Fear of the Dark Walter Mosely

Mosely is a terrific crime writer, but what I like most is his ability to create characters, and his ability to evoke the flavor of time and place. In this case Los Angeles in the early 1950's, when Compton was a more pleasant place, but where racism was part of the lives of his characters. And crime was frequent-at least for his characters. I grew up in Los Angeles, but this was more a time of my parents than mine. Feels like Raymond Chandler and Chinatown.If they made a movie of this novel, I'd be one of the first ones in line.