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 lostuntil Ingrams girlfriend, Anita Claire, retrieves the film roll in a daring rescue, and the photo makes frontpage news. A recuperating Ingram is approached by Betty Payton, a comrade of Anitas mother, who wants Ingrams help tracking down her friend Moses Mose Tolbert. Ingram follows the investigation down a rabbit hole of burglary rings, bank robberies, looted cash, and citywide conspiraciesall while grappling with his newfound fame, which puts him in the sightlines of LAPDs intelligence division. Boiling over with wry humour, fascinating historical details, and intimate atmosphere, Ash Dark as Night is a nailbiting ridealong through midcentury Los Angeles with a crime fiction legend in the drivers seat.

Binding: Hardback;312 pages; Publisher: Soho Press; Classification: FA; Weight: 598 g; Dimensions: 150 x 219 x 31

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