A Red Death

By (author): "Jane Chelius, Walter Mosley"
Genres:Fiction books  Historical Fiction books  Mystery books  African American books  Crime books  Noir books  
Publish Date: January 1st 1991
A Red Death
ISBN0671749897
ISBN139780671749897
AsinA Red Death
CharactersRaymond "Mouse" Alexander, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins,
Original titleA Red Death
SeriesEasy Rawlins #2
It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles, a moral tar pit ready to swallow "Easy Rawlins." Easy is out of " the hurting business" and into the housing (and the favor) business when a racist IRS agent nails him for tax evasion. FBI Special Agent Darryl T. Craxton offers to bail him out if he agrees to infiltrate the First African Baptist Church and spy on alleged communist union organizer Chaim Wenzler. That's when the murders begin...