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Devil in a Blue Dress
- An Easy Rawlins Mystery
- Narrated by: Michael Boatman
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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- Top 100 Mysteries of All Time (Mystery Writers of America)
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- Lynne A
- 09-05-21
Great story , and a little different...
Really brings the lot of black Americans during the prohibition period to life. I learnt a lot. The characters are powerfully drawn, enabled by superb narration. In fact I don’t think I ever heard a story read better. Michael Boatman has every character nailed right down. However there are a lot of characters in this book and a large number of shootings and crime and double dealing ....sometimes I got a bit mixed up, but I enjoyed every minute. Fast paced, exciting, involving. Intriguing. Buy it. You won’t be sorry.
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- butanica
- 28-05-22
wow
A sensational novel full of passion, violence and street poetry. buy everything he's written
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- CAROL
- 10-12-21
excellent story
brilliant story and well read. enjoyed it all!
narrator's voice captured the essence of the book
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- markfromlodz
- 02-12-23
Not bad, but not for me
This was my first time listening to a noir or hardboiled novel and I can say that the style is simply not for me.
That said, the story kept me entertained and I did want to know what was going to happen next. But I didn't like the whole atmosphere of the story.
Michael Boatman is excellent as the narrator. I can't give high enough praise. As a general narrator, he is very enjoyable to listen to. But on top of that, he convincingly does other voices for characters that really give you an impression of what they're like. He's one of the best narrators I've listened to.
This is the first in a series (there are 14 more novels), so he has hit the right chord with many people, but I won't be listening to them.
Would I listen to another novel written by Walter Mosley? Perhaps, if it was a different genre. He tells a good story.
Would I listen to another novel narrated by Michael Boatman? Definitely.
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- John
- 01-12-23
Black Noir
Hits all the familiar noir notes. Sits well in the genre with dubious characters, tense scenes and a complicated plot. The narrator brings them all to life.
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- Ben
- 29-11-23
Top dollar True Noir
This book is like a fine wine. However it’s pace and forward motion are what make it brilliant all motivated by the spectacular characters in Watts via Texas. This is a very American story. Do yourself a favour and buy it.
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- Giantbaby10
- 23-02-23
Superb.
A quite magnificent book from one of the greatest writers ever, and the narration was superb,
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- S
- 29-01-23
Very good.
Exciting, a great story and very well read. I will definitely read more by this author.
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- Paul D
- 05-02-20
Raymond Chandler on steroids.
An interesting and engaging listen. I'm new to this author but will keep an eye for more books and he is now on my list of "better" authors in this genre.
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- John Warwick
- 12-11-16
Brilliant book
Where does Devil in a Blue Dress rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Never read any Walter Mosley books,this is a brilliant book,Rally,Really.Really enjoy it.
What did you like best about this story?
The Characters,the Story Line the Whole feeling of the book,a different insight to a different style of life.
Have you listened to any of Michael Boatman’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Michael Boatman make the book really come to life,Very good Narrator.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I read this book over a couple of days,its one of them books you don't want to put down.
Any additional comments?
just really brilliant book,i would recommend this to anybody.
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