Homicide

Product Details

Author : David Simon
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
EAN : 9780804109994
Edition : Reprint
Number of Pages : 640
Product Group : Book
Publication Date : 1993-01-23
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Release Date : 1993-01-23

ASIN : 0804109990

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Editorial Reviews

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This 1992 Edgar Award winner for best fact crime is nothing short of a classic. David Simon, a police reporter for the Baltimore Sun, spent the year 1988 with three homicide squads, accompanying them through all the grim and grisly moments of their work--from first telephone call to final piece of paperwork. The picture that emerges through a masterful accumulation of details is that homicide detectives are a rare breed who seem to thrive on coffee, cigarettes, and persistence, through an endlessly exhausting parade of murder scenes. As the Washington Post writes, "We seem to have an insatiable appetite for police stories.... David Simon's entry is far and away the best, the most readable, the most reliable and relentless of them all.... An eye for the scenes of slaughter and pursuit and an ear for the cadences of cop talk, both business and banter, lend Simon's account the fascination that truth often has."

Customer Reviews

Always compared against (2008-05-18)

I first became interested in this book through the television show, but what an absolute gem to find: funny, in-depth and provides a close look at the human element behind police work that isn't often exlored in today's journalism. Five out of five, definitely one of my top books of all time.

Fantastic (2004-08-17)

If you like the show you will love the book! It follows Baltimore detectives as they solve crimes and what they go through in their daily lives.

Not just for fans of the show... (2004-04-14)

This book is brilliant. As a would-be journalist, I would say "life-altering". Not only is the subject matter compelling, the style is sweet enough to make Ann Rule cry like a little girl. And to think I only bought it to play "Match The Composite" with the series.

Brilliant and readable (2004-03-09)

Here's a book that gets into the minds of homicide detectives like no other. The author is insightful and thorough, but his writing style is a celebration of brevity. Working within the law and sometimes around it or even in spite of it, the detectives are revealed as all-too-human but praiseworthy individuals. Read this with Randy Sutton's "True Blue : Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them" and you'll have the best writing on cops and crime available today.

One of the best books I have ever read (2003-10-22)

If you are interested at all in the criminal justice, police, CSI, law enforcement, or legal fields...you MUST read this book!!! I had to read it for a CJA class I took a while back and all I can say is WOW! Simon gets into the minds of the detectives so well, the book almost reads like a fiction novel!!!

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