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First publish date: 1995
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Walter Mosley
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📘 The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
 by Walter Mosley

Ninety‑one‑year‑old Ptolemy Grey, battling dementia in his Los Angeles apartment, is rescued from isolation by Robyn Small. After a medical experiment restores his mind, he delves into the mystery surrounding his great‑nephew’s drive‑by shooting death.

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📘 Devil in a Dark Blue Suit
 by Robyn Grady

Eden Foley keeps her distance from dangerous millionaire Devlin Stone, but when circumstances force them back together, his irresistible allure threatens her promise to move on.

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📘 White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
 by Walter Mosley

In 1956 Los Angeles, veteran private eye Easy Rawlins is drawn back into a deadly investigation when a white college student is murdered and the police demand his help to protect a close friend.

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📘 DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
 by Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley's debut Easy Rawlins mystery follows the young black veteran as he hunts a vanished Frenchwoman in post‑war Los Angeles, exploring the city's underbelly and the cost of justice for African Americans.

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📘 Fearless Jones
 by Walter Mosley

Farmer Woolf is a courageous father who discovers an unexpected treasure hidden beneath his antique farm. When he opens the mysterious chest, he unveils a key that could change the fate of the village forever.

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📘 Rose Gold
 by Walter Mosley

Easy Rawlins is hired by the LAPD to resolve a hostage crisis when a boxer‑turned‑revolutionary kidnaps a weapons manufacturer’s daughter, threatening a dramatic standoff.

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📘 Trouble is what I do
 by Walter Mosley


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📘 The long fall
 by Walter Mosley

In the 21st‑century Manhattan of Walter Mosley’s new saga, former boxer turned private investigator Leonid McGill prowls a city steeped in secrets, balancing family, crime, and his own code of ethics.

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📘 Always outnumbered, always outgunned
 by Walter Mosley

Socrates Fortlow, a hardened ex‑convict from Los Angeles, tackles crime and justice in Walter Mosley’s engaging detective narrative.

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📘 John Woman
 by Walter Mosley

A young Cornelius takes his black father’s silent‑film job in New York, later becomes Professor John Woman and spreads his father's wisdom in a southwestern university, while hidden forces seek to shape his story.

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📘 Down the River unto the Sea
 by Walter Mosley

Joe King Oliver, an ex-NYPD investigator turned private detective, returns to New York to clear his name after being framed for assault.

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📘 Fortunate son
 by Walter Mosley

Fortunate Son follows two brothers, Tommy and Eric, whose markedly different fortunes force them into separate worlds—one struggling with illness and poverty, the other with glamour and success—yet their bond endures as they confront life’s challenges.

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📘 Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder
 by T. A. Willberg

A mysterious murder in the heart of London draws in a new private detective, Marion Lane, and a thrilling crime story that keeps readers guessing until the final page.

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