Part of Easy Rawlins, book 17
First published 2025
Easy Rawlins has built something good for himself. His detective agency thrives with its first female investigator. He lives in a remote house high in the hills above Los Angeles, sharing it with children, pets, and lovers. The peace he fought so hard to achieve feels real at last. Then several underground power brokers approach him with the same urgent request. They need him to find a woman named Lutisha James, though she operates under a different name that Easy knows well. This mysterious woman has upset the fragile criminal ecosystem of 1970s Los Angeles, a city built on shifting alliances and violent compromises. Lutisha carries a secret that will shatter Easy's carefully constructed world. The case forces him to confront how the past never truly releases its grip, even when you think you have escaped its reach.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, crime, thriller, detective, african-american-historical-fiction
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Los Angeles
Period: 1970s
336 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company