A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of homicide in America
On a warm spring evening in South Los Angeles, a young man is shot and killed on a sidewalk minutes away from his home, one of the thousands of black Americans mu[...]
In Ghettoside by Jill Leovy a high-stakes murder investigation uncovers the roots of a homicide epidemic. Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this gripping, immersive work of reportage takes the reader onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives[...]