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Mystery · 2001 · PG-13

Cinnamon Kiss

by Walter Mosley

Easy Rawlins races to San Francisco seeking a missing woman and the money to save his daughter's life

For14+GenreMysteryLength312 pagesRead time~8 hours

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Violence

Some

Several violent incidents including murder and physical confrontations

Language

Some

Period-appropriate strong language throughout

Sexual Content

Some

Some sexual content including references to Easy's relationships

Substance Use

Some

References to drug culture of the 1960s San Francisco scene

Emotional Intensity

Some

Emotional weight around a father's desperation to save his child; period racism depicted critically

What this book is about

Easy Rawlins needs cash fast to pay for an experimental treatment for his beloved daughter Feather. He takes a job tracking down a missing courier in San Francisco during the Summer of Love, 1966. The case involves a mysterious woman, stolen Nazi documents, and violence that cuts close to home. Mosley weaves Easy's desperate fatherly love through a sharp period mystery.

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violence including murder

drug culture references

historical racism depicted critically

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