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Outstanding
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Entertainment Weekly Tom Sinclair
There's a feverish intensity to this one that doesn't let up, with racial and sexual conundrums piling up like so much tinder on the protagonist's overheated emotions.
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Outstanding
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Kirkus Reviews
The real strength of Easy's narrative, though, is his unflinching recognition that in working with the police, he's crossing the same border that's driven his brothers and sisters to violence.
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Outstanding
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Library Journal Michael Rogers
Beyond the backdrop of the riots, the question of color is intricately and masterfully woven into the fabric of the story without overwhelming the mystery. [1 June 2004, p.108]
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Outstanding
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Los Angeles Times Thomas Curwen
Indignation, ferocity, excoriation scorch the pages of Little Scarlet like a fiery sermon, powerful for its nuance, poignant for its humanity and all the more compassionate for coming from the heart and mind of Easy Rawlins.
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Outstanding
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Publishers Weekly
Fierce, provocative, expertly entertaining, this is genre writing at its finest.
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Outstanding
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The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Margaret Cannon
This is, quite simply, the best novel in the best series by one of the best crime novelists writing.
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Outstanding
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USA Today Tatiana Siegel
Little Scarlet works so well because it operates on two distinct levels: as a compelling cat-and-mouse game and as a dead-eyed examination of the injustices inherent in racism.
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Outstanding
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Wall Street Journal Tom Nolan
But just as notable is the way this book...shows a gifted storyteller extending an oeuvre not with safe and formulaic work but with a provocative, chance-taking tale as fresh as a debut novel.
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Outstanding
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Washington Post John Burdett
Watts was part of a mighty revolution that changed America and perhaps the world. I would have liked Rawlins to experience more directly for us the sheer psychological rawness of that time, which Mosley prefers to elicit from third parties.
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Outstanding
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The Guardian Duncan Campbell
Little Scarlet is the ninth of Easy's adventures, and admirers of Walter Mosley's spare prose and understated observation will be pleased to hear that it is among the sharpest and richest.
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Outstanding
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New York Review Of Books Richard Eder
Owing to the richness of Easy's character, Little Scarlet makes the previous volumes, for all their pungency and street smarts, seem almost like practice efforts.
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Outstanding
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Booklist Bill Ott
Mosley remains a master at showing his readers slices of history from the inside, from a perspective that is all those things history usually isn't: intimate, individual, and passionate. [1 May 2004, p.1516]
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Outstanding
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Boston Globe Renee Graham
A stellar addition to this superb series, Little Scarlet is graced with deep pathos and power.
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Favorable
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Chicago Sun-Times Gary Dretzka
Rawlins being Rawlins, he finds some entertaining ways to take full advantage of this newfound freedom.
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Favorable
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Daily Telegraph Susanna Yager
It is a forceful statement as well as an intriguing mystery.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
Little Scarlet... does a thoughtful, effective job of making that sense of racial outrage pivotal to its murder plot.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Book Review Marilyn Stasio
Although turning the investigation into a personal quest helps Easy resolve his feelings of rage..., his repetitive ruminations on race and identity drag down the action and put a chokehold on Mosley's normally free-flowing narrative style.
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Favorable
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The Onion A.V. Club Keith Phipps
Logic dictates that formula should have taken over by now, but while Mosley relies on familiar elements -- particularly appearances from a rich and ever-growing supporting cast -- he always finds new ways to propel the series, most of which have little to do with clues or sleuthing.
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