Easy Rawlins book 2 · 1991
A Red Death
In 1953, Easy, in trouble with the tax office, is pressured by the FBI into spying on a union organiser.
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Book facts
- Author
- Walter Mosley
- Series
- Easy Rawlins, book 2 of 16
- Published
- 1991
- Setting
- Set in Los Angeles
- Story order
- Book 3 by the story’s timeline
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- High
In story order: after Devil in a Blue Dress and before White Butterfly.
Who is in A Red Death
4 recurring or key characters from Walter Mosley’s chart.
Lead 1
- Easy RawlinsWar veteran turned investigator in Los Angeles
Major 1
- MouseRaymond Alexander, Easy’s lethal best friend
Minor and cameo 2
- Jackson BlueBrilliant, cowardly friend of Easy
- Etta Mae HarrisMouse’s wife
Also featuring these characters
Other Walter Mosley books that share the most characters with A Red Death.
- Black Betty1994 · Easy Rawlins · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Little Yellow Dog1996 · Easy Rawlins · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Gone Fishin’1997 · Easy Rawlins · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Bad Boy Brawly Brown2002 · Easy Rawlins · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon