Walter Mosley
1990's Devil In A Blue introduces the character Easy Rawlins. In 1948 Easy or Ezekiel is an African American war veteran, factory worker from Texas who moved to Los Angeles to escape his friend Mouse. Read the book and you'll find out why. After losing his job and needing money to pay his mortgage, Easy is solicited by a obviously malignant individual to find a white woman name of Daphney Monet. Of course the initial search opens the door to a full blown mystery of unanswered questions, beat downs, and murder. The 1995 movie starred Denzel Washington as Easy, Don Cheadle as Mouse, and Jennifer Beals as Daphney. Unfortunately there were no movies made after the first one. Mosley wrote ten more books featuring Easy Rawlins as he evolves into a full time detective. 2007's Blond Faith was to be the last book in the Rawlins series, but I hear that's not what's going to happen. I met Walter Mosley briefly when he was at the Baltimore Book ...