Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith

Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
Easy Rawlins comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Christmas Black, left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only mean that the ex-marine Black is probably dead, or will be soon. Easter's appearance is only the beginning, as Easy is immersed in a sea of problems. The love of his life is marrying another man and his friend Mouse is wanted for murder. As he's searching for a clue to Christmas Black's whereabouts, two suspicious MPs hire him to find his friend Black on behalf of the US Army. Easy's investigation brings him to Faith Laneer, a blonde woman with a dark past. As Easy begins to put the pieces together, he realizes that Black's dissappearance has its roots in Vietnam, and that Faith might be in a world of danger.

Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith. A Novel. Phoenix, ISBN: 9780753823446 (February, 2009), 288 p., £6.99.

Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith (USA 2008)

From the Publisher:
Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Chrismas Black, left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only mean that the ex-marine Black is probably dead, or will be soon. Easter's appearance is only the beginning, as Easy is immersed in a sea of problems. The love of his life is marrying another man and his friend Mouse is wanted for the murder of a father of 12.

As he's searching for a clue to Christmas Black's whereabouts, two suspicious MPs hire him to find his friend Black on behalf of the U.S. Army. Easy's investigation brings him to Faith Laneer, a blonde woman with a dark past. As Easy begins to put the pieces together, he realizes that Black's dissappearance has its roots in Vietnam, and that Faith might be in a world of danger.

Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith. An Easy Rawlins Novel. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9780446617901 (August, 2008), 308 p., $13.99.

Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Easy Rawlins returns home, thinking as usual about Bonnie. He misses her every day but cannot bring himself to call her: to hear that she is now with another man. At his house he finds the tall and elegant woman-child Feather playing with a living Asian doll - Easter Dawn. She says that her father, Christmas Black, brought her to him and claims that Easy would look after her until his business was over. Easy is puzzled. He owes a lot to the ex-marine; the man saved his life when he was wounded. The fact that he left Easter with him means that Christmas is either dead, or soon will be. A mysterious army captain, Clarence Miles, wearing a suit and tie and a huge smile accosts Easy with two military policemen. They want to hire Easy to find Christmas Black. It's a secret assignment. Easy takes the job for 75 dollars a day plus expenses: gas lodging out of town, meals and any small bribe money (under 21 dollars). Easy feels lost on a darkening sea. The love of his life is getting married to another man, he suddenly has a new daughter, a friend sought for murder, and another friend that he's been hired to betray.

And in all of it he has only one clue: a bumblebee-sized hole in a ceiling and three drops of blood...

Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith. A Novel. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN: 9780297853664 (February, 2008), 308 p., £12.99.

Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith (USA 2007)

Walter Mosley: Blonde Faith. The Tenth Easy Rawlins Thriller. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9780316734592 (October, 2007), 308 p., $26.99.