Blogs in June 2020

A Red Death 10th June 2020

It’s 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins. Easy is out of “the hurting business” and into the housing (and favour) business when a racist IRS agent nails him for tax...

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Devil in a Blue Dress 5th June 2020

‘I need to find somebody and I might need a little help looking…’ The summer of ’48 in the city of Angels and there’s heat on the streets when Daphne Monet hits the sidewalk. Heat when she disappears with...

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Cinnamon Kiss 1st January 1970

It is the Summer of Love, and Easy Rawlins is contemplating robbing an armoured car. it’s further outside the law than Easy has ever travelled, but his daughter needs medical treatment that costs far more than Easy can borrow...

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All I did was shoot my man 1st January 1970

Seven years ago, Zella Grisham came home to find her man, Harry Tangelo, in bed with her friend. The weekend before, $6.8 million had been stolen from Rutgers Assurance Corp., whose offices are across the street from where Zella...

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