{"product_id":"9780743451796","title":"Devil in a Blue Dress : An Easy Rawlins Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDevil in a Blue Dress\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Walter Mosley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel by “master of mystery” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) Walter Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American detective in all of fiction. Named one of the “best 100 mystery novels of all time” by the Mystery Writers of America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEasy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. Drinking in his friend’s bar, he’s wondering how he’ll manage to make ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEasy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“More than simply a detective novel…[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"A suspenseful novel of human detection more than simply a detective novel....[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Richly atmospheric...\u003ci\u003eDevil in a Blue Dress\u003c\/i\u003e honors the hard-boiled tradition of Hamett\/Chandler\/Cain in its story line line and attitude, but Mosley takes us down some mean streets that his spiritual predecessors never could have...A fast moving, entertaining story written with impressive style. This kind of book that leaves you yearning to read more about Easy Rawlins' adventures.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The social commentary is sly, the dialogue is fabulous, the noir atmosphere so real you could touch it. A first novel? That what they say. Amazing. Smashing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743451796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40588687179982,"sku":"9780743451796","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_e39576fc-2bde-4661-afe7-2e3034ea1c9a.jpg?v=1637702323","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743451796","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}