{"product_id":"bad-night-is-falling-9781641294430","title":"Bad Night Is Falling","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen Black private eye Ivan Monk takes on a case in a housing project in South Los Angeles, he finds himself facing off with corrupt police and gang members--and indicted for murder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeat is building in the Rancho Tajuata Housing Projects--and not just because it's summer in L.A. When a Mexican family is killed by a firebombing, local rage threatens to grow out of control. The pressure is on to solve this case quickly to help deescalate the tense situation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the request of the tenant's security force, P.I. Ivan Monk is called in to find the killer. To track the murderer down, Monk must delve into a tangled history leading all the way back to the 1965 Watts riots--a hunt that reveals layers of buried racism and corruption. Monk sorts through the complexities of gang conflicts and governmental kickbacks, only to find himself at odds with the police, disillusioned by his mentor and, after a fierce struggle with some gang members, under indictment for murder. Monk must race to clear his name before time runs out, and a bad night falls on the Rancho Tajuata Projects, this time for good . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Phillips \u003c\/b\u003ehas published novels, comics, novellas, short stories and edited or co-edited several anthologies, including the Anthony-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Almost 30 years after its publication, his debut, \u003ci\u003eViolent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of the essential crime novels of Los Angeles. He also was a story editor on \u003ci\u003eSnowfall\u003c\/i\u003e, an FX show about crack and the CIA in 1980s South Central, where he grew up.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649557696786,"sku":"9781641294430","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ff3ed3d-de5b-4021-801f-7a33b25a3028.jpg?v=1733268820","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-night-is-falling-9781641294430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}