Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley's Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries) (1994) is an angel fiction novel. Much of the action takes place in California and Los Angeles. It deals with private investigators, easy Rawlins, African American men and investigadores privados.
37 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 26 editions across 3 languages.
It runs to roughly 330 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)
The New York Times Book Review ended its rave for White Butterfly, the most recent novel in Walter Mosley's acclaimed mystery series, by saying "I can't wait to see where Easy Rawlins turns up next. And when." Black Betty holds the sure-to-be-bestselling answer. The place is Los Angeles. The year is 1961, the dawn of a hopeful era for America's black citizens. Easy Rawlins's quiet real-estate empire is deep in the hole, so he must accept $200 from the oily white private eye Saul Lynx to track down one Elizabeth Eady, aka "Black Betty." From her native Houston's Fifth Ward to her position as housekeeper for the immensely wealthy Cain family of Beverly Hills, Betty's stunning beauty and raw sensuality have left a trail of chaos and mayhem in her wake. To compound Easy's troubles, his murderous sidekick Mouse is due out of jail, and he has bloody revenge on his mind. Entertainment Weekly has said that "[Easy] Rawlins isn't just the best new series detective around, he might be the best American character to appear in quite some time." Easy's murder-strewn search for "Black Betty" takes him into the depths of America's racial dilemmas and the mysteries of human character - and his creator, Walter Mosley, to even greater heights of achievement in the American novel. It is that rare novel that tells a gripping, fast-paced story while it grapples with the biggest questions that haunt American life.
Quick answers
Who wrote Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)?
Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries) was written by Walter Mosley and first published in 1994.
What genre is Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)?
It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.
How long is Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)?
The median edition has 330 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)?
Readers who like it often enjoy Lovers, The Black Dahlia and A Darkness More Than Night.
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