Ash Dark as Night by Gary Phillips

Ash Dark as Night by Gary Phillips

An atmospheric dive into a city on the brink brimming with remarkable historical detail, Ash Dark as Night is perfect for fans of Walter Mosley and James Ellroy. Los Angeles, 1965. Tempers have boiled over in the Watts neighbourhood, sparked by the traffic stop of two Black motorists, the Frye brothers, by the Highway Patrol. Freelance crime photographer Harry Ingram is on the scene, capturing images of the cops as they unleash batons, dogs, and water hoses on the predominantly Black crowd. When he snaps proof of an unarmed man being shot down by the LAPD, he winds up in the hospital, beaten, his camera confiscated. Proof of the killing seems lost-until Ingram's girlfriend, Anita Claire, retrieves the film roll in a daring rescue, and the photo makes front-page news. A recuperating Ingram is approached by Betty Payton, a comrade of Anita's mother, who wants Ingram's help tracking down her friend Moses 'Mose' Tolbert. Ingram follows the investigation down a rabbit hole of burglary rings, bank robberies, looted cash, and city-wide conspiracies-all while grappling with his newfound fame, which puts him in the sightlines of LAPD's intelligence division. Boiling over with wry humour, fascinating historical details, and intimate atmosphere, Ash Dark as Night is a nail-biting ride-along through midcentury Los Angeles with a crime fiction legend in the driver's seat.

Gary Phillips has contributed to the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the San Francisco Examiner, and the Washington Post, and he writes for FourStory on a regular basis. The Perpetrators, The Underbelly, THE JOOK, and seven books in the Ivan Monk and Martha Chainey series are among his works. Phillips' short tale collections include THE COCAINE CHRONICLES, Politics Noir, ORANGE COUNTY NOIR, and Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!

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ISBN 13	9781641294744
ISBN 10	1641294744
Title	Ash Dark as Night
Author	Gary Phillips
Series	Harry Ingram Mystery Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Soho Press
Year published	2024-04-02
Number of pages	312
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