Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Through wonderfully descriptive writing, Simon details the work of 15 detectives, three sergeants and a lieutenant charged with investigating dozens of Baltimore's 234 murders that year. Simon takes listeners inside the detectives' lives, describing the frustration of departmental red tape and politics, the bursts of energy and moments of despair.
With an eye for the scenes of slaughter and pursuit and an ear for the cadences of cop talk, both business and banter, Simon gives this brilliant, harrowing account its authenticity and fascinating edge.
Simon plants us so close to these detectives that we see everything - the Police Department, the prosecutors, the courts, the city of Baltimore itself - from their angle.
This is a never-before-seen look at what it's really like to investigate murders for a living.
Customer Reviews
Right On Kellerman!
Reed Diamond was superb as narrator.
The show is the best cop show ever.
the book was a little disapointing due to me knowing too much about the show.
The show was better than Law & Order and NYPD Blue, but sadly didnt get the credit it deserved.
Buy The DVD's
Great content- antiquated audio quality
Bought this due to it frequently being mentioned in my favorite podcast, Small Town Murder.
Takes a bit time to get used to the grainy audio quality, but the narrator is great and reads the book in an engaging way. It’d be great if it could be remastered, it makes my iPhone sound like a 90’s cassette player.
Sound quality aside, the content is well worth the compromise given when this was published.
Homicide
Poignant, funny, perceptive account of inner-city Baltimore.