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Black Betty (Mask Noir)

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The New York Times Book Review ended its rave for White Butterfly, the most recent novel in Walter Mosley's acclaimed mystery series, by saying "I can't wait to see where Easy Rawlins turns up next. And when." Black Betty holds the sure-to-be-bestselling answer. The place is Los Angeles. The year is 1961, the dawn of a hopeful era for America's black citizens.

Easy Rawlins's quiet real-estate empire is deep in the hole, so he must accept $200 from the oily white private eye Saul Lynx to track down one Elizabeth Eady, aka "Black Betty." From her native Houston's Fifth Ward to her position as housekeeper for the immensely wealthy Cain family of Beverly Hills, Betty's stunning beauty and raw sensuality have left a trail of chaos and mayhem in her wake.

To compound Easy's troubles, his murderous sidekick Mouse is due out of jail, and he has bloody revenge on his mind.

Entertainment Weekly has said that "[Easy] Rawlins isn't just the best new series detective around, he might be the best American character to appear in quite some time." Easy's murder-strewn search for "Black Betty" takes him into the depths of America's racial dilemmas and the mysteries of human character - and his creator, Walter Mosley, to even greater heights of achievement in the American novel.

It is that rare novel that tells a gripping, fast-paced story while it grapples with the biggest questions that haunt American life.

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Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Pages
288

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Black Betty: an Easy Rawlins mystery
1995, Pocket Star Books
in English
Cover of: Black Betty
Black Betty: an easy Rawlins mystery
1995, Pocket Star
in English
Cover of: Black Betty (Mask Noir)
Black Betty (Mask Noir)
November 1, 1994, Serpent's Tail
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Cover of: Black Betty
Black Betty
1994, Serpent's Tail
in English
Cover of: Black Betty
Black Betty
1994, W.W. Norton
in English - 1st ed.

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Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
Weight
5 ounces

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OL8974876M
ISBN 10
1852423803
ISBN 13
9781852423803
Library Thing
72557
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1354380

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