Homicide

a year on the killing streets

by David Simon

1991 599 pages eng ★ 4.5 (4 ratings)

The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed or bludgeoned to death. At the centre of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first report…