"Mean streets. Harsh city. Bad men with hearts of gold. Hard women with harder secrets. This is Walter Mosley’s L.A."

--Washington Post

"Filtered through Mosley’s fluid style, his eye for subtle detail, and ear for pitch-perfect dialogue, [this book] is another compelling, fast-paced, and profound thriller."

--Los Angeles Times

It’s 1966, and Easy Rawlins is a black man with a mortally sick daughter. Desperate for cash to save her, Easy gets a gig working for a legendary private eye named Robert E. Lee. At first the missing person job looks simple--then his search uncovers a shocking crime. For the sake of his daughter, Easy stays on the case. But when he knocks on the door of a cinnamon-hued beauty, she leads him to a jackpot...and the killer who got there first.