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Cinnamon Kiss
A Novel
by Walter Mosley
This is the tenth thriller in the author's Easy Rawlins series.
Little, Brown, 320 pages
09/19/2005
$24.95
ISBN: 0316073024
Fiction
General Literature & Fiction
Mystery & Thrillers
All reviews are classified as one of five grades: Outstanding (4 points), Favorable (3), Mixed (2), Unfavorable (1) and Terrible (0). To calculate the Metascore, we divide total points achieved by the total points possible (i.e., 4 x the number of reviews), with the resulting percentage (multiplied by 100) being the Metascore. Learn more...
LA Weekly Ben Cosgrove
Mosleyâs dogged, gradual unveiling (or discovery) of his protagonistâs motives, flaws, decency, brutality, spitefulness and charm is as artful and committed a character study as readers will find in modern American letters.
Publishers Weekly
Mosley is able to capture the era... in brief strokes that provide a brilliant background to Easy's search for solutions. [11 Jul 2005, p. 66]
Daily Telegraph Susanna Yager
Cinnamon Kiss is one of Mosley's most entertaining books. The mystery is a particularly good one and no other writer conveys so vividly the feelings and experiences of a black man in a world controlled by people who mistrust, fear and hate him.
The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Margaret Cannon
The investigation, which takes Rawlins through a maze of hippie enclaves and all the political and personal confusions of 1968, is a marvellous evocation of a time that now seems as far away as the Great Depression. [1 Oct 2005]
The Onion A.V. Club Keith Phipps
Mosley has written an almost offhanded cultural history of Los Angeles as seen from the perspective of a smart, not-always-lucky black World War II vet with a knack for helping others out of jams--occasionally at the cost of his own happiness.
Wall Street Journal Tom Nolan
As usual, Easy negotiates tricky passages in his personal life while trying to find his way between received wisdom and official authority--between the folks he grew up with and the powers that be.
Washington Post Ron Charles
Walter Mosley's thrillers should be the literary equivalent of Milk Duds, but there's something surprisingly nutritious about them.
Library Journal Roger A. Berger
Mosley has never been a great literary stylist, but he's a good writer of detective fiction, and his recurring characters continue to have appeal. [1 Aug 2005, p. 60]
Los Angeles Times Dick Lochte
Another compelling, fast-paced and frequently profound thriller. [17 Sep 2005, p. E1]
Booklist Bill Ott
Like the best crime series, the Rawlins novels continue to evolve in surprising ways. [1 Jun 2005, p. 1712]
Bookslut Clayton Moore
Itâs a rich fusion of noir-influenced minimalism, jazzy street speak and a singular voice that make Easy Rawlins one of the most distinctive and powerful characters in modern fiction.
Boston Globe Renee Graham
With ''Cinnamon Kiss," [Mosley] once again proves that he may sooner run out of color-coded titles than gripping stories to tell in this deservedly acclaimed series.
Chicago Tribune Dick Adler
Even when his plotting totters into the twilight zone, as it does in the 10th book in his series about Easy Rawlins, Walter Mosley has such a firm command over the mind and body of his lead character that Rawlins becomes a man we would recognize in a crowd. [18 Sep 2005, p. 4]
Entertainment Weekly Gilbert Cruz
Even with its ''where did that come from'' resolution, Cinnamon convincingly wraps a mystery within the larger context of history and race in Los Angeles.
Kirkus Reviews
Lacks the searing intensity of Little Scarlet (2004), but still as rich and tightly wound as you'd expect from Mosley. [1 Jun 2005, p. 614]
San Francisco Chronicle Carlo Wolff
The good guys win, the ending is bittersweet, and Mosley sets up a sequel. It's interesting to absorb the changes as Easy ages along with the times. Here, however, the distractions--and some are pips--get in the way of his development.
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