A good month for murder: the inside story of a homicide squad
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2016
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"Twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and a furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good month for murder in suburban Washington, D.C. After gaining unparalleled access to the homicide unit in Prince George's County, which borders the nation's capital, Del Quentin Wilber begins shadowing the talented, often quirky detectives who get the call when a body falls. He rides with a hard-charging investigator who pops diet pills while devouring cheeseburgers; he stands over a corpse with a hulking investigator who works security at a cemetery to earn extra money; he spends hours in the interrogation room--a.k.a. "the box"--with a chain-smoking vegan determined to solve the most difficult case of his career. And then, after a quiet couple of months, all hell breaks loose: suddenly every detective in the squad is working day and night to solve one shooting and stabbing after another. In particular, the entire unit becomes obsessed with a "red ball, " a high-profile case involving a 17-year-old honor student attacked by a gunman who kicked down the door to her house and murdered her in her bed. Murder is the police investigator's ultimate crucible: to solve a killing, a detective must speak for the dead. More than any recent book, A Good Month for Murder shows what it takes to succeed when the stakes couldn't possibly be higher"--
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Biography & Autobiography
Criminal investigation
Criminal investigation -- Washington Metropolitan Area
Criminology
Criminology -- SOCIAL SCIENCE
Electronic books
Homicide
Homicide -- Washington Metropolitan Area
Law enforcement
Law enforcement -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Murder
Murder -- TRUE CRIME
Nonfiction
Sociology
True Crime
True crime stories
Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area
Criminal investigation
Criminal investigation -- Washington Metropolitan Area
Criminology
Criminology -- SOCIAL SCIENCE
Electronic books
Homicide
Homicide -- Washington Metropolitan Area
Law enforcement
Law enforcement -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Murder
Murder -- TRUE CRIME
Nonfiction
Sociology
True Crime
True crime stories
Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area
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Electronic books
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True crime stories
Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area
Criminology -- SOCIAL SCIENCE
Electronic books
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True crime stories
Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area
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A good month for murder : the inside story of a homicide squad
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Sociology
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