(June 5)įorecast: With a 20-city author tour and major advertising, Mosley's first thriller since 1996'sĪ Little Yellow Dog is sure to generate lots of interest and sales. And all day long I could do the thing I loved best - reading. I traded one book or magazine for two of equal worth.Business wasnt brisk, but it paid the rent and utilities. I bought magazines two for a nickel and sold them at twice the price. One sly reference tells the reader we're still in the same world and time inhabited by Easy Rawlins, and that Fearless and Mouse are equally 'bad.' But Fearless is also a knight-errant and hopefully destined for further adventures as fine as this one. My friend Fearless Jones helped me throw together some pine shelving and I was in business. For the black characters it's a desperate struggle to stay alive in a white world where the deck is stacked. The novel rips along with a hunt for the girl and a race among competing factions to find a missing bond that's the key to a fortune. He's a man of both principle and action with an innate sense of justice-and as his name makes clear, he's afraid of nothing. A former soldier, Jones is a riveting new creation. Then the beautiful Elana Love enters his store and brings with her more trouble than Paris has ever seen-enough trouble that Paris knows his only hope is his friend Fearless Jones. We search the most popular review sites and give you one score you can trust The Fearless Jones series consist of 3 historical books written by Walter Mosley. Narrator Paris Minton is an appealing figure-an easygoing black man for whom the written word is salvation and whose nameless used bookstore in Watts is paradise. Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: First Published: Jun 2001, 320 pages Paperback: Jun 2002, 400 pages Genres Rate this book Write a Review Buy This Book About this Book Summary Excerpt Chapter One MY USED-BOOK STORE had been open for just about a month when the police showed up. The result is a violent, heroic and classic piece of noir fiction. Abandoning the voice of his premier creation, Easy Rawlins, Mosley mines a new shaft of 1950s Los Angeles with a hero who combines the principles of Easy with the deadliness of Ray 'Mouse' Alexander.