A review by myriadreads
Little Green by Walter Mosley

4.0

I am not a big reader of mysteries, and I would never have picked this up if it had not been recommended by a friend. That said, I loved this book. Easy Rawlins is a private detective and World War II vet living in Watts, Los Angeles. This novel is set in the late '60's. Walter Mosley writes intelligently, but with a voice that is authentic to everyday people. He addresses issues of race within the context of the 1960's a great deal, but represents people as a whole very fairly. The characters and the writing style drew me in right away, and the mystery that developed kept me up reading late into the night. It was so good that I've decided to read all of the Easy Rawlins mysteries, starting with Devil in a Blue Dress.