{"product_id":"9781641294744-ash-dark-as-night","title":"Phillips Gary - Ash Dark As Night - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: An atmospheric dive into a city on the brink brimming with remarkable historical detail Ash Dark as Night is perfect for fans of Walter Mosley and James Ellroy. Los Angeles 1965. Tempers have boiled over in the Watts neighbourhood sparked by the traffic stop of two Black motorists the Frye brothers by the Highway Patrol. Freelance crime photographer Harry Ingram is on the scene capturing images of the cops as they unleash batons dogs and water hoses on the predominantly Black crowd. When he snaps proof of an unarmed man being shot down by the LAPD he winds up in the hospital beaten his camera confiscated. Proof of the killing seems lost - until Ingram's girlfriend Anita Claire retrieves the film roll in a daring rescue and the photo makes front - page news. A recuperating Ingram is approached by Betty Payton a comrade of Anita's mother who wants Ingram's help tracking down her friend Moses Mose Tolbert. Ingram follows the investigation down a rabbit hole of burglary rings bank robberies looted cash and city - wide conspiracies - all while grappling with his newfound fame which puts him in the sightlines of LAPD's intelligence division. Boiling over with wry humour fascinating historical details and intimate atmosphere Ash Dark as Night is a nail - biting ride - along through midcentury Los Angeles with a crime fiction legend in the driver's seat.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Ash Dark As Night\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Phillips Gary\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781641294744\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 312 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 4\/2\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Fiction","brand":"Phillips Gary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49622412263729,"sku":"IN-G-9781641294744","price":22.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781641294744-ash-dark-as-night","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}