Rose Gold: An Easy Rawlins Mystery

Walter Mosley

Sep 2014 · Sold by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

About this ebook

In the sixties era of black nationalism, political abductions, and epidemic police corruption, Easy’s latest case will pull him—unremittingly and inevitably—into the darkest underbelly of Los Angeles. 

Rosemary Goldsmith, the daughter of a weapons manufacturer, has been kidnapped by a black revolutionary cell called Scorched Earth. Their leader, Uhuru Nolicé, is holding her for ransom and if he doesn’t receive the money, weapons, and apology he demands, “Rose Gold” will die—horribly and publicly. So the authorities turn to Easy Rawlins, the one man who can cross the necessary lines to resolve this dangerous standoff and find Rose Gold before it’s too late.  

Ratings and reviews

I'm an "Easy and Mouse" junkie. From the times of John D. McDonald's "Travis McGee and Myer," this duo are comparable, if not better. The action and logic just doesn't stop. Once you start to read, it's just so hard to stop.

Too any characters, and too many subplots. A really contrived ending. Not his usual stuff.

A solid entry in the Easy Rawlins mystery series. Looking forward to the next installment.

About the author

Walter Mosley is the author of more than fifty books, most notably thirteen Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered, adapted from his first Socrates Fortlow novel, was an HBO film starring Laurence Fishburne. Mosley is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy Award, a PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, a Langston Hughes Medal, and a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. A Los Angeles native and a graduate of Goddard College, he holds an MFA from CCNY and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.