Crime Beat

Before he was a best-selling crime novelist, the prolific James Connelly was hitting the pavement alongside homicide squads in Los Angeles and South Florida. He covered more than a few murder scenes as a journalist, and close to two dozen of his sharply written newspaper articles are gathered here in CRIME BEAT. Connelly's nonfiction still reads with the suspenseful "whodunit" feel of his novels, and contains the same dry voice coupled with vivid detail that gives all of his writing a personal, but no-nonsense feel. This is a must-have for any true crime reader, while fans of Connelly's fiction are sure to find it equally engrossing.