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Black Betty

Easy Rawlins is hired to find a missing Beverly Hills housekeeper, but finds her trail paved with blood.

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  • "Easy Rawlins is hired to find a missing Beverly Hills housekeeper, but finds her trail paved with blood."@en
  • "LA's black investigator Easy Rawlins, financially in the hole, must accept $2,000 from the oily white private eye Saul Lynx to track down one Elizabeth Eady, aka Black Betty. From her native Houston to her position as a housekeeper for a wealthy Beverly Hills family Betty's beauty and sensuality have left a trail of chaos. By the author of White Butterfly."
  • "Easy Rwalins, a private detective in 1940s Los Angeles, is looking for Black Betty, a beauty who leaves a trail of mayhem behind her."@en
  • "A sleazy private investigator offers Easy Rawlins $400 to track down the housekeeper for an immensely wealthy Beverly Hills family."@en
  • "Hired by Saul Lynx, an African-American private eye Easy Rawlins can go places a white detective cannot. Elizabeth Eady-'Black Betty'-is an old acquaintance of Easy's when he was a child back in Texas. Easy knows she always brings trouble in her wake, but he has a family to support and needs Lynx's money. With Martin Luther King and a new young president, it's a time of hope for most black Americans. As Easy tries to unravel a case that sends him in search of his own past, he finds only death."

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic audio books"@en
  • "History"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
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  • "Downloadable audio books"
  • "Drama"

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  • "Black Betty"
  • "Black Betty"@en
  • "Black Betty an Easy Rawlins mystery"

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