Devil in a Blue Dress
by Walter Mosley
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
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Luddenham, New South Wales, Australia
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1990
. Used. Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job. Drinking in a friend's bar, he wonders how to meet his mortgage when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will locate Miss Daphne Monet, a blonde beauty with a reputation. In the sleazy, fearful city, Easy must rely on his instincts, not just to solve the case, but to save his life.Synopsis
Walter Mosley's very well-received first book, introduces detective Easy Rawlins and centers around his transformation from day-laborer to detective. Set in Los Angeles in the 1940s, Rawlins takes on a side job to pay his mortgage after losing his job at a defense plant. His first mystery is trying to find a woman named Daphne Monet, a missing white woman who was known to frequent black jazz clubs. Devil in a Blue Dress was adapted into a film of the same title starring Denzel Washington.
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- Petes Loved Books (AU)
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- Title
- Devil in a Blue Dress
- Author
- Walter Mosley
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
1990
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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