num_pages: 432
description: The author demonstrates how his years as a crime reporter in Florida and Los Angeles contributed to the creation of vivid details in his novels, of not only the villains and heroes, but of the investigations and stranger-than-fiction crime scenes.
language: English
title: Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers
titlecomplete: Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers
genres: Mystery, Thriller, Memoir, Nonfiction, Detective, Audiobook, History, Crime, Journalism, True Crime
ratings_count: 5419
publisher: Little, Brown and Company