![]() The sunglasses had been pushed up to the top of her head, nestled in the big, floppy curls she’d had done at some beauty shop. She didn’t seem to be wearing anything under that dress – not that she needed to. The thin straps lay loose on her brown shoulders. It wasn’t hot or cold outside, but her dress was definitely a summer frock, white with a floral pattern. It was a cloudless day in October, the year was 1954. Instead, smaller, easily overlooked Paris Minton is both narrator and protagonist, telling the story of the worst day of his life, when Love walked in the front door of his bookshop and changed everything for the worst. Though the book takes its title from the badass character, he is not the protagonist. It is another story in the same sort of universe, and what makes the book surprising are not so much the twists and turns of its plot (which is both twisty and turny, all right) but its choice of protagonist. However, Fearless Jones is not a cynical attempt to capitalize on something that made the Rawlins books work. However, these are the kinds of general elements found in quite a few mysteries. It’s a book set in Los Angeles in years long gone (1954), a mystery story that plays on some of the familiar elements found throughout the hardboiled school, about a Black sleuth and his bad assed pal. Mosley’s writing-whether focused on gritty mysteries, intense speculative fiction, or oddly unclassifiable novels like The Man in My Basement-is always strong, always lean, always propulsive.Īt first glance, Fearless Jones seems like yet another spin on the formula that made the Easy Rawlins series so enjoyable. No one writes Black heroes quite the way Walter Mosley does, compelling, strong, rough around the edges, complex, no strangers to violence or dark deeds, and yet often ultimately admirable. Then, there are three novels, to date, about badass Tristan “Fearless” Jones and his bookshop owning Watson, Paris Minton. Some of these titles follow additional series characters, from the hard luck works about Socrates Fortlow to the New York based detective Leonid McGill. Horror of Personalit… on Double, Double, Toil and Troub…Īlthough he made his mark in the literary landscape with the first entry in the long running Easy Rawlins historical mystery series, Devil in A Blue Dress in 1990, author Walter Mosley has tried his hand at a few standalones and titles with nothing to do with detective Easy or his crazy pal man Mouse. One Woman’s Li… on Keep Watching the Skies: Patri… It All Boils Down to… on Yukon Do That, But Maybe You O… It All Boils Down to… on Looking for that Special Sound… It All Boils Down to… on Across the Prairie With Blood… It All Boils Down to Less Danger of War: Strategic Air Command (1955).And the Legend Continues: Boggy Creek II (1983). ![]() Harlequin Romances and Clown Orgies: Joe R. ![]()
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