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DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) Walter Mosley Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins has few illusions about the world--at least not about the world of a young black veteran in the late 1940s in Southern California. His stint in the Army didn't do anythin… OL115528W
Fear Itself Fear Itself Walter Mosley Paris Minton is a man who would just as soon walk away from trouble as stand up to it. But in 1950s Los Angeles, sometimes trouble just comes and gets you. "Fearless Jones shows up at Paris Minton's … OL115532W
Fearless Jones Fearless Jones Walter Mosley Paris Minton is minding his own business--a small used bookstore of which he is the proud proprietor--when a beautiful woman named Elana Love walks in and asks a few questions. Within the next twenty… OL115533W
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) Walter Mosley Easy Rawlins is out of the investigation business and as far away from crime as a black man can be in 1960s Los Angeles. But living around desperate men means life gets complicated sometimes. When an… OL115542W
The long fall The long fall Walter Mosley A brand-new mystery series from one of the country's best-known, best-loved writers: a new character, a new city, a new era. A new Walter Mosley.His name is etched on the door of his Manhattan office… OL115548W
Six easy pieces Six easy pieces Walter Mosley,M. E. Willis "Ezekiel Rawlins now has a steady job as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, a nice house with a garden, a loving woman, and children. He counts the blessings of leading a law-abidi… OL115550W
The wave The wave Walter Mosley The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Blue Light" returns to the realm of science fiction. Errol is awakened by a strange prank caller claiming to be his father, who has been dead for several y… OL115552W
A red death A red death Walter Mosley It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins. Easy is out of "the hurting business" and into the housing (and favor) business when a racist IRS ag… OL115566W
Whispers in the Dark Whispers in the Dark Walter Mosley Ptolemy Bent--"Popo"--is different. At an age when most babies are cooing "Mama, " Popo was speaking in complete sentences. He was reading college textbooks when he was still too young for nursery sc… OL15186341W
The Greatest The Greatest Walter Mosley It was never proven that Fera Jones was the product of SepFem-G, the outlawed genetics program that came out of the feminist studies program at Smith College. But one thing was absolutely certain: Wh… OL15190678W
Transgressions Transgressions Lawrence Block,Stephen King,Ed McBain,Donald E. Westlake,John Farris,Jeffery Deaver,Anne Perry,Walter Mosley,Joyce Carol Oates,Sharyn McCrumb Contains: Walking around money / by Donald Westlake Hostages / by Anne Perry The corn maiden / by Joyce Carol Oates Archibald lawless, anarchist at large / by Walter Mosley The resurrection … OL16482733W
Charcoal Joe Charcoal Joe Walter Mosley "Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new mystery to solve. Charcoal Joe has asked Easy to help clear Joe's son, who was found standing over a white man's dead body in his cabin ho… OL17359866W
Down the River unto the Sea Down the River unto the Sea Walter Mosley After serving time in Rikers Island solitary for assault, Joe King Oliver, who is an ex-NYPD investigator working as a private detective, receives a note from a woman who admits she was paid to frame… OL19087091W
John Woman John Woman Walter Mosley At twelve years old, Cornelius, the son of an Italian-American woman and an older black man from Mississippi named Herman, secretly takes over his father's job at a silent film theater in New York's … OL19749346W
Le casseur Le casseur Walter Mosley Etats-Unis, années soixante, sur fond de Guerre du Vietnam, manifestations d'étudiants, mouvements révolutionnaires. Easy Rawlins doit retrouver le fils d'un ami, Brawly, qui s'est mis dans une situa… OL24157815W
Tuer Johnny Fry Tuer Johnny Fry Walter Mosley L'existence paisible de Cordell Carmel, quadragénaire new-yorkais, est bouleversée lorsqu'il surprend sa petite amie dans les bras d'un autre homme : vengeance, curiosité, démission, fêtes et plaisir… OL24304723W
Fantastic Four No. 1 Fantastic Four No. 1 Walter Mosley,Chip Kidd,Stan Lee,Jack Kirby,Marvel Marvel Entertainment Timed for the 60th anniversary, the iconic and influential first issue of the Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, deconstructed by award-winning designer Chip Kidd; with text by Marvel editor … OL25326955W
47 47 Walter Mosley,Ossie Davis Walter Mosley is one of the best-known writers in America. In his first book for young adults, Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the nature of fr… OL447678W
The right mistake The right mistake Mosley,Walter Mosley Living in South Central L. A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict, still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Now freed after serving twenty-seven years in prison, he is filled… OL447714W
This Year You Write Your Novel This Year You Write Your Novel Walter Mosley No more excuses. "Let the lawn get shaggy and the paint peel from the walls," bestselling novelist Walter Mosley advises. Anyone can write a novel now, and in this essential book of tips, practical a… OL447717W
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