A Little Yellow Dog, 5 - (Easy Rawlins Mystery) by Walter Mosley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>1964: Easy has given up the street life and has taken on a job as a supervising custodian at Sojourner Truth High School. But his newly found carefree lifestyle is threatened when two corpses are discovered at the school and the police think Easy is involved.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Easy finally believes he can lead a simple life and leave his haunted past behind him--until he meets a woman who changes everything.</b> <p/>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. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>"</i>Mosley just writes so well -- so crisply, so smoothly.... His view of human nature is bone-solid realistic, no illusions."-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"<br><br><i>"A Little Yellow Dog</i> is just as smoky and sexy as <i>Devil In a Blue Dress....</i>[Mosley] tells his story fast and hard, sometimes funny, sometimes lyrical."-- "San Jose Mercury News"<br><br>"[A] well-energized and crafty volume."-- "The New York Times Book Review"<br><br>"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"<br><br>"Easy Rawlins is back, which is great news....Mosley's thrillers, always thrilling, are salutary as well."-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"<br><br>"Entertaining....Like Chandler and Ellroy, Mosley's wry wit holds nothing sacred."-- "Detroit Free press"<br><br>"How does Walter Mosley do it?....Each Easy Rawlins mystery is better than its predecessor -- richer, more nuanced and, in this case, funnier."-- "Newsday"<br><br>"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"<br><br>"Mosley....writes with a pure, true voice. <i>A Little Yellow Dog</i> marks another winner for its remarkable author."-- "Houston Chronicle"<br><br>"The best book yet in this fine series. Easy Rawlins [is] one of the most distinctive voices in crime fiction."-- "Seattle Times"<br>
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