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Charcoal Joe

An Easy Rawlins Mystery

An Easy Rawlins Mystery

An Easy Rawlins Mystery

By Walter Mosley

By Walter Mosley

By Walter Mosley

By Walter Mosley

By Walter Mosley
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By Walter Mosley
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Part of Easy Rawlins Series

Part of Easy Rawlins Series

Part of Easy Rawlins Series

Paperback $17.00

May 02, 2017 | ISBN 9780804172103

Ebook $11.99

Jun 14, 2016 | ISBN 9780385539210

Audiobook Download $20.00

Jun 14, 2016 | 599 Minutes

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    About Charcoal Joe

    In this latest installment of the Easy Rawlins series from beloved and bestselling author Walter Mosley, the L.A. private eye has his hands full with the investigation of a racially charged murder.

    Easy Rawlins has started a new detective agency with two trusted partners and has a diamond ring in his pocket for his longtime girlfriend Bonnie Shay. Finally, Easy’s life seems to be heading towards something that looks like normalcy, but, inevitably, a case gets in the way. Easy’s friend Mouse calls in a favor—he wants Easy to meet with Rufus Tyler, an aging convict whom everyone calls Charcoal Joe. Joe’s friend’s son, Seymour, has been charged with the murder of two white men. Joe is convinced the young man is innocent and wants Easy to prove it no matter what the cost. But seeing as how Seymour was found standing over the dead bodies, and considering the racially charged nature of the crime, that will surely prove to be a tall order.

    About Charcoal Joe

    Walter Mosley’s indelible detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new mystery to  solve.

    Picking up where his last adventures in Rose Gold left off in L.A. in the late 1960s, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins finds his life in transition. He’s ready—finally—to propose to his girlfriend, Bonnie Shay, and start a life together. And he’s taken the money he got from the Rose Gold case and, together with two partners, Saul Lynx and Tinsford “Whisper” Natly, has started a new detective agency. But, inevitably, a case gets in the way: Easy’s friend Mouse introduces him to Rufus Tyler, a very old man everyone calls Charcoal Joe. Joe’s friend’s son, Seymour (young, bright, top of his class in physics at Stanford), has been arrested and charged with the murder of a white man from Redondo Beach. Joe tells Easy he will pay and pay well to see this young man exonerated, but seeing as how Seymour literally was found standing over the man’s dead body at his cabin home, and considering the racially charged motives seemingly behind the murder, that might prove to be a tall order.
         Between his new company, a heart that should be broken but is not, a whole raft of new bad guys on his tail, and a bad odor that surrounds Charcoal Joe, Easy has his hands full, his horizons askew, and his life in shambles around his feet.

    About Charcoal Joe

    Walter Mosley’s indelible detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new mystery to  solve.

    Picking up where his last adventures in Rose Gold left off in L.A. in the late 1960s, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins finds his life in transition. He’s ready—finally—to propose to his girlfriend, Bonnie Shay, and start a life together. And he’s taken the money he got from the Rose Gold case and, together with two partners, Saul Lynx and Tinsford “Whisper” Natly, has started a new detective agency. But, inevitably, a case gets in the way: Easy’s friend Mouse introduces him to Rufus Tyler, a very old man everyone calls Charcoal Joe. Joe’s friend’s son, Seymour (young, bright, top of his class in physics at Stanford), has been arrested and charged with the murder of a white man from Redondo Beach. Joe tells Easy he will pay and pay well to see this young man exonerated, but seeing as how Seymour literally was found standing over the man’s dead body at his cabin home, and considering the racially charged motives seemingly behind the murder, that might prove to be a tall order.
         Between his new company, a heart that should be broken but is not, a whole raft of new bad guys on his tail, and a bad odor that surrounds Charcoal Joe, Easy has his hands full, his horizons askew, and his life in shambles around his feet.

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    About Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 books, most notably 13 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,… More about Walter Mosley

    About Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 books, most notably 13 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,… More about Walter Mosley

    About Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 books, most notably 13 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,… More about Walter Mosley

    Product Details

    Category: Mystery & Suspense

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    May 02, 2017 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780804172103

    Category: Mystery & Suspense

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Jun 14, 2016 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780385539210

    Category: Mystery & Suspense | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 14, 2016 | 599 Minutes | ISBN 9780735208735
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    Praise

    “You don’t hop in the car with Easy Rawlins for the destination. You ride shotgun for the trip.” —The Washington Post

    “I’d know that voice [in Charcoal Joe] anywhere. It’s the seductive drawl and lowdown dirty laugh of Walter Mosley’s mellow private eye, Easy Rawlins.”
    —Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

    “Incomparable. . . . Easy quickly finds himself in a mess. . . . But as ever, [he] finds a way to rise above such circumstances”
    — Chicago Tribune
     
    “These memorable characters are strong, shrewd, purposeful and humorous.” —Los Angeles Sentinel

    “Much like Raymond Chandler did in his portrait of Southern California for his fictional private eye Philip Marlowe, or Dashiell Hammett did with Sam Spade, Mr. Mosley takes readers into the worlds of everyone from psychopathic criminals to business magnates, along with the minor players such as con men, tipsters, career criminals and cops.” —Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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