Ivan Monk Books in Order

After the Los Angeles riots, a rebuilding ceremony uncovers the body of a Korean shopkeeper. Private investigator Ivan Monk examines a killing widely assumed to be racially motivated, encountering institutional resistance, gang interests, and evidence pointing toward financial motives.

A hustler's girlfriend hires Ivan Monk after her partner is shot in a Southern California neighbourhood. Similar attacks on other Black men draw Monk beyond the apparent local crimes toward a white supremacist conspiracy extending across the West Coast.

A firebombing kills members of a Latino family in a Los Angeles housing project, intensifying racial and gang tensions. Ivan Monk investigates links to the Watts riots and entrenched corruption, only to find himself facing a murder indictment.

The deaths of an elderly former Negro League player and Monk's estranged cousin prompt a deeply personal investigation. Following connections to a controversial civil rights-era prosecution takes Ivan Monk from Los Angeles to Mississippi and into his family's troubled history.

Thirteen stories follow Los Angeles private investigator Ivan Monk through a city of political manoeuvring, street crime, Hollywood ambition, and occasional supernatural oddities. The collection includes The King Alfred Plan, a novelette written specifically for this volume.