Monk is propelled towards a conclusion that may foment another Violent Spring in the tarnished City of Angels.
"...Tough, smart and unabashedly political...." Gar Anthony Haywood
"...In the tradition of Hammett's Continental Op, Ivan Monk takes on a corrupt world. He's ready to go down fighting and he makes us feel that the war he's waging is for our own salvation. ..." Walter Mosley
"...Monk is quite a discovery; a 90's successor to Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins ..." Daily Telegraph
"...Gary Phillips is my kind of crime writer and Ivan Monk my kind of detective...an unbeatable combination ..." Sara Paretsky