![]() ![]() If one or more items are not available when you place your order there may be a delay in dispatch, so that we can send your items in as few parcels as possible. Items are usually dispatched within twenty-four to seventy-two hours. Orders are processed and dispatched Monday to Friday. In the sleazy, fearful city, Easy must rely on his instincts, not just to solve the case, but to save his own life. Nobody warned him – better the devil you know… ![]() It’s a simple decision, but for one thing. Easy Rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job.ĭrinking in a friend’s bar, he wonders how to meet his mortgage when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will locate Miss Monet, a blonde with a reputation. Heat when she disappears with a trunkload of somebody else’s cash. It’s the summer of ’48 in the city of Angels and there’s heat on the streets when Daphne Monet hits the sidewalk. Devil in a Blue Dress is the perfect example of this, although it is set in post-war, pre civil rights era America, the inequality, casual brutality and deep-rooted racism it depicts feel extremely timely. The best crime novels are a brilliant way of understanding the deep currents at work under the surface of the society they depict. ![]()
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