Ivan Monk is hired by a group of Korean merchants to find out who killed one of their members for the specific reason that Monk is an African American, and the Koreans see him as a public relations asset. Monk sees himself more as a street cleaner or avenging angel, and on his journey of discovery he finds villains of every race and shade. Violent Spring catches the racial and social tensions of Los Angeles in a completely original way. But more young black men are gunned down, and Monk, sheriff's deputies, and members of a community in need of hope are now looking for a serial killer with a bleached face.
Events take the detective on the road to Perdition, a town in the Pacific Northwest.
He encounters a crucible of skinhead activity, both supremacist and multi-racial. Then a whites' right rally leads to a riot. Bad Night is Falling Once again the heat is building in the Rancho Tajuata Housing Projects. At the request of the tenants' security force, PI Ivan Monk is called in to find the killer. But to track him down, Monk must delve into a tangled history leading back to the Watts riots, revealing layers of racism and corruption.