Blonde Faith
by Walter Mosley
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Author: Walter MosleyEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2007-10-10
ISBN: 0316734594
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Book Review: more than a mystery
Summary: 5 Stars
I've read almost all of the Easy Rawlins series and almost always forget how good they are until I pick one up again. This latest is no exception. It's not so much the story that grabbed me, but the way it was told. With just a few lines, Mosley can evoke LA in 1967, right after the Watts riot, when the US was still in the middle of the Viet Nam war. He makes me care about Easy, Bonnie and Faith, and many of the other characters. Yes, there were too many minor characters, who were hard to keep track of and I had to go back to previous pages to follow the plot at times. But none of that kept from from thoroughly enjoying the book. Mosley is the natural heir to Raymond Chandler, who also eloquently wrote about LA, 20 years before the Easy Rawlins stories take place.
It does look bad for Rawlins at the end of Blonde Faith, but I like to think that he will somehow end up in northern California in the 1967 Haight Asbury, which we can read about in the next Easy Rawlins story.
Summary of Blonde Faith
Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Chrismas Black, left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only mean that the ex-marine Black is probably dead, or will be soon. Easter's appearance is only the beginning, as Easy is immersed in a sea of problems. The love of his life is marrying another man and his friend Mouse is wanted for the murder of a father of 12. As he's searching for a clue to Christmas Black's whereabouts, two suspicious MPs hire him to find his friend Black on behalf of the U.S. Army. Easy's investigation brings him to Faith Laneer, a blonde woman with a dark past. As Easy begins to put the pieces together, he realizes that Black's dissappearance has its roots in Vietnam, and that Faith might be in a world of danger.Mosley, Walter Books
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