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)
“Walter Mosley is a new, strong, and original voice, here to stay and not to be missed.
— The Los Angeles Times[The Easy Rawlins mysteries are] at once exotic, and believable . . . memorable . . . and morally complex.
— The Wall Street JournalMosley . . . a writer whose work transcends the thriller category and qualifies as serious literature.
— TimeMosley'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 . . .
— San Francisco Chronicle" A bit different, as Gone Fishin' was, but less enjoyable for me. "
— Linda, 1/18/2014" 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. "
— Ed, 1/15/2014" Seven short stories, good but not great. "
— Mariana, 1/14/2014" I love Easy Rollins' smooth street smarts and savvy. I love mysteries and solving problems and I found his books both satisfying and entertaining. "
— Ms., 12/31/2013" Another great Easy Rawlins story "
— Warner, 12/31/2013" 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. "
— Ashley, 12/4/2013" The master shows us how it is done short story style. Great primer. "
— Chris, 11/15/2013" OK Walter Mosley Chester Himes Love there style of writing "
— Sherrill, 9/21/2013" 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 "
— Kimberley, 7/7/2013Walter Mosley is one of America’s most celebrated writers. He was given the 2020 National Book Award’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and honored with the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy Award, a PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award, the Robert Kirsch Award, numerous Edgar Awards, and several NAACP Image Awards. His work is translated into twenty-five languages. As an executive producer, he adapted his novel, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, for AppleTV+ and serves as a writer and executive producer for FX’s “Snowfall.”