Read by Michael Boatman

Picking up where his last adventures in Rose Gold left off in L.A. in the late 1960s, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins finds his life in transition. Hes ready-finally-to propose to his girlfriend, Bonnie Shay, and start a life together. And hes taken the money he got from the Rose Gold case and, together with two partners, Saul Lynx and Tinsford "Whisper" Natly, has started a new detective agency.,Easys friend Mouse introduces him to Rufus Tyler, a very old man everyone calls Charcoal Joe. Joes friends son, Seymour has been arrested and charged with the murder of a white man from Redondo Beach. Joe tells Easy he will pay and pay well to see this young man exonerated.