A Good Month for Murder : The Inside Story of a Homicide Squad (Paperback)

from ozzieslim

This is a fabulous entry to the true crime genre. Rather than focusing on a specific crime, this book focuses on several teams of homicide detectives in Prince George County, Maryland. All of the cases are ones that occurred in the month of February 2013. For people who enjoy some of the shows on...

from StanSki

February, 2013 according to the title was "A Good Month for Murder", or at least a very busy month for murder. The book follows several groups of detectives who "catch" homicides during this period, and the murder of Amber Stanley the previous August. This book would be especially interesting for...

from schmootc

This excellent nonfiction book covers a month during a journalist's embedding with a homicide squad in Prince George's County, Maryland. Much of the focus is spent on teen Amber Stanley's murder, a high-priority case during that month. It's an easy, quick read that kept me interested the whole wa...

from lpg3d

This book provides the reader with a view into the inner workings of a police homicide department during a very busy and stressful month in Prince George's County, Maryland. Wilber does a great job of taking the reader into the lives and minds of the detectives frantically working to solve the 12...

from JaneAustenNut

A Good Month For Murder ( February, 2013 ) is a stark and realistic view of actual homicides in Urban/Suburban areas of our larger cities. It is reminiscent of the 1990's police procedural tv show " Homicide: Life on the Street " which depicted the homicide unit of the Baltimore PD. I usually do ...