Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet (USA 2008)

From the Publisher:
Watts is smoldering in ruins and the cops are on Easy Rawlins's doorstep. Easy expects the worst, as usual. But, incredibly, they're asking for his help. A redheaded woman known as Little Scarlet had sheltered a man during the riots. Witnesses later saw him fleeing her building; not long after, Little Scarlet was found viciously murdered. Now, with his old friend Mouse at his side, Easy follows a single clue across Los Angeles. The missing man is the key, but he's only the beginning.

Hidden in the heart of the city is a killer whose red-hot rage is as fierce as the fires that rocked L.A.

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet. An Easy Rawlins Mystery. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 0446198242 (August, 2008), 306 p., $13.99.

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet (UK 2006)

From the Publisher:
Just after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965, the police turn up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep. Easy expects the worst - but they've come for his to ask for his help.

A man was wrenched from his car by a mob at the riots' peak and escaped into a nearby apartment building. Soon afterwards, a redheaded woman known as Little Scarlet was found dead in the same building. The fleeing man is the obvious suspect but he has vanished. The police fear that their presence in certain neighbourhoods could spark a new inferno, so now they want Easy and his longtime friend Mouse to investigate. What they find is a killer whose rage echoes the passions that have burned in the city for weeks.

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet. An Easy Rawlins Novel. Phoenix, ISBN 0753819449 (February, 2006), 306 p., £6.99.

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
From the acclaimed Walter Mosley, New York Times bestselling author of »Bad Boy Brawly Brown« and »Fear Itself«, comes his most riveting and provocative Easy Rawlins novel ever-a searing story of murder and fury.

Watts is smoldering in ruins-and the cops are on Easy Rawlins's doorstep. Easy expects the worst, as usual. But, incredibly, they're asking for his help. A redheaded woman known as Little Scarlet had sheltered a man during the riots. Witnesses later saw him fleeing her building; not long after, Little Scarlet was found viciously murdered. Now, with his old friend Mouse at his side, Easy follows the case's single clue across Los Angeles. The missing man is the key, but he's only the beginning. Hidden in the heart of the city is a killer whose red-hot rage is as fierce as the fires that rocked L.A.

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet. An Easy Rawlins Mystery. Warner Vision, ISBN 0446612715 (April, 2005), 342 p., $7.50.

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet (UK 2005)

From the Publisher:
Just after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965 the police turn up at Easy Rawlin's doorstep to ask for his help.
A man was wrenched from his car by a mob at the riots' peak and escaped into a nearby apartment building. Soon afterward, a redheaded woman known as Little Scarlet was found dead in that building - and the fleeing man is the obvious suspect. But the man has vanished. The police fear that their presence in certain neighbourhoods could spark a new inferno, so they ask Easy Rawlins to see what he can discover. The vanished man is the key, but he is only the beginning.

Rawlins's hunt for the killer reveals a new city emerging from the ashes. Mosley's lean and musical vernacular captures the heat and the rhythm of Los Angeles' heart, where danger is the common currency of everyday life. Little Scarlet is further proof that Mosley is 'a master of mystery' (New York Times Book Review).

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 0297848283 (February, 2005), 306 p., £18.99 (?).

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
Easy Rawlins returns to solve a mystery set amid the flames of the hottest summer L.A. has ever seen.
Just after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965 - when anger is high and fear still smolders everywhere - the police turn up at Easy Rawlins's doorstep. He expects the worst, as usual. But they've come to ask for his help.

A man was wrenched from his car by a mob at the riots' peak and escaped into a nearby apartment building. Soon afterward, a redheaded woman known as Little Scarlet was found dead in that building - and the fleeing man is the obvious suspect. But the man has vanished.

The police fear that their presence in certain neighborhoods could spark a new inferno, so they ask Easy Rawlins to see what he can discover. The vanished man is the key, but he is only the beginning. Easy enlists the help of his longtime friend Mouse to break through the shroud. And what Easy finds is a killer whose rage, like that which burned in the city for weeks, is intrinsically woven around deep-set passions - feelings echoed within Easy himself.

Rawlins's hunt for the killer reveals a new city emerging from the ashes, with the promise of a new life for Easy, Mouse, and his old friends Jackson Blue and Jewelle. Mosley's lean and musical vernacular captures the heat and the rhythm of Los Angeles' heart, where danger is the currency of everyday life. Little Scarlet is further proof that Mosley is "a master of mystery" (New York Times Book Review).

Walter Mosley: Little Scarlet. An Easy Rawlins Mystery. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN 0316073032 (June, 2004), 306 p., $24.95.