A review by blevins
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

5.0

I don't want to keep bringing up The Wire over and over but dang it, if something is good and no one watches it, I'm going to keep doing it! This book, written by The Wire's creator and written in 1991 is a thrilling, engrossing, disturbing, sad look into the Baltimore homicide department over the course of a year. Baltimore had lots of murders and this is an in depth look at virtually ever facet of what is like to be a detective. It also covers other areas of urban Baltimore life--sort of like The Wire! This book was the basis of the terrific tv show Homicide. At nearly 700 pages, this has everything you'll ever want to know about police work and crime. Fascinating.