Farewell, Amethystine

De: Walter Mosley

Narrado por: Michael Boatman

From “master of the genre” (Washington Post) Walter Mosley, Detective Easy Rawlins’ latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia—blinding him to reason and risk.

January 1970 finds Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, LA’s premier Black detective, at 50 years of age despite all expectations. He has a loving family, a beautiful home, and a thriving investigation agency. All is right with the world… and then Amethystine Stoller, his own personal Helen of Troy, arrives. Her ex-husband is missing. A simple enough case. But even as Easy takes his first step in the investigation he trips. He falls into the memory of things past. Little things, like loss, love, a world war, and a hunger that has eaten at him since he was a Black boy on his own on the streets of Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas.

The missing ex, a young white man named Curt Fields, is found dead. Easy’s only real friend in the LAPD, Melvin Suggs, has gone into hiding rather than allow his femme fatale wife to go to the gas chamber. And that’s only the beginning.

Easy finds himself pressed into a reckoning. All of his success cannot succor his heart. The 1970’s have ushered in new expectations of men and women, Black and White, and Easy has to make a choice that will almost certainly hasten a permanent descent, one that might sunder his soul.

©2024 Walter Mosley (P)2024 Mulholland Books

The narrators performance was top notch!

I liked the story because it highlighted Easy's loneliness and yearning for someone he could love and trust. The Overall story was intriguing, however this time I wished that Eay would have been a little more principled toward justice instead of loyalty by making Amythistine face her demons and take responsibility for her actions.

Love Easy Rollins!

Very good story. Just enough twists and turns to keep your attention! The 1970s was a time of transition. A good mix was f the old and new. Thanks for the memories!

Easy is Back

Easy is back with an amazing story. Fun tead about the bygone era of classic LA.

Great example of Walter Mosley’s work

Loved this mystery. Will look for more from this author. Fun that the stories are based in LA where I live.

Mosely never fails!

Easy gets smoother with every novel. Like fine wine, each novel gets better. I was pulled in with the first sentence. I highly recommend this read.

Solid, easy to listen too

Got it on sale to try out a new author. Solid book, good detective series, might try another.

Great narrator but book lost my interest

I really like the narrators voice. Not enough good content to keep me focused on book so I was distracted and lost interest with it.

Always on point!

I am such a big Walter Mosley fan. I love his writing style. Everything is so descriptive and it puts you right in the book locations. The performance was incredible as well.

Not the Best, Not the Worst...

It's definitely not the best in the series, but it's serviceable. There were weird continuity issues I came across, sorta lazy wrapups for characters introduced, and a new love interest that borrows heavily from Bonnie's introduction in "Little Yellow Dog". I love these books, but maybe it's time to start heading towards the finale.

The depth of the story

This book was good. I didn't expect anything less from the author. I enjoyed the storyline and all the twist and turns. you will not be disappointed.