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Crime Beat
by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)
3.39 of 5 stars
3.39 · rating details · 2,678 ratings · 189 reviews 23
Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. Here are reproduced narratives of these articles, from initial accusation along path of prosecution. Divided in three sections: Cops, Killers, and Cases.
This book is for Michael Connelly fans. I'm not sure that anyone who has not read at least some of his books would enjoy it.
For me, the best part of this book was the Introduction in which he tells about how he became interested in crime reporting. When Connelly was 16 he worked as a night dishwasher in a hotel restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, FL. On his way home from work one night he witnessed a man escaping after robbing a nearby store and shooting a man in the head. His experience in working with the detectives, even though they never found the robber, got him interested in crime and he began reading the newspaper. Then he started reading books by crime writers, such as Joseph Wambaugh and Raymond Chandler. It is interesting that his experience led him to crime reporting and not to law enforcement.
Connelly also tells about watching a particular detective as a crime reporter who became the basis for Harry Bosch. This was great fun to read.
After three years on the crime beat in L.A., Connelly began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo, based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America. Connelly has followed that up with 26 more novels.
Fifty-eight million copies of Connelly’s books have sold worldwide and he has been translated into thirty-nine foreign languages. He has won the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho award (Spain) .
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