New Easy Rawlins mysteries--original short stories from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning mystery author. As Carolyn See said in The Washington Post Book World: "God bless the day that Walter Mosley created Easy Rawlins!" This handsome collection contains six interconnected stories. Fans can now add these original stories in Six Easy Pieces to their Walter Mosley library: "Smoke," "Crimson Stain," "Silver Lining," "Lavender," "Gato Green," "Gray-Eyed Death," and "Amber Gate."
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"A very solid collection of short stories and novelettes based around the Easy Rawlins character. Occasionally a plot is slightly underdeveloped (or, more frequently, the story cries out for some more of Mosley's magic). " — Thom (4 out of 5 stars)
"A very solid collection of short stories and novelettes based around the Easy Rawlins character. Occasionally a plot is slightly underdeveloped (or, more frequently, the story cries out for some more of Mosley's magic). "
Mosley's skill in rendering the time and place of his novels brings to mind the inevitable comparison to genre masters such as Hammett and Chandler . . .
Mosley . . . a writer whose work transcends the thriller category and qualifies as serious literature.
[The Easy Rawlins mysteries are] at once exotic, and believable . . . memorable . . . and morally complex.
“Walter Mosley is a new, strong, and original voice, here to stay and not to be missed.
" A bit different, as Gone Fishin' was, but less enjoyable for me. "
" Six Easy Rawlins stories, loosely linked together. I enjoyed the first one, but the formula got tedious. Rawlins is given a complex biography, but his bio doesn't seem to have much to do with the mysteries he gets involved in. "
" Seven short stories, good but not great. "
" I love Easy Rollins' smooth street smarts and savvy. I love mysteries and solving problems and I found his books both satisfying and entertaining. "
" Another great Easy Rawlins story "
" Interesting perspective of a black man in the 60's. I like the investigations but the language and situations are not for the light hearted. "
" The master shows us how it is done short story style. Great primer. "
" OK Walter Mosley Chester Himes Love there style of writing "
" If you like Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series you will not be disappointed. All those great characters that we have come to expect in an Easy mystery are included. Its a nice culmination of alot of other stories "
" Six Easy Pieces = Six Quality Short Stories featuring one of my favorite print characters. "
" A hard book to read for me,but the story line is very interesting. "
" Easy reading, familiar faces... six short Easy Rawlins stories that have a common thread - is the Mouse there for Easy... "
" Six stories, six more reasons to admire WM. "
" A very solid collection of short stories and novelettes based around the Easy Rawlins character. Occasionally a plot is slightly underdeveloped (or, more frequently, the story cries out for some more of Mosley's magic). "
" Of course, I even loved reading about my anti-hero in short story format, a format I usually distain! "
Walter Mosley is the New York Times author of more than fifty novels in several series, most notably fourteen Easy Rawlins mysteries, several of which have been made into major motion pictures. In 2020 he was a recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and from the National Book Foundation. In 2013, he was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, and he is the winner of numerous awards, including an Edgar Award, O. Henry Award, the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a Grammy Award, and and several NAACP Image Awards. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages.
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