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Black BettyOn the verge of losing everything, Easy Rawlins gets an offer from the FBI he can’t refuse in this gripping entry in the Easy Rawlins series...Little GreenWhen Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress—a combustible mixture of...The Dark MaestroCurtis Wilson is a cello prodigy, growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and t...Malice in WonderlandA broken relationship, tarnished with lies and deceit,
A father who wants her dead,
And a shocking surprise that could rock the very foundat...Charcoal JoePicking 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. H...Rose Goldn this new mystery set in the Patty Hearst era of radical black nationalism and political abductions, a black ex-boxer self-named Uhuru Noli...Every Man a KingIn this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter Mosley, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a...A Deadly Inside ScoopThis book kicks off a charming cozy mystery series set in an ice cream shop—with a fabulous cast of quirky characters.
Recent MBA grad Bron...Harlem SunsetA riveting Harlem Renaissance Mystery featuring Louise Lloyd, a young Black woman working in a hot new speakeasy when she gets caught up in ...Fire Burn and Cauldron BubbleFIRE BURN AND CAULDRON BUBBLE is the first book in the Jolie Wilkins series. If you like your books steamy (this is a paranormal romance ser...The Senator's WifeAfter a tragic chain of events led to the deaths of their spouses two years ago, D.C. philanthropist Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomer...Soul of a KillerIn this mouthwatering cozy mystery series, fraternal twins Keaton and Koby are trying to run their combined soul food café and bookstore, bu...A Red Deatht's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow "Easy Rawlins."
Easy is out of " the hurting business" ...Bad Boy Brawly BrownEasy Rawlins is out of the investigation business and as far away from crime as a black man can be in 1960s Los Angeles.But living around de...A Killer SundaeIce cream shop owner Bronwyn Crewse is in for two scoops of murder in this charming mystery from Abby Collette.
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is gor...One of YouA mysterious outsider torments two Haitian American sisters, forcing them to confront dark secrets from their family’s past, in this powerfu...Like a SisterWhen the body of reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found on a playground in the Bronx the morning after her twenty-fifth birthday party, the...Deacon King KongIn September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known in the neighborhood as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Causeway H...Symphony of SecretsBern Hendricks has just received the call of a lifetime. As one of the world’s preeminent experts on the famed twentieth-century composer Fr...Dead Dead GirlsHarlem, 1926. Young Black women like Louise Lloyd are ending up dead.
Following a harrowing kidnapping ordeal when she was in her teens, Lo...Words UnspokenWords Unspoken: Skeleton's Falling Out The Closet..
Sanae is a 14 year old with a secret. But she's not the only one with a with a secret in...Hollywood EndingTinseltown's awards season is in full swing, and everyone is obsessed with dressing up, scoring free swag, and getting invited to the bigges...Blood GroveIt is 1969, and flames can be seen on the horizon, protest wafts like smoke though the thick air, and Easy Rawlins, the Black private detect...Blonde FaithEasy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Chrismas Black, left on his doo...Devil in a Blue DressDevil in a Blue Dress honors the tradition of the classic American detective novel by bestowing on it a vivid social canvas and the freshest...White ButterflyThe police don't show up on Easy's doorstep until the third girl dies. It's Los Angeles, 1956 and it takes more than a murdered black girl b...If You Love MeEvenie Lewis knows this all too well. A case of mistaken identity has stolen ten years of her life. When the opportunity arises, Evenie jump...Little ScarletFor the huge audience that has always thought they should read Walter Mosley, he delivers at last the novel they've been waiting for-one so ...Uncovering LoveOne night changes everything in Gianna Phillips' seemingly perfect world. She's in love, months away from having their first child, and risi...The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara DouglassFor four years, Zahara Douglass has been haunted by the mystery of her sister’s disappearance—not where she went, but whether she ever exist...Farewell, AmethystineJanuary 1970 finds Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, LA’s premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations. He has a loving famil...A Lethal LadyLouise Lloyd’s time away in Paris is everything she was hoping it would be until a shocking murder turns her entire world upside down.
Loui...The Perfect MarriageSarah Morgan is one of the best criminal defense attorneys in Washington, DC. With a perfect case record and having made named partner befor...Herringbone HexesWhen Lorcan and I fail to dissolve the blood bond yet again (this time quite an embarrassing one), I’m at my wit’s end.
The last thing I ne...Cinnamon KissIt is the Summer of Love and Easy Rawlins is contemplating robbing an armored car. It's farther outside the law than Easy has ever traveled,...Gone Fishin'’s 1939 and Easy and Mouse are young men just setting out in life—Easy has yet to develop his skill for unraveling the secrets of others, an...The Violin ConspiracyGrowing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to beco...Clay's ArkFrom the acclaimed author of the Earthseed series, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates toget...Good DirtWhen ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard the gunshot, time stopped. And when she saw her brother, Baz, lying on the floor surrounded by the shat...Missing White WomanThe truth is never skin deep.
It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City. Breanna’s new boyfriend, Ty, took care of...A Game of ConesIn this charming mystery series set in an ice cream shop, no case is too cold to crack!
Bronwyn Crewse is delighted that Crewse Creamery, t...A Little Yellow DogNovember 1963: Easy’s working as a school custodian in Watts, trying to live quietly in a city simmering with tension. But one steamy encoun...Body and Soul FoodIn this page-turning new mystery series, fraternal twins Keaton and Koby will pull double duty when they take down a killer while preparing ...One of Our KindJasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California hoping to find a community of like-minded peop...