into the shop determined to push Paris around just because he's a black man and it's 1954. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: July 1, 2002

BAD BOY BRAWLY BROWN

by Walter Mosley

"Helping his brothers only because nobody else will, he returns from his six-year sabbatical more complex and compelling than ever before: a hero for his time and ours."

In a rare slowing of his usual leaps forward in time, Mosley, who's chronicled the adventures of reluctant Watts detective Ezekiel Rawlins from 1948 (Devil in a Blue Dress, 1990) to 1963 (A Little Yellow Dog, 1996), edges forward only three months to tell the story of Easy's search for Brawly Brown, the hulking young man who ran away from his mother, Alva Torres, smack into trouble. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: July 2, 2003

FEAR ITSELF

by Walter Mosley

"Paris (Fearless Jones, 2001) ends by wrapping up a mystery with perhaps a dozen too many tangles, accepting himself as a killer, and guaranteeing that no matter how well he succeeds in his errands to the powerful and fearsome, he'll never get rich."

Inoffensive bookseller Paris Minton's friend Fearless Jones drags him from the safety of his shop into more trouble--big, big trouble--in 1955 Watts. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Jan. 5, 2004

THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT

by Walter Mosley

In Mosley's boldly understated fable, an unemployed African-American agrees to rent space in his basement to a wealthy white businessman for two months. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: July 5, 2004

LITTLE SCARLET

by Walter Mosley

"The real strength of Easy's narrative, though, is his unflinching recognition that in working with the police, he's crossing the same border that's driven his brothers and sisters to violence."

Easy Rawlins sizzles as Watts burns. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Sept. 19, 2005

CINNAMON KISS

by Walter Mosley

"Lacks the searing intensity of Little Scarlet (2004), but still as rich and tightly wound as you'd expect from Mosley. "

1966. Watts has stopped burning, but it's no safer for Easy Rawlins, on the trail of some mysterious documents that leave death in their wake. Read full book review >

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