Gray Dawn
An Easy Rawlins Mystery
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Instant USA Today Bestseller
In this thrilling mystery from "master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley (National Book Foundation), Detective Easy Rawlins has settled into the happy rhythm of his new life when a dark siren from his past returns and threatens to destroy the peace he's fought for.
The name Easy Rawlins stirs excitement in the hearts of readers and fear in the hearts of his foes. His success has bought him a thriving detective agency, with its first female detective; a remote home, shared with children and pets and lovers, high atop the hills overlooking gritty Los Angeles; and more trouble, more problems, and more threat to those whom he loves. In other words, he’s still beset on all sides.
A number of below-the-law powerbrokers plead with Easy to locate a mysterious, dangerous woman—Lutisha James, though she’s gone by another name that Easy will immediately recognize. 1970s Los Angeles is a transient city of delicate, violent balances, and Lutisha has disturbed that. She also has a secret that will upend Easy’s own life, painfully closer to home.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
L.A. private eye Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins gets entangled in a knot of interconnected murders in the solid latest installment of Mosley's long-running series (following Farewell, Amethystine). When Santangelo Burris asks Easy to locate his aunt, Lutisha James, the empathetic detective feels compelled to say yes even though it's been more than a year since his last case. Easy's inquiries lead him to a grim Bel-Air crime scene, where he discovers three bodies and a terrified nine-year-old survivor. While Lutisha, a live-in domestic worker, is not among the victims, she's undeniably connected to the murders. The subsequent search lures Easy into multiple skirmishes and shoot-outs before he unexpectedly stumbles on yet another homicide. After being arrested at that scene and taken to county jail, Easy agrees to assist an inmate trying to find his missing father. Upon his release, Easy tracks down Lutisha, only to discover that she's a swindler with a far more complicated past than he anticipated. Mosley's intricate plot feels a little more contrived than usual, but his stirring prose and vivid evocation of 1970s L.A. carry the day, and Easy himself is as charming as ever. Series fans will find plenty to enjoy.
