Easy Rawlins Series

15 primary works • 16 total works
The Easy Rawlins mysteries start in post-World War II Los Angeles and quickly progress to modern times. Rawlins has a variety of positions during this period.

Book 1

Devil in a Blue Dress
3.87
· 25278 Ratings · 1884 Reviews · published 1990 · 12 editions
In Los Angeles of the late 1940s, Easy Rawlins, a …
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Book 2

A Red Death
3.95
· 5287 Ratings · 374 Reviews · published 1991 · 63 editions
'It has come to my attention, sir, that between Au…
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Book 3

White Butterfly
4.04
· 4435 Ratings · 291 Reviews · published 1992 · 52 editions
The police don't show up on Easy Rawlins's doorste…
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Book 4

Black Betty
4.07
· 5064 Ratings · 279 Reviews · published 1994 · 1 edition
1961: For most black Americans, these were times o…
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Book 5

A Little Yellow Dog
4.06
· 4084 Ratings · 213 Reviews · published 1996 · 50 editions
November 1963: Easy's settled into a steady gig as…
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Book 6

Gone Fishin'
3.90
· 2793 Ratings · 204 Reviews · published 1997 · 44 editions
It’s 1939 and Easy and Mouse are young men just se…
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Book 7

Bad Boy Brawly Brown
3.98
· 3000 Ratings · 192 Reviews · published 2001 · 57 editions
Set in 1964, Easy is on a mission to lure Brawley …
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Book 8

Six Easy Pieces
4.10
· 2148 Ratings · 137 Reviews · published 2003 · 22 editions
Walter Mosley's bestselling and award-winning nove…
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Book 9

Little Scarlet
4.04
· 4390 Ratings · 310 Reviews · published 2004 · 26 editions
Watts is smoldering in ruins-and the cops are on E…
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Book 10

Cinnamon Kiss
3.96
· 3078 Ratings · 226 Reviews · published 2005 · 67 editions
In this thrilling mystery, Easy Rawlins takes a jo…
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Book 11

Blonde Faith
4.00
· 2948 Ratings · 266 Reviews · published 2007 · 11 editions
Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, com…
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Book 12

Little Green
4.09
· 3278 Ratings · 494 Reviews · published 2013 · 23 editions
When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene i…
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Book 13

Rose Gold
4.01
· 2511 Ratings · 304 Reviews · published 2014 · 22 editions
Rose Gold is two colors, one woman, and a big head…
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Book 14

Charcoal Joe
4.09
· 3058 Ratings · 414 Reviews · published 2016 · 22 editions
Walter Mosley’s indelible detective Easy Rawlins i…
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Book 15

Blood Grove
4.04
· 2562 Ratings · 360 Reviews · published 2021 · 16 editions
"Master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley retu…
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Book 1-5

Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins Mysteries
4.47
· 116 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
The Easy Rawlins series together for the first tim…
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