* 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
A propos de l’auteur
Val Mc Dermid has published twenty-eight crime novels, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, been translated into sixteen languages and won multiple awards. Her series featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill was the basis for the TV series The Wire in the Blood for ITV.Forensics will be published in partnership with the Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection is a free visitor destination that explores the connections between medicine, life and art. In 2012, its critically acclaimed programme of events and exhibitions welcomed over 490, 000 visitors.
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