Homicide Special: A Year with the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit

Homicide Special follows Los Angeles' specialized police unit tasked with investigating the city's most difficult, controversial, and high-profile homicide cases. Through unprecedented access, Miles Corwin documents six investigations handled by the unit's detectives. The cases include the death of a call girl from Kiev, traced through a network of Russian women in white slavery; the murder of a gangster's daughter, which leads detectives across the country to a Manhattan real-estate magnate; the reopening of a cold case; a mother-daughter drowning; a rape/murder; and the investigation into the death of Bonny Lee Blakley, allegedly killed by her actor-husband Robert Blake. The book features detectives Chuck Knolls, Brian McCartin, Jerry Stephens, and Paul Coulter at work. This edition includes an updated epilogue by the author providing follow-up information on each case.