<![CDATA[Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers]]>

false <![CDATA[Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171057304m/84778.jpg 84778 15 <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY>Book Description: From No. 1 bestseller Michael Connelly's first career as a prizewinning crime reporter--the gripping, true stories that inspired and informed his novels. Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering the detectives who worked the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. In vivid, hard-hitting articles, Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, their families and friends--and, of course, the killers--to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath. Connelly's firsthand observations would lend inspiration to his novels, from The Black Echo, which was drawn from a real-life bank heist, to Trunk Music, based on an unsolved case of a man found in the trunk of his Rolls Royce. And the vital details of his best-known characters, both heroes and villains, would be drawn from the cops and killers he reported on: from loner detective Harry Bosch to the manipulative serial killer the Poet. Stranger than fiction and every bit as gripping, these pieces show once again that Michael Connelly is not only a master of his craft, but also one of the great American writers in any form. Amazon.com Exclusive <IMG hspace=4 src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/authors/michael-connelly-90x90.jpg" align=left vspace=4 border=0>Before he became a bestselling novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering the detectives who worked the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. In his vivid new book, Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers, Connelly leads readers past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, and the killers to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath. Read an exclusive essay from Michael Connelly </div> <table cellpadding="4" width="100%"> <tr align="center"> <td class="tiny" align="left"></td><tr align="center"> <td width="100%"> <img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/authors/m-connelly-press-300x212.jpg "> Michael Connelly's 1988 Los Angeles County Press Pass</td> </tr> </table> More from Michel Connelly <table cellpadding="4" width="100%"> <tr align="center"> <td class="tiny" align="left"></td><tr align="center"> <td width="33%"> <img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316734950.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"> Echo Park </td> <td width="33%"><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446616443.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"> The Closers </td> <td width="33%"><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446602612.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"> The Poet </td> </tr> </table> 81815 8 5 2006 Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers total:254|5:28|4:52|3:87|2:66|1:21| 254 762 415 39 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 19:07:22 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:10:47 -0800 2009
An illuminating if repetitive, collection of Connelly's work as a crime reporter. I've never read any of his crime fiction, but his sturdy prose, eye for character, and detail makes me understand why he has fans. The book isn't sensationalistic (for the most part). It's goo...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 22:05:33 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 22:11:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 12:45:29 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 19:26:01 -0700 2009
I agree with other reviewers that some parts of it are repetative especially his articles on the murder of a real estate broker or one relating to a po...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 18 21:00:57 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 22:02:49 -0700 2008
Michael Connelly and I were both w...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:21:56 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 11:31:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 18:50:29 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 18:58:35 -0800 2008
From that perspective, honestly, the book delivers as advertised. But other than an introductory chapter, the book is strictly a collection o...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 05 13:27:25 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 13:27:25 -0700 2009
I do not read the newspaper, and this book was newspaper articles about various cases that Michael Connelly covered as a journalist before he became a best-selling fict...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 18:21:21 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 18:22:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 04 07:41:14 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 07:43:11 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:54:33 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:56:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 19 13:15:45 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 13:43:54 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 10:19:45 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 10:20:39 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 11:21:02 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 11:21:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 16:08:23 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 17:28:19 -0700 2009 1 2 0 false false Mon Aug 13 16:35:06 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 16:00:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 16:51:59 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 10:35:12 -0700 2007 Connelly's articles are so compelling, that I never felt like I was reading a newspaper article. I was reading something I wanted to read. A lot of his articles are from the LA Times, and I really enjoy reading LA true crime...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 13:40:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 13:41:00 -0700 2009 Highly recommend!]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 15:00:38 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 17:50:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Oct 08 14:14:34 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 14:15:27 -0700 2008
The reader will get insight into the author's background...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 18 19:25:30 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 26 07:56:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=84778