An account of a year inside a city homicide unit focuses on three detectives investigating murders in Baltimore--a city torn by racial tensions and plagued by drugs and crime. Reprint. Amazon.com description: Product Description: Edgar and Anthony Award WinnerSelected by the Literary GuildRemarkable...A true crime classic."ASSOCIATED PRESSEnter the workday of real policemen. Follow fifteen detectives, three sergeants, and a lieutenant, whose job it is to investigate Baltimore`s 234 murders. You will get a cop`s-eye-view of the bureaucracy, the highs of success, the moments of despair, and the non-stop rush of pursuits, anger, banter, and violence that make up a cop`s life. Now an acclaimed television series, this extraordinary book is the insider`s look at what you have always wondered about