Part of Easy Rawlins, book 10
First published 2006
Easy Rawlins stares at financial ruin. His daughter Feather needs expensive medical treatment he cannot afford through any legal means. The Summer of Love blooms around Los Angeles, but Easy contemplates the darkest choice of his life: robbing an armored car with his friend Mouse. Then private investigator Saul Lynx presents an alternative. A prominent but eccentric lawyer has vanished along with his stunning assistant, known as "Cinnamon" Cargill. The case pays enough to save Feather without landing Easy in prison. Easy accepts, though he suspects his new employer Robert Lee hides crucial information. The investigation drags Easy from hippie communes to dangerous territory he has never navigated. A conspiracy emerges that reaches back to European battlefields. Easy must balance his desperation to help Feather against the mounting dangers of a case where nothing appears as it seems.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, crime, thriller, detective, african-american-historical-fiction
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: desperate-measures, found-family, moral-dilemma
Setting: California, Los Angeles
Period: 1960s, Summer of Love
336 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence