Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home
one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Chrismas
Black, left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only
mean that the ex-marine Black is probably dead, or will be
soon. Easter's appearance is only the beginning, as Easy is
immersed in a sea of problems. The love of his life is
marrying another man and his friend Mouse is wanted for the
murder of a father of 12. As he's searching for a clue to
Christmas Black's whereabouts, two suspicious MPs hire him
to find his friend Black on behalf of the U.S. Army. Easy's
investigation brings him to Faith Laneer, a blonde woman
with a dark past. As Easy begins to put the pieces together,
he realizes that Black's dissappearance has its roots in
Vietnam, and that Faith might be in a world of danger.