A Little Yellow Dog

Featuring an Original Easy Rawlins Short Story "Gray-Eyed Death"

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November 1963: Easy's settled into a steady gig as a school custodian. It's a quiet, simple existence -- but a few moments of ecstasy with a sexy teacher will change all that. When the lady vanishes, Easy's stuck with a couple of corpses, the cops on his back, and a little yellow dog who's nobody's best friend. With his not-so-simple past snapping at his heels, and with enemies old and new looking to get even, Easy must kiss his careful little life good-bye -- and step closer to the edge....

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Washington Square Press |
384 pages |
ISBN 9780743451802 |
November 2002

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Praise

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“Seattle Times The best book yet in this fine series. Easy Rawlins [is] one of the most distinctive voices in crime fiction. ”

“The Wall Street Journal Mosley writes with a keen sense of place and a sharp style that pins his unpredictable characters deftly to the page.... ”

“Detroit Free press Entertaining....Like Chandler and Ellroy, Mosley's wry wit holds nothing sacred. ”

“The New York Times Book Review [A] well-energized and crafty volume.... ”

“Houston Chronicle Mosley....writes with a pure, true voice. A Little Yellow Dog marks another winner for its remarkable author. ”

“San Jose Mercury News A Little Yellow Dog is just as smoky and sexy as Devil In a Blue Dress....[Mosley] tells his story fast and hard, sometimes funny, sometimes lyrical. ”

“Publishers Weekly (starred review) Easy Rawlins is back, which is great news....Mosley's thrillers, always thrilling, are salutary as well. ”

“Newsday How does Walter Mosley do it?....Each Easy Rawlins mystery is better than its predecessor”

– richer, more nuanced and, in this case, funnier.

“Philadelphia Inquirer Mosley just writes so well”

– so crisply, so smoothly.... His view of human nature is bone-solid realistic, no illusions.

“Boston Sunday Globe Early 1960s black Los Angeles is alive in the look and talk of the book.... Easy is a cool dude struggling to stay alive and make sense of his tough and tawdry world. ”

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Read an Excerpt

Chapter One

When I got to work that Monday morning I knew something was wrong. Mrs. Idabell Turner's car was parked in the external lot and there was a light on in her half of bungalow C.

It was six-thirty. The teachers at Sojourner Truth Junior High School never came in that early. Even the janitors who worked under me didn't show up until seven-fifteen. I was the supervising senior head custodian. It was up to me to see that everything worked right. That's why I was almost always the first one on the scene.

But not that morning.

It was November and the sky hadn't quite given up night yet. I...