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Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley

Little Scarlet

An Easy Rawlins Mystery

by Walter Mosley
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  • Jul 1, 2004, 320 pages
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  • Apr 2005, 352 pages
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Easy Rawlins returns to solve a mystery set amid the LA riots of 1965
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Mosley's 8th Easy Rawlins mystery is set in Los Angeles during the Watts riots of 1965. Mosley combines a highly involving mystery with a no holds barred commentary about race relations in the white-run America of the 1960s. This is a very powerful read and believed by many critics to be Mosley's strongest in the series.

This review first ran in the May 18, 2005 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.

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