A review by nonna7
Little Green by Walter Mosley

5.0

Easy Rawlings is back after surviving what would have been a fatal accident for most men in the last book in the series, Blonde Faith. It's 1967 in Watts, Los Angeles. For someone who not have read previous books in the series - and I haven't read them all - it can be hard to understand the character. He is a WWII veteran who is a private detective at a time when there weren't many black private detectives. He is a violent man in a violent world and a loving man in a loving world. Moseley's works are always about racism and how it affects everyone no matter who they are. They are dark, often filled with a bit of Caribbean voodoo. In this case, it's Mama Jo who mixes a magic elixir that allows Easy to leave his sick bed prematurely. Thanks to his friend, Mouse, Easy was rescued from death after his car plunged down a cliff. Now he's awake from a long coma, and Mouse needs his help. Everyone agrees he needs to rest, but Mouse needs him. A young man runs off with a bag of drug money during an LSD haze. Now the people want their money back and will do whatever it takes. We meet the many people who know and respect Easy and are willing to help him get the job done - from Mama Jo and her potions to the CEO of a French firm. I love Moseley's writing. Reviewers have picked apart his last few books. Perhaps it's just that he's from a different generation. I know that I'll be reading his stuff for as long as he's willing to write it.