num_pages: 284
description: 'It has come to my attention, sir, that between August 1948 and September of 1952 you came into possession of at least three real estate properties. I have reviewed your tax records back to 1945 and you show no large income, in any year. This would suggest that you could not legally afford such expenditures...' When an income tax officer makes him an offer he can't refuse, Easy Rawlins is forced out of retirement and into the infiltration of his local church, the First African Baptist, and the surveillance of local radicals. Murderers strike and he becomes the prime suspect of the Los Angeles Police Department, who lose no sleep over the fate of 'freelance' private eyes.
language: English
title: A Red Death
titlecomplete: A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)
characters: Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, EttaMae Harris, Raymond "Mouse" Alexander
genres: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Detective, Thriller, Crime, Noir, African American, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 5416
places: Los Angeles, California
series: Easy Rawlins
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: CWA Silver Dagger
publisher: Serpents Tail