Blood Grove
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- £14.99
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- £14.99
Publisher Description
Walter Mosley's infamous detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new mystery to solve on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California.
Ezekiel "Easy" Porterhouse Rawlins is an unlicensed private investigator turned hard-boiled detective always willing to do what it takes to get things done in the racially charged, dark underbelly of Los Angeles.
But when Easy is approached by a shell-shocked Vietnam War veteran—a young white man who claims to have gotten into a fight protecting a white woman from a black man—he knows he shouldn't take the case.
Though he sees nothing but trouble in the brooding ex-soldier's eyes, Easy, a vet himself, feels a kinship form between them. Easy embarks on an investigation that takes him from mountaintops to the desert, through South Central and into sex clubs and the homes of the fabulously wealthy, facing hippies, the mob, and old friends perhaps more dangerous than anyone else.
Set against the social and political upheaval of the late 1960s, Blood Grove is ultimately a story about survival, not only of the body but also the soul.
Widely hailed as "incomparable" (Chicago Tribune) and "dazzling" (Tampa Bay Times), Walter Mosley proves that he's at the top of his game in this bold return to the endlessly entertaining series that has kept fans on their toes for years.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The summer of ’69 isn’t all peace and love in this gritty instalment of Walter Mosley’s long-running Easy Rawlins detective series. It’s a hot July in Los Angeles as the city is plagued with racial tensions, violence, and organized crime. Private investigator Easy has been contacted by a white veteran who fears he killed a Black man he discovered attacking a white woman. The only problem? Between his PTSD and getting knocked out, he can’t remember. Mosley puts us right at the centre of Easy’s dilemma, unable to turn away from a fellow vet even though the case is far from clear-cut. Soon, the gumshoe is hitting up gangsters, hippies, sex workers, and their johns—all to uncover a truth that’s more juicy, complex, and strange than anything we could have imagined. Narrator Michael Boatman makes us pay attention to the nuances of every moment, letting the mystery unfurl in its own perfect time. Shocking and riveting, Blood Grove is a brilliant exploration of the dangers of being a PI—and of being Black in America.