Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Author: David Simon
The scene is Baltimore; the year is 1988. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city’s homicide unit, a small group of hard men who battle to achieve a bit of rough justice in a deadly world. This is their story…..Read More
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