Fear of the Dark, Walter Mosley
Fear of the Dark, Walter Mosley
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Fear of the Dark
A Novel

Author: Walter Mosley

Narrator: Michael Boatman

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2006


Synopsis

Fearless Jones and Paris Minton, stars of the bestsellers Fearless Jones and Fear Itself, return in a high-velocity, larger-than-life thriller about family, betrayal, and revenge.

"I'm in trouble, Paris." Paris Minton has heard these words before. They mean only one thing: that his neck is on the line too. So when they are uttered by his lowlife cousin Ulysses S. Grant, Paris keeps the door firmly closed. With family like Ulysses -- useless to everyone except his mother -- who needs enemies?

But trouble always finds an open window, and when "Useless" Ulysses' mother, Three Hearts, shows up from Louisiana to look for her son, Paris has no choice but to track down his wayward cousin. Finding a con artist like Useless is easier said than done. But with the aid of his ear-to-the-ground friend Fearless Jones, Paris gets a hint that Useless may have expanded his range of enterprise to include blackmail.

Now he has disappeared, and Paris's mission is to discover whether he is hiding from his vengeful victims -- or already dead. Traversing the complicated landscape of 1950s Los Angeles, where a wrong look can get a black man killed, Paris and Fearless find desperate women, secret lives, and more than one dead body along the way.

Fear of the Dark is filled with the sheer-nerve plotting and brilliant characterizations that prompted The Nation to credit Walter Mosley for "the finest detective oeuvre in American literature."

About Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley is the author of more than fifty critically-acclaimed books, including the major bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and includes literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. In 2013, he was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, and he is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award, a Grammy, PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award, and an Edgar Award. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

This 3rd book about Paris Minton and Fearless Jones has a bit more plot than the previous two, but it doesn't diminish the insightful view of minority life in Los Angeles of the post WWII pre Civil Rights era. ----------------2009 2021 This is not my first encounter with Paris Minton or Fearless Jones......more

Goodreads review by J on May 03, 2012

If anyone out there has anything against Walter Mosley, you might want to un-follow me for a couple weeks. I’m on a Mosley bender these days, and I ain’t apologizing for it—mostly because Walter Mosley’s books are literary crack. But if you’re one of the cool kids, you know that already. I’m current......more

Goodreads review by Yigal on February 12, 2019

i just loved it. i loved the language, the characters, the easy way Mosley build the plot. and most i enjoyed the main character Paris who is a real underdog and antihero in so clever way: funny, sensitive. and there is love of humanity even lust for humanity which is so rare. it is the first of Mos......more

All I can say is that I loved this series and I'm so glad that I was able to just binge straight through the first three books. If you are like me and are late to this series-get on it! In my humble opinion these stories are Mosley at his best. Where you can find me: •(♥).•*Monlatable Book Reviews*•.......more

Goodreads review by Lbaker on July 16, 2011

I love Walter Mosley, the characters he creates are people I would love to meet, Paris Minton is no exception. His descriptions are rich, he describes Cousin "Useless" as "a petty thief, a liar, a malingerer and just plain bad luck", don't we all know this person? On top of that, his language is exten......more