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A riveting, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most elite, highly trained units of homicide
detectives in the country
Los Angeles is a town of dreamers—and of those who prey on them. The scene of innumerable bizarre crimes, it is also home to a unique police unit called Homicide Special, whose mandate is to take on the toughest, most controversial, and highest-profile cases. Now acclaimed writer Miles Corwin uses his unprecedented access to this legendary unit to narrate six of its cases—and capture its newest generation at work.
When a call girl from Kiev dies in the line of duty, detectives Chuck Knolls and Brian McCartin seek her killer among a circle of Russian women who have been sold unwittingly into white slavery. When a gangster’s daughter, brought up in Las Vegas, takes a bullet, veterans Jerry Stephens and Paul Coulter trace clues scattered across the country to one of Manhattan’s wealthiest real estate magnates. A cold case is reopened; a suspicious mother-daughter drowning and a baffling rape/murder are solved. And finally, Corwin re-creates the investigation surrounding the late Bonny Lee Bakley, a woman driven—like her city—by the desire for fame, and allegedly murdered by her actor-husband, Robert Blake.
Compulsively readable, artfully written, and surprisingly redemptive, Homicide Special offers a thrilling insider’s report on some of the nation’s most high-profile and complex homicides—and the extraordinary men who solve them.
- Sales Rank: #1872710 in Books
- Published on: 2004-01-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.52" h x 1.37" w x 6.30" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 416 pages
Amazon.com Review
The hard-boiled, tough-talking homicide detective is one of the classic archetypes in contemporary American entertainment. TV and movies have always been loaded with trench coat wearing cops drilling suspects and catching elusive clues that crack the case. And while there is no historical shortage of fictional gumshoes, writer Miles Corwin shows us that the lives of real detectives, while perhaps not as glamorous, are infinitely more interesting. Corwin was given extensive access to one of Los Angeles' top units and provides fascinating insight into methods of evidence gathering, interrogation, and other facets of detective work. Homicide Special pushes past the headlines to retrieve a depth of insight that reveals the complex nature of the crimes and the efforts to solve them. Real investigations aren't quite as easily solved as those on, say, CSI, and Corwin's analysis of various cases illuminates the fragility of good police work. At the same time, the actual details of a homicide case are considerably more grisly than anything on television and readers should be prepared for rather unpleasant imagery. Among the many cases spotlighted are the murders of the daughter of a Las Vegas mobster, a prostitute with ties to the Russian mafia, and Bonny Lee Bakley, allegedly killed by her husband, actor Robert Blake. Corwin makes good use of the access he was granted, fleshing out minute details that provide an intimate feeling to the locales, suspects, and witnesses visited by the detectives. The celebrity culture of the detectives' beat and the unique universe that is contemporary Southern California living provide an unusually eclectic perspective to the true crime genre, throwing the stories captivatingly off kilter. Meanwhile, Corwin's narrative toes the tough-guy crime writer line, calling to mind a contemporary version of Dragnet. But such trappings are mere accents to the ultimate success of Corwin's book: the ability to realistically demonstrate the challenges and triumphs of top detectives seeking both answers and justice. --John Moe
From Publishers Weekly
Granted "unfettered access" to one of the LAPD's investigative units, Homicide Special, Los Angeles Times crime reporter Corwin (The Killing Season; And Still We Rise) shadowed several veteran detectives during 2001 and 2002. While not recounting every homicide case he observed, the author vividly renders a handful that exemplify the range of entrenched social fissures and seedy criminality that have long defined Los Angeles. From its ethnic underbelly to the unnoticed fringes of Hollywood fame, the investigations include the murders of a struggling screenwriter and a daughter of a former Las Vegas mobster; a Japanese mother and daughter found bound together and floating in a marina weeks after their deaths; a beautiful immigrant prostitute with complicated connections to the Russian mafia; a teenage girl killed 38 years ago-a "cold case" that was reopened by a pair of devoted detectives; and Bonny Lee Bakley, wife of actor Robert Blake, whose bloody death became chum for a tabloid feeding frenzy. With a touch of Chandleresque panache, Corwin's true crime reads like vintage noir, delivering taut dialogue sprinkled with off-color wisecracks and lyrical passages describing horizons "veiled by a tawny band of smog" or harbors filled with the "thrumming of boat engines and the squall of gulls." But unlike the ham-and-eggs detectives of Chandler's era, these latter-day California cops (the unit worked on the O.J. Simpson case) wear fancy suits purchased in Thailand, moonlight as sous-chefs and munch on "pumpkinseed-crusted three-cheese chile rellenos with papaya salsa."
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From Booklist
Corwin has cruised with detectives before in book form (The Killing Season: A Summer inside an LAPD Homicide Division, 1997). In this reprise, he rolls the streets with the department's elite detective unit, which catches Tinseltown's celebrity cases. Among the half-dozen investigations Corwin chronicles is one with tabloid cachet: actor Robert Blake's indictment for murdering his grifter-wife. Corwin faithfully airs Blake's bizarre account of the killing, narrating its detail as detectives pieced it into witness testimony. Interrogation technique is a strong element in Corwin's accounts of all the cases covered here--particularly as interviewing detectives adjust to each other's styles, and gauge when to be confrontational or congenial. That propels Corwin's stories as readers learn how detectives break down the alibis of a Russian pimp who shot a prostitute, a sexual predator who strangled a Filipino doctor, and a Japanese scam artist who dumped his wife and daughter into Los Angeles Harbor. Corwin's book will enthrall true-crime fans. Gilbert Taylor
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
A Gripping, True to Life (and Death) Read
By Book Club Member
I started "Homicide Special" yesterday afternoon, and literally could not do anything else until I finished it several hours later. I hated for it to end. A reader gets an honest feel for the rhythm of detective work, and realizes how months of work can be undone by a careless mistake (even one made decades ago in a long dormant case) or by a clerk who inadvertently destroys old evidence.
The author is scrupulously fair to the police and gives a realistic snapshot of contemporary Los Angeles with its international mix of cultures. Several of these bizarre cases prove the old saw that truth IS stranger than fiction. Corwin is one of the best at putting you at the scene without calling attention to himself. I'd recommend this to anyone interested in police work -- or good journalism.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Watching the Detectives
By Acute Observer
Homicide Special
Miles Corwin is a former award-winning reporter at the `Los Angeles Times'. He spent a year with the LAPD's elite detective unit, Homicide Special. They investigate organized-crime killings, serial murders, murders that involve celebrities, and cases that require great expertise or sophisticated technology. LA was once known in the 19th century as the most murderous town in the West. After LA obtained water from Owens Valley it expanded into a major metropolis. This increase was accompanied by a growing crime rate. Complex murders led to a specialized unit with the most experienced detectives. Since the O. J. Simpson trial Homicide Special was overhauled to bring in fresh talent.
Part I, "The Valley" tells about the shooting death of a young immigrant woman. The FBI tap on her phone suggested organized crime, prostitution, and smuggling. Will they share information? The detectives interview people who knew Luda and get information. Will one suspect stand out? The story continues in the following chapters.
Part II, "The Harbor" tells about finding the bodies of a woman and young child in the Los Angeles harbor. This is very unusual. The investigation continues until there is a break in the case. The prime suspect confessed. Chapter 8 has a brief history of LA crime. [Corwin misinterprets the problems in the O. J. Simpson case regarding the planted evidence.] Questioning the main suspects from Part I results in a near confession where neither party admits doing the shooting.
Part III, "West L. A." is about one unsolved murder from 1965, a "cold case". A sixteen year old girl was raped and shot in her home. Research into fingerprints turned up a new suspect. Can they use tricks to fool a suspect into confessing (p.197)?
Part IV, "The Canyon" tells about the murder of Susan Berman, whose father was involved with Las Vegas gambling. She was down on her luck when she was shot to death at home. They interview people to learn what they can. Unlike TV shows, detectives wait month for the analysis of evidence (p.252). One suspect takes a polygraph exam.
Part V, "Los Feliz" is about the rape and murder of a sixty-year old woman in her apartment. TV shows are dramas (p.262). Can a dog follow the scent of a killer? An ATM machine suggested a later time of death. Postdated? The detectives continue to investigate.
Part VI, "The Valley" begins with the murder of Bonny Bakley and the questioning of Robert Blake. Bonny had an amazing life and swindled many older men. Child actors in "Our Gang" died tragically (p.339). [Corwin tells how Los Angeles acquired water from 233 miles away, and how a few rich men became even wealthier.] A fingerprint at that Los Feliz crime scene is the link to the suspect. He is tracked down and arrested.
The `Epilogue' tells about the results of these cases at the time this book was completed in 2003. There is no `Index' to the names in this book. While months are mentioned, the years are not. The stories are interwoven in the text rather than completed in one chapter; I don't like that. This book provides a behind the scenes view of a part of the LAPD that you won't see on TV dramas. Are other big cities similarly understaffed? Could modern technology help?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Better Than Fiction In So Many Ways!
By J H Murphy
I live in the Los Angeles area and enjoy the mysteries of Michael Connolly, Robert Crais, and Paul Bishop, all set in or around the LAPD. This was a fascinating counterpoint to these mysteries, filling in details in some places and starkly illuminating reality like a Maglite at midnight.
The book follows about half of the complement of Homicide Special, one of three units comprising LAPD's Robbery Homicide division. (Rape and Robbery are the other two parts.) I found it a fascinating look inside some otherwise pretty closed doors. RHD is the ultimate promotion for some LAPD detective-3s, who would otherwise have to become supervising homicide detectives in one of LAPD's stations. It's considered an elite unit, and the fiction writers sometimes make the tension between RHD and some of the outlying homicide units a plot element. That aspect wasn't really addressed in this book, but one hardly notices against the compelling twists of the stories.
But even an elite unit has to put up with delays and shortages in the LAPD...schizophrenic heating and cooling in Parker Center (LAPD HQ)...delays and occasional inconsistent results from the Scientific Investigation Division, of O.J. trial notoriety...and uncooperative or missing witnesses.
One element of the book not touched on so far in the reviews are the pictures of the homicide detectives. Only one is smiling, and he retired at the end of the book. This is serious business, treated seriously.
Another part of the story, woven among the six murders covered in depth, is how the LAPD came to be the way it is - from early corruption, through the paramilitary but relatively clean 1950s, to the politically harassed department of the 1990s. This fills in the backdrop of the disparate backgrounds of the homicide detectives.
Of the six murders, one resulted in a conviction, another in a guilty plea, and two were starting or in trial. Two remain unsolved, although one was a cold case nearly forty years old. (This is covered in an epilogue to the paperback edition, and I'm not sure if it is in any of the hardback printings.)
What is there to criticise about this book? Not very much. I think readers outside Southern California might have benefited from a map. The biggest loss, though, is that the book is only 385 pages long (in paperback). I wanted more, more, more. Of course, rape, robbery, and homicide are the wine, women, and song of mystery fans, and this book is a banquet in those terms.
I have the feeling that this is the way it really is. Highly recommended. Just plan on reading it on a weekend...it's hard to put down, and you *will* be up past your bedtime.
OCTOBER 2004 UPDATE: One of the six cases was the murder of Robert Blake's wife Bonnie, for which Blake is currently standing trial. The defense lawyer has asked that the charge be dismissed because the presence of this book's author during a search violated Mr. Blake's constitutional rights. I can't see it, myself, but this book has suddenly been put in the limelight here in Southern California as a result. I recommend it even more now.
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