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Six Easy Pieces

Easy Rawlins Stories

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Six Easy Pieces

By: Walter Mosley
Narrated by: M.E. Willis
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New Easy Rawlins mysteries—original short stories from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning mystery author. As Carolyn See said in The Washington Post Book World: "God bless the day that Walter Mosley created Easy Rawlins!"

This handsome collection contains six interconnected stories. Fans can now add these original stories in Six Easy Pieces to their Walter Mosley library: "Smoke," "Crimson Stain," "Silver Lining," "Lavender," "Gato Green," "Gray-Eyed Death," and "Amber Gate."

Hear more of Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins mysteries.©2002 Walter Mosley (P)2002 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC African American Anthologies & Short Stories Mystery Short Stories

Critic reviews

“Walter Mosley is a new, strong, and original voice, here to stay and not to be missed.” —The Los Angeles Times

“[The Easy Rawlins mysteries are] at once exotic, and believable . . . memorable . . . and morally complex.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Mosley's skill in rendering the time and place of his novels brings to mind the inevitable comparison to genre masters such as Hammett and Chandler . . .” —San Francisco Chronicle

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Engaging Storytelling • Phenomenal Writing • Riveting Performances • Complex Protagonist • Entertaining Collection
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This is a great collection of EZ short stories by Walter Mosley. They come between A Little Yellow Dog and Little Scarlet, and fill in a lot of the gaps between those two novels. Really enjoyable. ME Willis is a delight. Characters like Mama Joe, bring added depth. Gone Fishing was written before these stories, and there's references to what happened.

If you want a novel, then you won't be satisfied with short stories, but I really enjoyed seeing how Mosley works with the short story form and also the way the stories link together.

Before LIttle Scarlet and Cinnamon Kiss

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Where does Six Easy Pieces rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Once again Walter Mosley's work is phenomenal. I had the greatest time listenin to Six Easy Pieces and just love the performance by the storyteller. This is a must "listen"!

Enjoy Easy Rawlins...the best!

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Always...Mosley has a knack for keeping me interested even as I'm drifting off to sleep...

Which character – as performed by M.E. Willis – was your favorite?

Easy Rawlins...no brainer

Who was the most memorable character of Six Easy Pieces and why?

Easy again...

Walter Mosley does it again!

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Third time reading this book and I’m re reading the series. Hoping for more Mr. Mosley. If there is a TV series I want I. Brotha

Too Easy 🙃😂❤️

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I thoroughly enjoyed each and every episode in this publication. The reader's performances we're absolutely riviting! Thank you!

Very engaging vinettes!

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6 stories about Easy and his adventures. No spoilers in this review. In my opinion one of the beat of the series when it comes to character development. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Have a nice day.

Excellent compilation of short stories

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These stor i es held my interest completely. The reading was flawless. Thank you Mr Mosley

Time well spent

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This is a collection of 7 short stories and while you may think you can skip this one you actually can't because even though the 7 stories are not related there is an overall story within this book. In this book the main themes that take place over all 7 stories is what happened to mouse, Bonnie and easy's relationship and juice's choice about school.

I know most people prefer the one main mystery but I liked the shorter stories. It shows that through the years not all of the crimes that easy solved were super dramatic

Don't skip this one!

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It was interesting to read what happened to Mouse and to understand the root story behind what occurs in the next book…

Excellent short story series.

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Ez is probably the simplest form of a complex protagonist. His world view is palatable if not a tad bitter but his idealistic traits make him a hero.

This collection of short stories sends you down a path of understanding. If you've ever felt unwanted or misguided you have been Ez before. if you still feel that way, but you're trying to do what's best for those who don't know no better, then you are still Ez.

These aren't feel good tales, but they definitely provide joy in a cold bleak California of yester-year.

if you have the time to spare give it a read or a listen.

Ever on the move.

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This is a fine collection of short stories. A good follow up to A Little Yellow Dog.

Good Bridging

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