* 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 TIMES_ _I 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_