Christine's review of Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) by Walter Mosley
I love a good detective novel, and I like them better when there are some interesting cultural and social aspect involved. Easy Rawlins, the unlikely private dick in Mosely's series is an African-American veteran of WWII living in Los Angeles (the best noir city of all) in the 1940s. By day he's an unassuming super who secretly owns the building he cleans. But always looking for a way to get ahead, he "trades favors" by night. In this one, he's asked to find "The Devil in the Blue Dress" - if I recall, a wayward French woman. Lots of interesting race relations stuff.
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