Title:
Crime beat : a decade of covering cops and killers
Author:
Edition:
First Little, Brown and Company hardcover edition.
Publication Date:
2006
2004
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2006.
©2004
Physical Description:
viii, 375 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780316012799
Abstract:
From Connelly's first career as a prizewinning crime reporter -- the true stories that inspired and informed his novels. Covering the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles in vivid, hard-hitting articles, Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, their families and friends -- and, of course, the killers -- to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath. Connelly's firsthand observations would lend inspiration to his novels, from The Black Echo, which was drawn from a real-life bank heist, to Trunk Music, based on an unsolved case of a man found in the trunk of his Rolls Royce. And the vital details of his best-known characters, both heroes and villains, would be drawn from the cops and killers he reported on: from loner detective Harry Bosch to the manipulative serial killer the Poet. -- From publisher description.
General Note:
"Originally published as Crime Beat: Selected Journalism 1984-1992 in hardcover by Steven C. Vascik Publications, 2004"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Introduction: Watching the detectives -- The cops -- The call -- The open territory -- Crossing the line -- Cops accused -- Death squad -- Killed by a kid -- The killers -- Killer on the run -- Dark disguise -- The stalker -- America's most wanted -- Wife killer -- The gang that couldn't shoot straight -- Evil until he dies -- The cases -- Nameless grave -- Double life -- Death of an heiress -- Hollywood homicide -- The family -- High time -- Lying in wait -- Trunk music -- Open-unsolved.
Genre:
Language:
English
