A Good Month For Murder
30 June 2016Imprint: Macmillan
Synopsis
'Superb - one of the best real-life copy books ever written.' Lee Child
In a true crime cross between James Ellroy and David Simon's The Wire, A Good Month for Murder follows twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and the furious hunt for an especially brutal killer in Washington D.C.
After gaining unparalleled access to the homicide unit in Prince George's County,...
Details
30 June 2016320 pages
9781509830527Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
A stunner! The best non-fiction detective book I've ever read.Peter James
Superb - one of the best real-life cop books ever written.Lee Child
The book is briskly paced . . . Wilber, a former Washington Post reporter, is painstaking in tracing how the detectives go about their fieldwork. The cat-and-mouse games they play with suspects in the interrogation room are fascinating.The Washington Post
Wilber chronicles twelve homicides that occurred during February 2013 [and] employs his considerable skills to tell the stories of those investigating these violent acts . . . Wilber - who was given extraordinary access to interrogation rooms, crime scenes, and family homes - vividly depicts the tension, pressure and occasional tedium involved in crime-solving, portraying the work as both vital and unending.The National Book Review
