Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mystery) (Serpent's Tail Classics)

by Walter Mosley

Devil in a Blue Dress honors the tradition of the classic American detective novel by bestowing on it a vivid social canvas and the freshest new voice in crime writing in years, mixing the hard-boiled poetry of Raymond Chandler with the racial realism of Richard Wright to explosive effect.

Reviewed by Aidan Brack (Mysteries Ahoy) on

4 of 5 stars

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While I found the narrative engaging, I did feel that the female characters in the story were somewhat one-note being defined primarily by their sexual presences. I recognize that this is hardly unusual for a hard-boiled work but it does make those characters seem a little flat and two-dimensional which is a shame when the characters of Easy and Mouse are so well drawn.

Read my full review at Mysteries Ahoy!

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  • 8 September, 2020: Reviewed