Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets

• A True Crime Classic from the Creator of The Wire
• Features over 1.5 hours of video not available anywhere else
• Interviews with David Simon, Dominic West, Clarke Peters from The Wire
  
• ‘The best book about homicide detectives by an American writer.’ Norman Mailer

Homicide

The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the cente of this hurricane of crime is the city’s homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of American visions.

David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and his remarkable book is both a compelling account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence. The narrative follows Donald Worden, a veteran investigator nearing the end of his career; Harry Edgerton, an iconoclastic black detective in a mostly white unit; and Tom Pellegrini, an earnest rookie who takes on the year’s most difficult case, the brutal rape and murder of an eleven-year-old girl.

David Simon’s Homicide won an Edgar Award and became the basis for the NBC award-winning drama of the same name. Simon’s second book, The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood, co-authored by Ed Burns (and available as an Enhanced Edition), was made into an HBO mini-series. Simon was the executive producer and writer for HBO’s Peabody Award-winning series The Wire. He lives in Baltimore.

About this Enhanced Edition

This Enhanced Edition of Homicide contains the full text of this highly acclaimed book with a whole host of features created for the iPhone:

• Over 1.5 hours of exclusive video featuring interviews with David Simon, Dominic West (McNulty in The Wire) and Clarke Peters (Freeman in The Wire)
• These videos are not available anywhere else and are a must for any fan
• Includes an exclusive and major revelation about the meaning of the plot in Season 5 of The Wire never before revealed
• Beautiful typography optimised for the iPhone / iPod touch
• Read each chapter at a time
• Optional tilting of the device to automatically scroll the chapter at your speed
• Change the font size and style of the text to suit you
• Night mode
• Add bookmarks
• Email quotes to friends
• Receive related news

Praise for Homicide

‘The true genius of [his] work is its scope – Homicide moves beyond individual victims to tell the stories of those touched by their deaths. By staring deep into the eyes of the departed, Simon reveals the mysteries of the living.’
Sunday Times

‘It reads like a thriller.’
Daily Telegraph

‘A masterpiece’
Martin Amis

‘A hard-nosed classic’
GQ

‘True genius’
Sunday Times