Praise for Perdition, U.S.A. "Monk is an asset to the series--flawed, human, angry but levelheaded, brainy and brawny." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "Watch out, you fans of Walter Mosley's black private eye Easy Rawlins; he now has a rival in the considerable bulk of Gary Phillips's Ivan Monk. Monk traverses the same LA mean streets as Rawlins, although it's a more modern, post-apocalyptic city, if no less crime-ridden . Phillips, an activist himself for over twenty years on issues such as housing and police abuse, knows the scene he writes about, and the result is a realistic, punchy novel that is not afraid to develop serious themes as it entertains." -- The Irish Times "Gary Phillips is my kind of crime writer and Ivan Monk my kind of detective .

an unbeatable combination." --Sara Paretsky "Ivan Monk makes a magnificent return in Gary Phillips's Perdition, U.S.A. Phillips creates a harrowing, deft portrayal of post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, capturing its people, its mood, and its language with a skill so keen that he verges on sleight-of-hand. You won't be able to put the book down. You won't dare." --Wendy Hornsby, Edgar Award winning author of the Maggie MacGowen series "Phillips takes us on an end-of-the-century roller coaster ride along America's dangerous urban streets and poisonous small towns.

" --Jervey Tervalon, author of Understand This "Hard-boiled detective adventure with plenty of raw energy." -- Publishers Weekly.