Devil in a Blue Dress

* WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY AWARD** THE FIRST NOVEL BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED WRITER WALTER MOSLEY *''A damn good read''VAL MCDERMID''A brilliant novel''JONATHAN KELLERMAN''A first novel of astonishing virtuosity'' SUNDAY TIMESI need to find somebody and I might need a little help looking... The summer of ''48 in the city of Angels and there''s heat on the streets when Daphne Monet hits the sidewalk. Heat when she disappears with a trunkload of somebody else''s cash.Easy Rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job. Drinking in a friend''s bar, he wonders how to meet his mortgage when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will locate Miss Monet, a blonde with a reputation. It''s a simple decision, but for one thing. Nobody warned him - better the devil you know...''Magnificent... a wonderful new talent'' Financial Times''Sharp and meatily convincing'' The Times''Perfectly balanced concoctions of lust, violence, politics and race'' Sunday Times