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Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of their careers, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil, where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced . . . one whose work is only just beginning.
"Mosley's talent for sketching memorable minor characters of every hue ..... is fully evident, while his reading of the racial temperature of the 1950s is as dead-on as ever." - PW.
".... this series remains an entertaining and insightful look at black life in postwar Southern California." - Booklist.
"Luckily, the clouds obscuring the labyrinthine plot frequently lift to reveal the clarity of Paris's wisdom...." Kirkus
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Walter Mosley is one of America's most celebrated and beloved writers. A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, he has won numerous awards, including the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA's Lifetime Achievement Award, and several NAACP Image awards. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. His short fiction has appeared in a wide array of publications, including The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, Los Angeles Times Magazine, and Playboy, and his nonfiction has been published in The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, and The Nation. He is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series among many other books. He lives in New York City.
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Easy Rawlins
Devil in a Blue Dress (1990)
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