Bibliography Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins

1 bibliography

1.1 devil in blue dress, 1990
1.2 red death, 1991
1.3 white butterfly, 1992
1.4 black betty, 1994
1.5 little yellow dog, 1996
1.6 gone fishin, 1997
1.7 bad boy brawly brown, 2002
1.8 6 easy pieces, 2003
1.9 little scarlet, 2004
1.10 cinnamon kiss, 2005
1.11 blonde faith, 2007
1.12 little green, 2013
1.13 rose gold, 2014
1.14 charcoal joe, 2016

bibliography
devil in blue dress, 1990

set in 1948, devil in blue dress introduces easy rawlins, newly unemployed defense plant worker takes on first case when searches mysterious daphne monet, mistress of wealthy man brings him dangerous game of corruption , crime. of childhood friend, murderous, avaricious, , charming raymond mouse alexander, key success.

the book adapted 1995 film of same name, starred denzel washington easy rawlins, , featured jennifer beals, tom sizemore, maury chaykin, , don cheadle unhinged mouse.

a red death, 1991

rawlins investigates espionage problem @ major aircraft manufacturer. coerced federal bureau of investigation agent darryl t. craxton, knows easy s newly acquired real estate bought untaxed income, prove labor union organizer chaim wenzler communist. story takes place in 1953.

white butterfly, 1992

in 1956, black los angeles police department detective named quinten naylor reluctantly taps easy investigate serial killer s murdering spree. when fourth victim, first white woman, ucla coed led double life stripper, found rawlins drawn investigation , starts draw threads together.

black betty, 1994

meeting again beautiful woman in love when kid in texas, easy rawlins investigates complex inheritance feud. story set in 1961.

a little yellow dog, 1996

investigating murder of twin brothers, easy rawlins falls beautiful heroin smuggler. meets bonnie shay, girlfriend following episodes. friend mouse appears mortally wounded in end fate remains nebulous. story, set in 1963, climaxes on november 22, day of president john f. kennedy s assassination. first novel in easy working day plant manager @ sojourner truth junior high school.

gone fishin, 1997

recollection of easy rawlins youth in texas, circa 1939, friend mouse. easy joins mouse on journey results in murder. plot described briefly in devil in blue dress. sole rawlins novel not strictly speaking mystery, instead bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story.

bad boy brawly brown, 2002

set in 1964, easy rawlins uncovers plot rob bank while looking estranged son of friend. after being chased killers, easy rawlins decides give smoking.

six easy pieces, 2003

a short story collection. equal time given between cases easy solves , evolving relationships in life. question of raymond mouse alexander s fate resolved. these stories set during 1964, bad boy brawly brown.

little scarlet, 2004

after watts riots of august 1965, easy rawlins investigates murder of woman called little scarlet. lapd hires rawlins investigate crime since trigger outburst of violence.

cinnamon kiss, 2005

in 1967, summer of love, easy rawlins desperate find money treatment of adopted daughter, feather, suffering rare , potentially life-threatening condition. initially, easy considers pulling heist mouse can pay daughter s treatment, declines offer. hired eccentric private investigator named robert lee, easy sets out find philomena cinnamon cargill, lover of disappeared liberal lawyer secrets harking world war ii. case takes him haight-ashbury , easy has first encounter counterculture.

blonde faith, 2007

one year after previous novel, easy no longer working day job , detective work full-time. searches ex-green beret christmas black after family takes in black s adopted daughter easter dawn. search brings him conflict servicemen have become drug smugglers, blonde femme fatale named faith laneer, , must clear childhood friend mouse of murder. novel ends leaving easy rawlins fate uncertain.

little green, 2013

waking coma after fatal car accident @ end of previous novel, easy resumes life , trade when mouse asks him find young man named evander little green noon disappeared during acid trip. easy s search sends him heart of l.a. counterculture (circa 1967) takes stock of how america has changed since own youth.

rose gold, 2014

a black ex-boxer self-named uhuru nolicé, leader of revolutionary cell called scorched earth, kidnaps rosemary goldsmith, daughter of weapons manufacturer, dorm @ uc santa barbara. fbi, state department, , lapd turn easy.

charcoal joe, 2016

in 1968, easy running detective agency 2 partners , preparing propose bonnie. @ mouse s request, takes case clearing young black physicist accused of murder.