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Little Scarlet

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The complex, uncomfortable evolution of race relations in America is explored in this eighth Easy Rawlins mystery, set during the 1965 Watts riots in LA. At the peak of the turmoil, a white man is dragged out of his car by the mob, and he takes refuge in the apartment of Nola, a red-haired black woman known as "Li'l Scarlet." When "Li'l Scarlet" is murdered, the white cops of the LAPD are reluctant to investigate in such a charged atmosphere. Fearing for their personal safety as well as believing that calling attention to an apparent interracial murder will incite further violence, the police hires Easy to do their legwork for them.

Praise

Harper's
"...[T]he best so far of the eight Easy Rawlins novels." - John Leonard July 2004

New York Times
"...[Easy Rawlins] belongs in the pantheon of great American gumshoes." - Janet Maslin 07/05/2004

Kirkus
"Easy Rawlins sizzles as Watts burns." (starred review) 06/01/2004

New York Times Book Review
"Nobody, but nobody, writes this stuff like Mosley." - Marilyn Stasio 07/25/2004

New York Review of Books
"Mosley has created a richly described parallel world out of black struggles, lingo, violence, and oppression by white power....[Mosley transports] the reader, with a mixture of eloquence and grit, into the fever that could make Watts explode." - Richard Eder 03/24/2005

Literary Review
"Vivid, poignant period thriller....Crime fiction plus, which--as always with Mosley--excels and masterfully extends the genre." - Philip Oakes March 2005

Author Bio

Walter Mosley

The son of a Southern black father and a Jewish New Yorker mother, Walter Mosley worked as a computer programmer before dedicating himself to writing. His series of successful mysteries starring detective Easy Rawlins began with "Devil in a Blue Dress", which was made into a film starring Denzel Washington. Mosley has also served on the executive board of the PEN American Center, the board of directors of the National Book Awards, and as president of the Mystery Writers of America.