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  • Bibliography:
    51 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1994
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

An Ivan Monk Mystery

1 - Violent Spring (1994)
2 - Perdition U.S.A. (Apr-1996)
3 - Bad Night Is Falling (Jul-1998)
4 - Only the Wicked (Oct-2000)

A Martha Chainey Mystery

1 - High Hand (Nov-2000)
2 - Shooter's Point (Oct-2001)
3 - The Perpetrators (Jun-2002)

Multi-Author Series List

A Grifter's Song

4 - The Movie Makers (Apr-2019)

Book List in Order: 51 titles



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    The mystery that launched Gary Phillips's career: Black private eye Ivan Monk investigates the murder of a Korean shop owner in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.This reissued edition features an introduction by Walter Mosley.In 1992, Los A...



  • 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....



  • Black private eye Ivan Monk’s search for a connection between three Black men murdered in Los Angeles leads to the unraveling of a white supremacist conspiracy that spans the West Coast.The mystery series that launched Gary Phillips's career.Robert...



  • When three members of a Mexican family, including a little girl, are killed in a vicious firebombing, private eye Ivan Monk is called in by the tenants' security force to find out is responsible and uncovers a complex web of gang violence, corruption...



  • Zelmont Raines has slid a long way since first gaining his ability to jook -- to out maneuver his opponents on the field -- which made him a Super Bowlâ€"winning wide receiver and earned him lucrative endorsement deals,...



  • Black private eye Ivan Monk takes on his most personal mystery to date -- and chases answers deep into America’s shameful past.Half a century ago, Old Man Spears was a hero of the ballpark. In an age when baseball was segregated, he played in the N...



  • The city of Las Vegas becomes a glitzy, gun-happy backdrop for ex-showgirl Martha Chainey--the provocative new protagonist from the author of the acclaimed Ivan Monk series. Six feet tall with a don't-mess-with-me attitude, Chainey (nobody calls h...



  • Las Vegas is pumped on the night the much-hyped heavy-weight title fight hits the Strip. With charismatic newcomer Joaquin Muhammed taking on popular champ Tyler Jeffries--and the added attraction of platinum-selling rapper King Diamond giving a warm...



  • With the clock ticking, the story jumps off in the border town of Tijuana, Mexico. A smooth cat who labels himself an expeditor must survive a gauntlet of hitters and freaks to deliver his client alive to their destination. She's a high maintenance d...






  • Nea had it all -- a man, a truckload of cash, and a fresh start. Or she did until her boyfriend gunned her down. Now nothing will come between Nea and her revenge. Novelist Gary Phillips and artist Brett Weldele drop you into a brutal world of urban ...



  • On the streets of L.A., the most dangerous person can be a cop. Us against them. That's the law of the cop world. Out on the mean streets of L.A., the only defense is to be more ruthless than your opponent. You gotta bang with the best of the roug...




  • They're cute... they're cuddly... they're on the case. We all know that the most innocent-looking pets can commit a lot of unexpected mischief. But they can also have a talent for sniffing out two-legged troublemakers of a more dangerous kind. ...



  • Lights...Camera...Murder! Behind the velvet ropes and closed curtains, buried in the back lots, you'll find the darker side of the spotlight. It's where stars are created overnight, and burn out just cis quickly. Where deals are made to be broken,...



  • Expanding on the concept behind Byron Preiss's Weird Heroes from the 1970s, George R. R. Martin's Wild Card series, and Michael Chabon's McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, The Darker Mask is a collection of original prose stories recall...



  • Crime Does Pay! Scarface has nothing on Cameron Quinn, a ruthless upstart out to make a name for himself in this tale of crime and destiny from critically acclaimed mystery novelist Gary Phillips (HIGH HAND, BANGERS)! Phillips shines a harsh light on...



  • World War II was an event that changed the landscape of the world and the heart of America. As the war rages across Europe and Africa, a battle is also being fought on American soil. Eager to join the fight, black soldiers are denied the right to def...



  • World War II changed the landscape of the world and the heart of America. As the war rages across Europe and Africa, a battle is also being fought on American soil. Eager to join the fight, black soldier are denied the right to defend their country. ...



  • Providing insight on homelessness, political corruption, and the potential effects of gentrification, this urban noir tells the tough story of Magrady, a semi-homeless Vietnam veteran in Los Angeles. As he searches for ...






    • Los Angeles is the birthplace of noir ― because of the brighter the sunshine, the deeper the shadows, and the more deadly the mischief that goes on in the dark.
    • Angeltown: The Nate Hollis Investigations reprints the original Verti...



  • Burn, Baby, Burn.An incendiary mixture of genres and voices, this collection of short stories compiles a unique set of work that revolves around riots, revolts, and revolution. From the turbulent days of unionism in the streets of New York City durin...



  • Here, from an extraordinary writer equally at home in California noir and bayou dope deals (with zombies), is a sharp, profane and stunning collection of short fiction. As NPR said, some of these crime stories would cause Nancy Drew to faint into her...



  • In Scoundrels, an all-original anthology featuring bestselling and Edgar and Shamus award-winning writers, you'll read stories of desperate grifters, brokers hedging big bets for the big take, schemers working the long con for the sure money, used ca...



  • In this collection you’ll encounter starry-eyed sinners, street corner revolutionaries, Hollywood hustlers, over-heated politicians, rightwing assholes, a ghost or two, cavorting cops, architects with issues, and a little old lady with a popgun --...



  • A grounded, gritty look at the world of money laundering in the vein of Elmore Leonard (Jackie Brown, Get Shorty), set against a classic, Chandler-esque detective yarn (The Big Sleep).Supremely talented and oozing charm, Jeff Sinclair is the premiere...



  • For the first time ever, Zen freelance spy Derek Flint, the cool curvaceous private eye Honey West, and a mysterious secret agent team up in a story in swingin' sixties L.A. to battle hippie robots, mobbed-up, ray gun totting gangsters, a wigged out ...



  • In A World Of Bikers, Meth, And Overdue Mortgages… All the miles. All the blood. All has led him here. Looking for a place to hole up, O’Conner -- with nothing to his name but a failing motorcycle, a gun, and uncollected debts -- lies low in the...




  • Gifted drifter Ned “Noc” Brenner, adept at MMA fighting, motocross riding to blitz chess, finds himself teamed with others of specialized skills to prevent a super villain from unleashing an anti-gravity device that would rain down death on untol...






  • McBleak enjoys hobnobbing with the upper crust. Yet McBleak is never more alive than when he’s extracting wealth from the wealthy. He plans to take a greedy man’s gain while wondering if his girlfriend sees through his façade. But nothing ever g...



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    Louis Trent is a high rolling hit-man plucked from Hell only if he kills for Heaven.

    An anonymous city bureaucrat, The Reclaimer, senses what evil lurks via emanations from tenement walls.

    In t...



  • “Everything you'd expect from a Gary Phillips story collection -- solid, kick-ass pulp.” -- Bobby Nash, 2013 Pulp Ark Writer of the Year Louis Trent is a high rolling hit-man plucked from Hell only if he kills for Heaven. An anonymous city bur...




  • Based on a real historical event during the Roosevelt administration!Guest starring pulp heroes The Green Lama, The Phantom Detective, and The Black Bat!Day of the Destroyers is an all-original linked prose anthology - each story is part of a larger ...



  • RESISTANCE IS ALLFor years, writers and filmmakers have speculated about the possibility of the Earth being invaded by aliens from another planet. But what if the aliens have been watching us, infiltrating us via human collaborators, or even surgical...



  • Malcolm Cavanaugh Bleekston, MC Bleak, McBleak, enjoys hobnobbing with the one percenters and stealing from them. In The Extractors, he puts his life on the line to take a greedy man’s gain while wondering if his girlfriend sees through his façade...



  • Twenty-one short stories written by Gary Phillips are included in TREACHEROUS: GRIFTERS, RUFFIANS AND KILLERS. Alan Cranis on bookgasm.com said, “Phillips obviously loves his anti-heroes, as the stories’ major characters are all, as the subtitle ...



  • Winner, 2018 Anthony Award for Best Anthology and Winner, Bronze Medal, 2017 Indie Book Awards for Anthologies, Foreword Reviews. Noir meets diverse voices and transforms the genre into an over-the-top, transcendental psychedelic thriller ride of pul...



  • Winner, 2018 Anthony Award for Best Anthology and Winner, Bronze Medal, 2017 Indie Book Awards for Anthologies, Foreword Reviews. Noir meets diverse voices and transforms the genre into an over-the-top, transcendental psychedelic thriller ride of pul...






  • In the turbulent era of late 1950s Manhattan―with jazz, the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, and the Red Scare as the volatile ingredients―three groundbreaking black cartoonists defy convention and pay the price. Cliff Murphy is matinee hands...



  • Sam and Rachel are working a con in La La Land where the gold is for the asking as long as you can spin a captivating fable. Rachel's character is an indie producer with Silicone Valley roots and Sam a life coach as they work their magic on the mark....



  • Foreword by Scott Turow. Twenty-two authors contributed short crime fiction stories on the theme Every stolen vote is a crime. All the money earned from sales is contributed to the Southern Poverty Law Center's programs to fight voter suppression and...



  • MATTHEW HENSON AND THE ICE TEMPLE OF HARLEM is the first in a new exciting retro rollicking adventure series from 2021 Munsey Award-nominee Gary Phillips. This re-imagined pulp novel follows the Doc Savage-style adventures of the first black man to r...




  • Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting mystery about an African American crime scene photographer seeking justice for a friend -- perfect for fans of Walter Mosley, James Ellroy, and George...



  • The Akashic Noir Series’ forensic study of Southern California sharpens its focus on one of Los Angeles’s most recognized neighborhoods. “If you’re of a certain age, your perception of South Los Angeles might have been formed by riots and rap...



  • SHORT STORIES! BIG ACTION! Collected at last! Delve into the adventures of Abraham Snow, his family, and his closest friends in the award-winning Snow Shorts, bite-sized action-packed crime thriller tales told by some of today's top talent featuring ...



  • Mr. Dynamite, Soul Brother No. 1, The Godfather of Soul, deadbeat dad, convicted spousal abuser... James Brown was all those things and so much more. Yet it can't be denied his music impacted a generation of fans and influenced a grip of musicians wh...



  • How does witnessing a crime change a person? This powerful collection of stories by a star-studded roster of contributors examines this very question, with proceeds benefitting the Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops. Inspired by recent true events, the ...






  • In the follow-up to One-Shot Harry, fearless crime photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram finds himself in the LAPD's crosshairs after capturing damning evidence of police brutality. An atmospheric dive into a city on the brink that's ...



  • When Black private eye Ivan Monk takes on a case in a housing project in South Los Angeles, he finds himself facing off with corrupt police and gang members -- and indicted for murder.Heat is building in the Rancho Tajuata Housing Projects -- and not...


Award-Winning Books by Gary Phillips

The Obama Inheritance
2018 Anthony Award -- Short Stories/Collection


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gary Phillips has published 51 books.

The next book by Gary Phillips, Bad Night Falling, will be published in July 2024.

The first book by Gary Phillips, Violent Spring, was published in January 1994.

Yes. Gary Phillips has 2 series.