{"product_id":"violent-spring-deluxe-edition-9781641294393","title":"Violent Spring (Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe mystery that launched Gary Phillips's career: Black private eye Ivan Monk investigates the murder of a Korean shop owner in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis reissued edition features an introduction by Walter Mosley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\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":50615493525778,"sku":"9781641294393","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f9a9f9f-69e5-44af-b8e7-95ae6d553e6d.jpg?v=1732490826","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/violent-spring-deluxe-edition-9781641294393","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}