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A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
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A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Author: Walter Mosley

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Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780671884291 - ISBN-10: 0671884298
Publication Date: 7/1/1997
Pages: 336


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Book Description:
It's 1963. Easy Rawlins has given up the street life and is now the supervising custodian of Sojourner Truth High School in Watts. He gets up early and goes off to work. He wears nice clothes and puts all his energy and love into his job and his adopted children. He likes his new life.

But his life changes when Easy comes in early one morning to find one of the teachers already in her classroom. She has her dog with her, and a story about a husband gone mad. Before Easy knows what's happening, the teacher is in his arms. Before the day is over the teacher is gone, leaving Easy with her dog - and a corpse in the school garden.

Easy may have left the streets, but he hasn't been forgotten. The police believe that Easy is involved in the murders. Old enemies are waiting to get even. The principal of the school wants to fire him. His old friends aren't the same, and his new friends might mean his death. A murderer is running loose somewhere. And a little yellow dog plots revenge.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Doug W. wrote on 8/8/2009...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Typical of all of Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins mysteries, A Little Yellow Dog is well-written, exhaustively researched, and thoroughly enjoyable. Mr. Mosley is a wordsmith and craftsman and I don't think he is capable of writing a bad Easy Rawlins story.

Kathie J. wrote on 2/17/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I love Walter Mosley mysteries and look forward to each new Easy Rawlin's book that comes out. If you have never read Mosley's books, you have to try this one.


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Tamiris B. wrote on 4/14/2007...


The Main character is a school custodian named Easy.
Throw in a couple of dead bodies,a rascally yellow dog and a sexy teacher and you get a bawdy,colorful book!I loved it!
This is NOT your run of the mill detective story at all,by no means!! You will enjoy this book!

Maureen H. wrote on 2/16/2007...


If you love Walter Mosley, you will love this book. Always a good read

Sharon H. wrote on 1/2/2007...


Great mystery. Part of the sequel.

Lou N. (bookmanpc) wrote on 8/29/2006...


Wonderful tale of L.A. post WWII in the Black community.

ANNA S. (SanJoseCa) wrote on 8/7/2006...


"Mosley's mysteries take us to places in black culture where few white readers have been". A great read! (And the little yellow dog seems to love everyone except Easy!)

Karen L. (Mae) wrote on 2/1/2006...


Novenber 1963: Easy's settled into a steady gig as a school custodian. It's a simple quiet existence-but a few moments of ecstasy with a sexy teacher will change all that.


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