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(B): More from WALTER MOSLEY

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Black Betty is set in the year 1961.
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(B): More from WALTER MOSLEY. He followed up his first Easy Rawlins book with another, Black Betty. Betty's a shark of a woman who leaves dead men in her wake. Like the other books in the series, Black Betty has Easy in post-War, but pre-present South Central L.A.—this time the year is 1961. MOSLEY gained public attention when then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton said that MOSLEY was his favorite mystery writer. (REBROADCAST from 5/

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