Diablerie

by Walter Mosley

Is there anyone who doesn’t wonder now and again about how differently their life could have turned out? About a more interesting, more adventurous, more dangerous past they could have had?

Ben Dibbuk is married to the beautiful Mona, has a lovely daughter and a well-paid job in NYC – but he’s been locked in this dream for more years than he can say.

But nothing can prepare Ben for his chance meeting with Star, a mysterious woman at a launch for the hip magazine Diablerie – because Star claims to share a gruesome secret that Ben just can’t remember.

Has Star spun a diabolical web of lies, or could it be that something terrible really did happen back in June 1979? Ben’s grip on the truth begins to falter, and the line between what really happened and what might have done becomes harder and harder to negotiate ...

Walter Mosley, creator of sometime-fixer Easy Rawlins who appeared in classic thrillers such as Devil in a Blue Dress, and recently, the shocking deliciously scandalous Killing Johnny Fry, is one of former US president Bill Clinton’s favourite authors.

(From Publisher).

Walter Mosley is the bestselling author of more than twenty-five critically acclaimed books, and his work has been translated into twenty-one languages. His books include two mystery series, the Easy Rawlins series (including Devil in a Blue Dress, which was adapted into a 1995 film starring Denzel Washington) and the Fearless Jones series, as well as literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel.

Walter's short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has been appeared in the New York Times Magazine and the Nation, among other magazines. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy, and the PEN American Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Walter Mosley lives in New York City.