Little Scarlet [first edition]

A New York Times Bestselling Author Just after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965 - when anger is high and fear still smolders everywhere - the police turn up at Easy Rawlins's doorstep. He expects the worst, as usual. But they've come to ask for his help. At the peak of the riots, a redheaded woman known as Little Scarlet was found dead. The police fear that their presence in certain neighborhoods could spark a new inferno, so they ask Easy Rawlins to see what he can discover.