with an Updated Epilogue by the Author "A compelling portrait of seasoned Homicide cops at work.
He lives in Los Angeles..
About the Author: A former staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times , Miles Corwin is the author of The Killing Season and And Still We Rise.
with a revised epilogue updating each of these fascinating cases, Homicide Special offers a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at one of the preeminent units of Homicide detectives in the country.
And, finally, Corwin re-creates the investigation surrounding the late Bonny Lee Blakley, allegedly murdered by her actor-husband, Robert Blake.
A cold case is reopened; a mother-daughter drowning and a baffling rape/murder are solved.
When a gangster\'s daughter takes a bullet, veterans Jerry Stephens and Paul Coulter trace clues scattered across the country to a Manhattan real-estate magnate.
When a call girl from Kiev dies in the line of duty, detectives Chuck Knolls and Brian McCartin seek her killer among a circle of Russian women who have been sold into white slavery.
In this "literate, unfailingly interesting work of true crime" ( Kirkus Reviews ), acclaimed writer Miles Corwin uses unprecedented access to narrate six of the unit\'s cases-and capture its newest generation at work.
Riveting." -Jonathan Kellerman The mandate for Los Angeles\' unique police Unit Homicide Special is to take on the toughest, most controversial, and highest-profile cases.
This is L.
A.\'s darkest side: ironic, heart-breaking, stunningly violent, unfailingly human.
with an Updated Epilogue by the Author "A compelling portrait of seasoned Homicide cops at work
