15 must-read crime books like Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) by Walter Mosley

Cover of Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) by Walter Mosley

Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

By: Walter Mosley

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author comes his most riveting and provocative Easy Rawlins nov…

If you liked the crime plot in Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) by Walter Mosley , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Lullaby Town (Elvis Cole, #3)

By: Robert Crais

4.16

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Hollywood's newest wunderkind is Peter Alan Nelson, the brilliant, erratic director known as the Ki… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's Lullaby Town (Elvis Cole, #3) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Because of the wind, the crows were pointing in one direction but traveling in another. I wondered if they knew it, and, knowing it, understood it, or if they were simply oblivious, carried along by …"

-Robert Crais, Lullaby Town (Elvis Cole, #3)

Cover of Deadly Embrace (Madison Castelli #2) by Jackie Collins

2. Deadly Embrace (Madison Castelli #2)

By: Jackie Collins

3.95

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

International bestselling author Jackie Collins returns with another fast-paced and unforgettable t… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Collins's Deadly Embrace (Madison Castelli #2) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • fiction
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3. Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

By: James Lee Burke

4.16

Format: 366 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book #3 from the series: Dave Robicheaux BACK IN THE UNDERWORLD HE TRIED TO LEAVE BEHIND Hau… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Colored or not, we all pick the white man's cotton."

-James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

". . . I had found the edge. The place where you unstrap all your fastenings to the earth, to what you are what you have been, where you flame out on the edge of the spheres, and the sun and moon beco…"

-James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

"The rain spun in the yellow arc lights over the café parking lot. It was empty inside, except for a fat Negro woman whom I could see through the service window in the kitchen, and a pretty, redheaded…"

-James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues (Dave Robicheaux, #3)

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4. Fender Lizards

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

The unmistakable accent of the Piney Woods of East Texas rolls from the pages of Fender Lizards, Jo… read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's Fender Lizards book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • crime
  • fiction
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5. Cash Landing (Jack Swyteck, #0)

By: James Grippando

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Cane and Abe and Black Horizon blends Goodfellas and Elmor… read more

Similar categories in James Grippando's Cash Landing (Jack Swyteck, #0) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. One Fearful Yellow Eye (Travis McGee #8)

By: John D. MacDonald

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Audio Cassette

"To diggers a thousand yeasrs from now...the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the … read more

Similar categories in John D. MacDonald's One Fearful Yellow Eye (Travis McGee #8) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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7. Big Machine

By: Victor LaValle

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fiendishly imaginative comic novel about doubt, faith, and the monsters we carry within us. Ricky… read more

Similar categories in Victor LaValle's Big Machine book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) by Walter Mosley

8. Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

By: Walter Mosley

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author comes his most riveting and provocative Easy Rawlins nov… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • african american
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9. Tishomingo Blues

By: Elmore Leonard

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

Daredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississipp… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Tishomingo Blues book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction

10. A Long Walk Up the Water Slide (Neal Carey #4)

By: Don Winslow

3.70

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Neal Carey has to keep the mob, the FBI, and a major television personality from killing his newest… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's A Long Walk Up the Water Slide (Neal Carey #4) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

11. A Morning for Flamingos (Dave Robicheaux, #4)

By: James Lee Burke

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

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12. Righteous (IQ, #2)

By: Joe Ide

4.12

Format: 260 pages,

In this hotly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit IQ, Isaiah uncovers a secret behind the death … read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's Righteous (IQ, #2) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

13. Road Dogs

By: Elmore Leonard

3.89

Format: 32 pages,

Legendary New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard returns with three of his favorite chara… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Road Dogs book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

14. The Removers (Matt Helm, #3)

By: Donald Hamilton

5.00

Format: 299 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Name: Matthew Helm Code Name: Eric Mission: #3 - The Removers Remarks: A brutal journey into the bi… read more

Similar categories in Donald Hamilton's The Removers (Matt Helm, #3) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

15. Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renko, #6)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.62

Format: None pages,

Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the than… read more

Similar categories in Martin Cruz Smith's Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renko, #6) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

16. The Dance of the Seagull (Commissario Montalbano, #15)

By: Andrea Camilleri , Stephen Sartarelli

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Inspector Montalbano is awake at dawn, sitting o… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Camilleri's The Dance of the Seagull (Commissario Montalbano, #15) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

17. Cemetery Road

By: Gar Anthony Haywood

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The new novel from a critically acclaimed and award-winning author - When Errol 'Handy' White retur… read more

Similar categories in Gar Anthony Haywood's Cemetery Road book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

18. IQ (IQ, #1)

By: Joe Ide

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Anthony, Macavity, and Shamus Awards A resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's IQ (IQ, #1) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

19. Creole Belle (Dave Robicheaux, #19)

By: James Lee Burke

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"America's best novelist" James Lee Burke returns with another New York Timesbestselling entry in t… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Creole Belle (Dave Robicheaux, #19) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

20. The Ghosts of Galway

By: Ken Bruen

4.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jack Taylor is recovering from a mistaken medical diagnosis and a failed suicide attempt. In need o… read more

Similar categories in Ken Bruen's The Ghosts of Galway book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

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21. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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22. The Peacock and the Sparrow

By: I.S. Berry

3.81

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NPR BEST B… read more

Similar categories in I.S. Berry's The Peacock and the Sparrow book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Jimmy dealt in one of two limitless departments within the CIA - money and suspicion."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"I was free from the tangle of mistakes, promises, and defeats that grips a man's heels, taunts him with flashes of its sinewy strength."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"Nobody in espionage could justify sympathy. Right and wrong existed on paper, but in reality all that existed were the amorphous masses of in-between."

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts. The culmination of actions taken or not taken, ends swallowed by means. A place where, even after you disappear, you…"

-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow

Cover of The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) by Nick Petrie

23. The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8)

By: Nick Petrie

4.36

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash must follow his friend Lewis into a criminal underworld when secrets from the… read more

Similar categories in Nick Petrie's The Price You Pay (Peter Ash, #8) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) by James Lee Burke

24. Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24)

By: James Lee Burke

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Lee Burke returns to his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series, bringing Dave’s partner and frie… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Clete (Dave Robicheaux, #24) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Hi Five (IQ, #4) by Joe Ide

25. Hi Five (IQ, #4)

By: Joe Ide

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

One woman. Five personalities. Private investigator IQ is back to piece together a Newport Beach mu… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's Hi Five (IQ, #4) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Wrecked (IQ, #3) by Joe Ide

26. Wrecked (IQ, #3)

By: Joe Ide

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Isaiah Quintabe--IQ for short--has never been more successful, or felt more alone. A series of high… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's Wrecked (IQ, #3) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • african american
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27. Dark Ride

By: Lou Berney

3.81

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more

Similar categories in Lou Berney's Dark Ride book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"

-Lou Berney, Dark Ride

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28. One-Shot Harry

By: Gary Phillips

3.48

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting h… read more

Similar categories in Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • african american
Cover of Fixit (IQ, #6) by Joe Ide

29. Fixit (IQ, #6)

By: Joe Ide

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment in Joe Ide's "superb" series ( Washington Post ), the relentless, hard-bi… read more

Similar categories in Joe Ide's Fixit (IQ, #6) book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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30. The Road to the Country

By: Chigozie Obioma

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, heart-racing, mystical novel about a university student in Lagos trying to save his bro… read more

Similar categories in Chigozie Obioma's The Road to the Country book and Walter Mosley's Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It has always seemed to him that the world was full of things; that even in one’s loneliest moments, there was often a crowd. But the things one loved remained invisible, hidden amongst the multitude…"

-Chigozie Obioma, The Road to the Country

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