Rose Gold is two colors one woman and a big headacheIn this new mystery set in the Patty Hearst era of radical black nationalism and political abductions a black ex-boxer self-named Uhuru Nolica the leader of a revolutionary cell called Scorched Earth has kidnapped Rosemary Goldsmith the daughter of a weapons manufacturer from her dorm at UC Santa Barbara If they dont receive the money weapons and apology they demand xRose Goldx will diemdashhorribly and publicly So the FBI the State Department and the LAPD turn to Easy Rawlins the one man who can cross the necessary borders to resolve this dangerous standoff With twelve previous adventures since Easy Rawlins is one of the small handful of private eyes in contemporary crime fiction who can be called immortalRose Goldcontinues his ongoing and unique achievement in combining the mysteryPI genre form with a rich social history of postwar Los Angelesmdashand not just the black parts of that sprawling city.
