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ALL I DID WAS SHOOT MY MAN

by Walter Mosley

Overplotted even by Mosley’s standards, with precious little chance to savor each scene and speaker before they’re hustled... Full review >

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WHEN THE THRILL IS GONE

by Walter Mosley

A book filled with sharp individual scenes and hard-headed aphorisms. Full review >

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KNOWN TO EVIL

by Walter Mosley

A rich collection of individual scenes and people as memorable as the tangled plot is forgettable. Full review >

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THE LAST DAYS OF PTOLEMY GREY

by Walter Mosley

Borrowing from Faust, the Iliad and Gran Torino, Mosley (Known to Evil, 2010, etc.) unforgettably transforms Ptolemy’s... Full review >

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MYSTERY & DETECTIVE

THE LONG FALL

by Walter Mosley

Plotting has never been Mosley’s strong point, but McGill, a red-diaper baby, ex-boxer and a man eternally at war with... Full review >

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FICTION

THE RIGHT MISTAKE

by Walter Mosley

The debates meant to be the volume’s backbone are heartfelt dramatizations of familiar positions, and the Big Nickel’s... Full review >

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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... Full review >

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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. Full review >

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THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT

by Walter Mosley

Fans of Mosley’s nonfiction (Workin’ on the Chain Gang, 1997, etc.) will know from the beginning what Bennet wants from... Full review >

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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... Full review >

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MYSTERY & DETECTIVE

BAD BOY BRAWLY BROWN

by Walter Mosley

“Where I come from they don’t have dark-skinned private detectives,” says Easy in the finest rationale ever proposed for the... Full review >

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FEARLESS JONES

by Walter Mosley

If they don’t find Paris and Fearless quite a match for Easy Rawlins and his volatile friend Mouse Alexander (A Little... Full review >

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