Talking Location With … M J Robotham – VENICE
Devil in a Blue Dress
Location(s): Los Angeles
Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
Era(s): 1940s
‘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 a trunkload of somebody else’s cash.
Easy Rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job. Drinking in a friend’s bar, he wonders how to meet his mortgage when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will locate Miss Monet, a blonde with a reputation. It’s a simple decision, but for one thing. Nobody warned him – better the devil you know…
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