Violent Spring

by Gary Phillips, Walter Mosley Narrated by William DeMeritt

Overview

THE MYSTERY THAT LAUNCHED A LEGENDARY CRIME WRITING CAREER

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 liquor store 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 questions who the real perpetrators are and whether he can prevent more from dying, including himself, before he uncovers the truth.

“A landmark novel."-The New York Times Book Review

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Praise for Violent Spring

“In the tradition of Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op, Ivan Monk takes on a corrupt world . . . He makes us feel that the war he’s wagering is for our own salvation.”
—Walter Mosley, creator of the Easy Rawlins series
 
“A landmark novel set during and after the 1992 L.A. riots.”
—The New York Times Book Review
 
“A crime classic.”
—The Washington Post

"Violent Spring peels away the studded rind of the golden orange, exposing its bête noir core.”
—Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
 
“Tough, smart, and unabashedly political. Monk is (to paraphrase basketball star Charles Barkley) a P.I. for the ’90s, and Violent Spring is Philipps’s perfect intro to him.”
—Gar Anthony Haywood, author of the Aaron Gunner mysteries

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160363578
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	05/07/2024
Series:	Ivan Monk Mysteries , #1
Edition description:	Unabridged

Videos