Genre: Book
Grade: A-
Notable People: Walter Mosley
Title: Finding Amethystine Review: The great Walter Mosley- chronicler of the post war Black American experience in the infancy of what is now LA sprawl has put out his umpteenth offering in this magnificent series-which he originally published in the 70s and has now temporally moved from 1946 to 1970. January 1970 finds Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, LA’ s premier Black detective, having made 50 years of age despite all expectations to the contrary . He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a thriving investigation agency. All is right with the world… and then Amethystine Stoller, his own personal Helen of Troy, arrives. Her ex-husband is missing. A simple enough case. But even as Easy takes his first step in the investigation he trips. Into all kinds of devilry highlighting his life journey with race, loss, love, a world war, and a hunger that has eaten at him since he was a Black boy on his own on the streets of Fifth Ward, Houston. Top echelon of current American writers and a great storyteller with a powerful message. Long Live Easy.