num_pages: 240
description: This richly atmospheric (Los Angeles Times Book Review) novel--winner of the 1990 Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel from the Private Eye Writers of America--is now a major motion picture from TriStar, starring Denzel Washington as resourceful detective Easy Rawlins.
language: English
title: Devil in a Blue Dress
titlecomplete: Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
characters: Raymond "Mouse" Alexander, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins
genres: Historical, Crime, African American, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Detective, Mystery
ratings_count: 25986
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: Pocket Books