
This is an award winning first novel that immediately established Mosley as a great American writer. Los Angeles 1948: Easy Rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job. Drinking in a friends 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.