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  53. Praise for Walter Mosley andBlood Grove
  54. About the Author
  55. Also by Walter Mosley

“Mosley effortlessly moves the series to 1969 in Blood Grove, showing just how far Easy has come…A solid mystery, Blood Grove will show longtime readers just how much they have missed Easy.”

—Oline H. Cogdill, South Florida Sun Sentinel

“What’s perhaps most remarkable about Blood Grove—as with all Easy Rawlins novels—is Mosley’s undiminished gift for embedding the poignant messaging of the protest novel in hard-boiled crime fiction without ever sacrificing punch or pace…Blood Grove does its many antecedents proud—not least among them, Easy Rawlins’s formidable first fourteen.”

—Steve Nathans-Kelly, New York Journal of Books

“Both Chandler and Mosley amply reward readers with the beauty of their prose and with the world views of their iconic heroes, men of honor struggling to do right in an unjust world…For Easy Rawlins, it has meant trying to do the same with the added complication of being a Black man in race-torn, post–World War II Los Angeles.”

—Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press

“Mosley has his finger on the pulse of racial and cultural issues of the late ’60s, and the book is sure to make readers ponder just how much has and hasn’t changed today.”

—Christina Lanzito, AARP

“Blood Grove may just be one of the best novels in an already iconic detective series…Mosley manages to unfurl a genuinely captivating plot that travels a dark odyssey through the subcultures of 1969 LA, while also adding poignant new depth to the stories of long-running characters. Blood Grove is as satisfying as noir gets.”

—Dwyer Murphy, CrimeReads

“Easy’s finely calibrated understanding of and commentary on the social and racial climate around him give the novel its defining texture and power…A new Easy Rawlins novel is always big news in crime-fiction circles, and this fifteenth entry in the series does not disappoint.”

—Booklist

“More than a simple mystery…Blood Grove solidifies Easy Rawlins as an enduring figure, one who has survived and thrived in a world that sees him as less than the hero he is.”

—Chicago Review of Books

About the Author

Walter Mosley is one of America’s most celebrated and beloved writers. A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, he has won numerous awards, including the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award, several NAACP Image Awards, and a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. His short fiction has appeared in a wide array of publications, including The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and Playboy, and his nonfiction has been published in the New York Times Book Review, the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, and The Nation. He is the author of the Easy Rawlins series, including, most recently, Charcoal Joe. He lives in New York City.

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