They investigate the murder of a black woman – with the top suspect being the white man she helped – in the racially sensitive time. Walter Mosleys mystery thriller Little Scarlet, the ninth book in the Easy Rawlins series, follows Easy Rawlins as he solves a mystery during one of the. Easy expects the worst but theyve come for. The story sees Rawlins and Moose dealing with LA just after the 1965 Watts race riots. Just after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965, the police turn up on Easy Rawlinss doorstep. Guess what happened… Now HBO Films and Picturehouse have approached him, and he’s busy writing the script with Wright and Def attached to play the roles, as soon as they work out which they want. The canny writer had an option to hold the rights to his characters written into his deal for Devil with Columbia TriStar, so that if they ever became dormant, he’d get them back. The man behind the new film is Walter Mosley, the novelist who penned both Devil and Scarlet. Only this time, in Little Scarlet, they’ll be played by Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright.

Back then they were played by Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle.īut now they’re back. Soon afterwards, a redheaded woman known as Little Scarlet was found dead in the same building. Find a link to the full-length interview in the upper-right.You might remember Easy Rawlins and Mouse, the private eye and the killer who helps him out, from 1995’s Devil In A Blue Dress. MPR's Toni Randolph spoke with the author. riots were a pivotal moment in American history. So they enlist Easy to help find her killer. The police think the killer is white, but they want to keep things hush-hush because they don't want the riots to re-erupt. A New Hampshire cop tries to piece together a mysterious womans life following a car accident and discovers nothing is as it seems.

This time a black woman nicknamed 'little Scarlet,' because of her red hair, has been killed during the Los Angeles riots in 1965. Writer Walter Mosley's latest novel 'Little Scarlet,' features the street detective once again trying to solve a mystery.

Mosley examines 1960s race relations in sleuth novel 'Little Scarlet'Įasy Rawlins is back in Walter Mosley's latest novel, 'Little Scarlet.' (Courtesy of Little, Brown Publishers)Įasy Rawlins is back. Walter Mosley is one of Americas most celebrated and beloved writers. Admirably performed by reader Boatman, this audiobookthe latest in Mosley.

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