Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets

David Simon

646 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced

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From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television showThe scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the cent...

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Moods

dark 92%
informative 76%
challenging 61%
reflective 46%
sad 46%
mysterious 30%
emotional 23%
funny 23%
adventurous 15%
tense 15%
hopeful 7%

Pace

medium 53%
slow 46%

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