White Butterfly

Description

It's 1956 and no one official in Los Angeles pays much attention when three black bar girls are murdered. But when a white stripper is similarly murdered and she turns out to be the daughter of a powerful LA prosecutor, all hell breaks loose. The LAPD calls on Easy Rawlins for help: he can go places and do things the police cannot. Reluctantly, Easy accepts their plea and begins a deadly quest that takes him through the seedy jazz joints of Bone Street and the dingy rooms of Hollywood Row. It is a brutal, dangerous odyssey that jeopardizes his marriage and his life - and leads to a shocking conclusion.

Walter Mosley is the author of over twenty critically acclaimed books and his work has been translated into twenty-one languages. His popular mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins began with Devil in a Blue Dress in 1990, which was later made into a film starring Denzel Washington. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he now lives in New York.

"'A brilliant novel. Period. Mosley's prose is rich, yet taut, and has that special musical cadence that few writers achieve... I read Devil in A Blue Dress in one sitting and didn't want it to end. An astonishing first novel' Jonathan Kellerman 'A magnificent first novel by Walter Mosley in which, from the first page, it's clear we have discovered a wonderful new talent... the most exciting arrival in the genre for years' Face 'An original, beguiling creation. One of the most impressive first crime novels' The Times 'This novel is so hot, it burns the fingers with blistering dialogue and multi-coloured images' Evening Standard"