DescriptionLos Angeles, 1948: Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a black war veteran just fired from his job, is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage. That's when DeWitt Albright, a quietly vicious white man in a white linen suit, walks in and offers Easy good money if he'll just do a little job for him: find Miss Daphne Monet, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs. It seems simple enough, but Easy soon discovers that Albright isn't the only one looking for the lovely Miss Monet ? and isn't the only one who's ready to kill anyone, including Easy, who might get in the way. Listen to a conversation with Walter Mosley.
DescriptionJust after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965, when anger is high and fear still smolders everywhere, the police turn up at Easy Rawlins' doorstep. He expects the worst, as usual. But they've come to ask for his help. A man was wrenched…
DescriptionEl ano: 1948, pasada ya la epoca de la Ley Seca, pero en un mundo en el que aun hay cientos de oportunidades para negocios mas bien ilegales. La ciudad: Los Angeles, donde florecen los clubes nocturnos y la juerga de la posguerra. El protagonista: Easy Ra…
DescriptionIt's 1956 and, times being what they are, no one in official Los Angeles pays much attention as a serial killer murders three black bar girls. But when a white stripper is similarly murdered, and when she turns out to be a UCLA coed and the daughter of a politically powerful L.A. prosecutor, the heat is finally on to find the killer. The LAPD calls on Easy Rawlins for help, for he can go places and do things the police cannot. Reluctantly, Easy accepts their plea and begins a deadly quest that takes him through the seedy jazz joints of Bone Street and the dingy rooms of Hollywood Row. It is a brutal, dangerous odyssey that jeopardizes his marriage, his life and leads to a shocking conclusion. Listen to a conversation with Walter Mosley.
DescriptionIn 1961, Elizabeth Eady, aka "Black Betty, " a housekeeper for an immensely wealthy Beverly Hills family, mysteriously disappears. Saul Lynx, a private eye, finds Easy Rawlins - whose small real estate empire is in trouble and facing bankruptcy - and offers him $400 to track down Black Betty. Easy's trouble increases when his murderous sidekick, Mouse, is released from prison with revenge on his mind. Although finding Betty seems like a simple task, nothing about this woman is simple, and Easy soon finds out that her trail is paved with blood and he may be the next victim of her deadly charms. Listen to a conversation with Walter Mosley.
