-=> Quoting Suzze Tiernan to Sharon Skelly <=-
 SS> Just read _White Butterfly_ by Walter Mosley & really enjoyed
 ST> Another author I haven't read. Too little time, too little time.
Hi Suzze,
You should make time for Mosley, his Easy Rawlins books are great. They 
eally
give you an insight into being black in Calif. in the 50's & 60's. And they
are good mysteries as well.  They should be read in order as there are
continuing characters and large time jumps between each book. You see how
Rawlins life and attitudes change as he ages, and as society moves and
changes.
Off the top of my head the order is: Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, 
hite
Butterfly, and Black Betty.  Devil in a Blue Dress was made into a very
credible movie starring Denzil Washington.
Bob 8-{)
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