A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Novel (Easy Rawlins Mystery #5)
Description
Easy finally believes he can lead a simple life and leave his haunted past behind him—until he meets a woman who changes everything.
November 1963: Easy's settled into a steady gig as a school custodian. It's a quiet, simple existence—but a few moments of ecstasy with a sexy teacher will change all that. When the lady vanishes, Easy's stuck with a couple of corpses, the cops on his back, and a little yellow dog who's nobody's best friend.
With his not-so-simple past snapping at his heels, and with enemies old and new looking to get even, Easy must kiss his careful little life good-bye—and step closer to the edge.
Praise for A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Novel (Easy Rawlins Mystery #5)
"The best book yet in this fine series. Easy Rawlins [is] one of the most distinctive voices in crime fiction."
— Seattle Times
"Mosley writes with a keen sense of place and a sharp style that pins his unpredictable characters deftly to the page."
— The Wall Street Journal
"Entertaining....Like Chandler and Ellroy, Mosley's wry wit holds nothing sacred."
— Detroit Free press
"[A] well-energized and crafty volume."
— The New York Times Book Review
"Mosley....writes with a pure, true voice. A Little Yellow Dog marks another winner for its remarkable author."
— Houston Chronicle
"A Little Yellow Dog is just as smoky and sexy as Devil In a Blue Dress....[Mosley] tells his story fast and hard, sometimes funny, sometimes lyrical."
— San Jose Mercury News
"Easy Rawlins is back, which is great news....Mosley's thrillers, always thrilling, are salutary as well."
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"How does Walter Mosley do it?....Each Easy Rawlins mystery is better than its predecessor -- richer, more nuanced and, in this case, funnier."
— Newsday
"Mosley just writes so well -- so crisply, so smoothly.... His view of human nature is bone-solid realistic, no illusions."
— Philadelphia Inquirer
"Early 1960s black Los Angeles is alive in the look and talk of the book.... Easy is a cool dude struggling to stay alive and make sense of his tough and tawdry world."
— Boston Sunday Globe