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Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley

Walkin' the Dog

Paperback – Unabridged, October 10, 2000

Walter Mosley

Little, Brown and Company · Paperback · October 10, 2000

In this sequel to "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned", Socrates Fortlow is back in Watts, trying to leave prison in his past, and confronting the most dangerous emotion of all: hope.

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Who it’s for
Lean, noir-tinged mystery with a sharp edge and a serial-fiction feel.
Genres
Black Mystery, Short Stories (Single Author), Hard-Boiled Mystery
Published
Little, Brown and Company, October 10, 2000

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About this book

In this sequel to "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned", Socrates Fortlow is back in Watts, trying to leave prison in his past, and confronting the most dangerous emotion of all: hope.

Hard-Boiled Edge

Lean, noir-tinged mystery with a sharp edge and a serial-fiction feel.

Come here for

  • hard-boiled private-eye energy
  • Walter Mosley’s edgy, clipped style

Expect

  • Black Mystery tradition
  • compact story, no padding

Where it sits

Black Mystery66%
Hard-Boiled Mystery26%
Short Stories (Single Author)26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Mystery Anthologies
  • Amateur Sleuths
  • Short Stories (Single Author)
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
Walter Mosley
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Published
October 10, 2000
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Mystery Anthologies