Devil in a Blue Dress (1990) Walter Mosley (American novelist) (Author)
Award Winner
Easy, having lost his job as a factory worker and needing money for his mortgage, takes on the job of finding Daphne, a missing woman. Daphne, escaping her true identity as Ruby Hanks and her incestuous relationship with her father, has been passing for white. Easy becomes the target for the police and for the man searching for Daphne, "the devil in a blue dress." Entering the underworld to unravel the truth, Easy becomes implicated in past crimes while a string of murders occurs.
MAIN CHARACTERS :
Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, Worker, Detective--Private, Dewitt Albright, Organized Crime Figure, Daphne Monet, Singer
GENRE :
Mystery fiction
SUB GENRE :
Private Detective
SETTING(S) :
California, Los Angeles, North America, Southwest, United States, West
SUBJECT :
African Americans, Missing persons, Murder, Mystery fiction, Detective fiction, Race relations
TIME PERIOD :
20th century AD, 1950s (Decade) AD, 1940s (Decade) AD
BEST SELLERS LIST
Washington Post Book World Paperback Bestsellers: Fiction
Total Number of Weeks: 1
First Appearance: October 29, 1995
Last Appearance: October 29, 1995
Highest Position Achieved: 4
Gale Document Number: GALE|M1300011593
Gale Database: What Do I Read Next?, 2010
SOURCE CITATION : "Devil in a Blue Dress." 2010. Books & Authors Gale. Gale Internal User. 2 Sep 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>
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