Bad Night is Falling by Gary Phillips
Summer in L.A and the heat is building in the Rancho Tajuata Housing Projects. Racial tension and gang violence spiral out of control when three members of a Mexican family, including a little girl, are killed by a firebombing. The pressure is on to solve the case quickly and Ivan Monk is called in to track down the killer, but in doing...
Monk is quite a discovery; a 90's successor to Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins * Daily Telegraph *
In the tradition of Hammett's Continental Op, Ivan Monk takes on a corrupt worldHe's ready to go down fighting and he makes us feel that the war he's waging is for our own salvation -- Walter Mosley
Gary Phillips is my kind of crime writer and Ivan Monk my kind of detective...an unbeatable combination -- Sara Paretsky
In the tradition of Hammett's Continental Op, Ivan Monk takes on a corrupt worldHe's ready to go down fighting and he makes us feel that the war he's waging is for our own salvation -- Walter Mosley
Gary Phillips is my kind of crime writer and Ivan Monk my kind of detective...an unbeatable combination -- Sara Paretsky
Gary Phillips has been a security guard, a printer, a shade tree mechanic, a labour union organiser, a radio talk show host, a foundation staffer and a community activist for over 30 years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781901982558 |
| ISBN 10 | 1901982556 |
| Title | Bad Night is Falling |
| Author | Gary Phillips |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-08-10 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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