The Killing Season
In the summer of '94, while the rest of the U. S. was focused  on the O.J.  Simpson criminal trial, 400 murders took place  in another Los Angeles neighborhood.Los Angeles Timescrime  reporter Miles Corwin was there in the trenches.  He  became the third  member of a team of South-Central homicide cops--a veteran male   detective who dressed and talked like a cowboy, and a young black  female trainee who  grew up right there in "the Hood."  As the rookie  detective learned the ropes,  Corwin learned right along with her,  keeping the same grueling 24-7 schedule. This isn't  a book with  evocative descriptions or philosophical musings; Corwin writes in the  fluid,  unembellished style of a skilled journalist, and is especially  adept at reproducing  conversations--wicked teasing between cops,  difficult interviews with reluctant  witnesses, and the patter of the  streets.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.