When three young black men are gunned down within blocks on one another, Ivan Monk investigates for a possible link--and finds himself on the trail of a racial conspiracy centered in a small Northwestern town.
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Ivan Monk, the sizzling fuse of a private detective created by Gary Phillips in Violent Spring and relit in this second book in the series, could well be the angry son of Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins. Where Easy was reluctantly drawn into racially inspired conflicts and killings in the 1940s through the 1960s, Ivan goes out of his way to take on cases that are politically dangerous in the modern world. Here, the seemingly unrelated murders of three young black men in a Southern California working-class city very much like Long Beach send Monk off on a journey to a blue-collar Oregon town where white supremacists are hatching poisonous plans. Phillips's writing might not be as smooth or as graceful as Mosley's, but his energy level and social conscience are every bit as impressive.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hard boiled mystery of the finest caliber,
By A Customer
This review is from: Perdition USA (Paperback)
Three black youths are killed on the mean streets of Los Angeles.
There is not one thread except for the city and their race to link the
three victims. Yet they all seem to have been murdered by the same
killer. Still, murders of black males in LA is like apple pie to most
of America, so no one in authority or the media pay any attention to
the killings. In fact the only person besides family members to show
any interest in the three deaths is African American private
investigator Ivan Monk, who believes the triple killings are linked,
possibly the victims of a serial killer who is targeting young black
males.
..... Ivan tracks the killings back to a small Oregon town called
PERDITION. He arrives at the town and quickly wishes the trail had led
elsewhere as Ivan is caught up with a white supremacist group and some
vicious skinheads. Before long, Ivan realizes that it is him against
the mob on their turf. If he is not extremely careful, Ivan might find
himself the next victim.
..... With his second novel starring Ivan Monk, Gary Phillips shows that
the talent he demonstrated with VIOLENT SPRING was not a flash.
PERDITION, USA is a wild ride that takes readers back and forth as it
journeys through the different scenes. This strange trip is not for
everyone, but to, at least this reviewer, fits the lead protagonist's
persona as a hard boiled detective and makes this mystery worth
reading.
.....Harriet Klausner
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