num_pages: 263
description: In Los Angeles of the late 1940s, Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Monet, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs.
language: English
title: Devil in a Blue Dress
titlecomplete: Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
characters: Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, Raymond "Mouse" Alexander
genres: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Detective, Historical, Crime, Noir, African American, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 25979
places: Los Angeles, California
series: Easy Rawlins
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Washington Square Press