Black Betty: An Easy Rawlins Novel

For most Black Americans, the 1960s were times of hope. For former P.I. Easy Rawlins, Los Angeles’s mean streets were never meaner–or more deadly. Racial tensions are high–Black folks avoid even stepping foot in white neighborhoods. Despite the ongoing civil rights movement, racism still rules the streets and police officers are no exception.

So when a white man approaches Easy with a wad of cash to find a missing person, Easy would is tempted to simply throw the money back in his sleazy face. But he personally knows the woman the white man wants to find–the notorious Black Betty, an ebony siren whose talent for all things rich and male took her from Houston’s Fifth Ward to Beverly Hills. Short on money and pulled by the strong desire to see Black Betty again, he accepts the job. But why exactly this white man wants to find her isn’t clear. Easy’s questions aren’t being answers and he realizes the case might be more complex than he thought.

Easy won’t stop at anything to find Black Betty. Even as the obstacles grow higher and the bodies begin to pile up.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Walter Mosley
Published: 11/01/2002
Publisher: Atria Books
ISBN: 9780743451789
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 0.98″ H x 8.21″ L x 5.37″ W

About the Author
Walter Mosley is the acclaimed author of more than forty books, including the internationally bestselling Easy Rawlins series. His best known Easy Rawlins novels include Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, Black Betty, and Little Yellow Dog. He is also the author of the collection of stories Always Outnumbered. Always Outgunned featuring Socrates Fortlow, which was the basis for an HBO feature film. A former president of the Mystery Writers of America, he was named a grand master by the organization in 2016. He has served on the board of directors of the National Book Foundation and is a recipient of the PEN American Center Lifetime Achievement Award. A native of Los Angeles, he now lives in New York City.