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marisad's review against another edition
5.0
This is a fabulous true crime book that reads like a thriller. If you are a fan of HBO's The Wire, you will no doubt love this book. The creator fo The Wire spent a year with the Baltimore homicide department and gives an account of all the cases the detectives see throughout that year. What an amazing piece of work this is.
beingjada's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
rodneywilliam's review against another edition
4.0
Not his best work, but exceptional none the less.
rmbolton's review against another edition
4.0
I read this because I loved Homicide: Life on the Street (on NBC in the mid to late 90s) and wanted to read the book that started it all. The book doesn't disappoint.
monoduplo's review against another edition
4.0
David Simon of... The Wire! And from my school (not at the same time).
ndr's review against another edition
5.0
644 pages later, I didn't want this to end. Fiction writers, unencumbered by journalistic ethics, can only dream about creating something this compelling and moving. In case there are a few other fans out there who didn't know that Homicide: Life on the Street was based on a nonfiction book, I am noting it here so that you can discover the original Frank Pembleton, John Munch and Al Giardello yourselves. The research was done in 1988, but the action doesn't seem dated. DNA analysis and cell phones came later, but I'm betting good detective work has never been better.
charllllotte's review against another edition
5.0
Hands down one of the best reads I've had this year or of all time.
Life is bizarre, brutal, and brilliant. David Simon captured them all with heavy black humor.
Life is bizarre, brutal, and brilliant. David Simon captured them all with heavy black humor.