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Violent Spring: 1 (An Ivan Monk Mystery) - Softcover

Book 1 of 4: The Ivan Monk Mysteries

Gary Phillips

 
9781641294393: Violent Spring: 1 (An Ivan Monk Mystery)

Synopsis

In 1992, Los Angeles burned. In the aftermath of the Rodney King beating and subsequent riots, a ground-breaking ceremony at the infamous intersection of Florence and Normandie unearths the body of a Korean shop owner. Black private eye Ivan Monk searches for the killer - many suspect the motives for the murder were racial. But then another body turns up, and while the FBI and the Rolling Daltons - the largest gang in the city - dog Monk's trail, Monk begins to question just how many people will be involved, and how many will die before he can find the truth.

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About the Author

Gary Phillips has published novels, comics, novellas, short stories and edited or co-edited several anthologies, including the Anthony-winning The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir. Almost 30 years after its publication, his debut, Violent Spring, was named one of the essential crime novels of Los Angeles. He also was a story editor on Snowfall, an FX show about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central, where he grew up.

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