Fearless Jones: Fear of the Dark : A Novel (Series #3) (Paperback)

from JFBallenger

This book has all of the excellent qualities any fan of Walter Mosley's masterful noir detective fiction have come to expect -- taut pacing and plot, and sly social commentary on the realities of being black in modern America, and above all compelling characterization. Here the timid intellectual...

from johnwbeha

till working my way through a large pile of Mosley's that I inherited. I read one every few months and am always pleasantly surprised by the continuing excellence of his writing. To me, his strength lies in his characterisation and that is particularly true of this book. Very enjoyable!

from RoseCityReader

Although this is called “a Fearless Jones” novel, Fear of the Dark is really a book about Fearless's friend, Paris Minton. Minton is a used book dealer and amateur sleuth in 1950s Los Angeles. His cousin, “Useless” S. Grant, pulls him into a mystery that reaches from the black community of post-W...