Crime Beat

From Michael Connelly's first career as a prize-winning crime reporter comes this collection of the gripping, true stories that have inspired and informed his novels.

From #1 bestseller Michael Connelly's first career as a prizewinning crime reporter--the gripping, true stories that inspired and informed his novels. Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering the detectives who worked the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. In vivid, hard-hitting articles, Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, their families and friends--and, of course, the killers--to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath. Connelly's firsthand observations would lend inspiration to his novels, from The Black Echo, which was drawn from a real-life bank heist, to Trunk Music, based on an unsolved case of a man found in the trunk of his Rolls Royce. And the vital details of his best-known characters, both heroes and villains, would be drawn from the cops and killers he reported on: from loner detective Harry Bosch to the manipulative serial killer the Poet. Stranger than fiction and every bit as gripping, these pieces show once again that Michael Connelly is not only a master of his craft, but also one of the great American writers in any form.

Crime doesn't pay...but neither does journalism. CRIME BEAT A novella by Scott Nicholson When John Moretz takes a reporter job in the Appalachian town of Sycamore Shade, a crime spree erupts that boosts circulation and unsettles the people. Then a body is discovered, and Moretz happens to be one of the first on the scene. As police discover more murder victims, Moretz comes under suspicion while his editor struggles between cashing in on sensational news and sidelining Moretz until the crime wave is over. When police suspect a serial killer is at work, the newspaper gains wide acclaim and more reporters come to cover the crimes. The editor falls in love with one of those reporters, who wants inside information on Moretz. But John Moretz stays one step ahead of the other reporters, the police, and seemingly even the killer himself. A novella of about 21,000 words, the equivalent of 100 book pages. keywords: murder mystery, crime ebook, James Patterson, suspense, Dean Koontz, Lawrence Block, Michael Connelly, thriller ebooks,

Get the Summary of Michael Connelly's Crime Beat in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Crime Beat" by Michael Connelly presents a gritty, realistic look into the world of crime and law enforcement in various cities, primarily focusing on the experiences of detectives and police officers as they navigate complex and often dangerous investigations. The narrative covers a wide range of cases, from homicides and organized crime to burglaries and cold cases. It delves into the personal stories of both the victims and the perpetrators, as well as the dedicated law enforcement personnel who work tirelessly to solve crimes and bring justice to those affected...

A girl is dead. A boy is locked up. Can Debbie Bradley discover the truth before more lives are lost?maybe even her own?A series of deadly shootings. An outbreak of stolen cars. When journalist Debbie Bradley returns home to St. Louis, the summer crime wave has started. And she's in the center: A witness, a reporter, a target. Debbie's reasons for leaving behind her promising career in Washington D.C. were complicated. Her mother, a prominent lawyer, was diagnosed with cancer. Her engagement was cooling. When she got offered a job in St. Louis that she hadn't been looking for, Debbie recognized an opportunity. Or an escape. But she didn't expect to come home and see a girl die. Debbie never planned to investigate a boy behind bars. And she didn't anticipate colliding with hostile cops and wary politicians.As her work gains attention, Debbie gathers enemies. Will her assignment to cover the St. Louis crime beat be her last?

NOW A MAX ORIGINAL SERIES. A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist who "pulls the curtain back on ... [an] element of Japanese society that few Westerners ever see" (San Francisco Examiner). Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal corruption, and of course, the yakuza. But when his final scoop exposed a scandal that reverberated all the way from the neon soaked streets of Tokyo to the polished Halls of the FBI and resulted in a death threat for him and his family, Adelstein decided to step down. Then, he fought back. In Tokyo Vice he delivers an unprecedented look at Japanese culture and searing memoir about his rise from cub reporter to seasoned journalist with a price on his head.

A disgraced LA music star faces execution for a crime he didn't commit in the long-lost crime novel of Robert Silverberg, SFF Writers of America Grand Master, available for the first time in over 60 years. HAD L.A.’S HOTTEST BANDLEADER BECOME AN INSTRUMENT OF DEATH? Before his extraordinary career as a grandmaster of science fiction, Robert Silverberg honed his craft as a writer for a variety of pulp magazines, including crime digests with titles like Trapped and Guilty Detective Story Magazine. He also wrote this long-lost novel, which appeared under the pen name “Stan Vincent” in 1960 – and has never been published since. Meet Bob McKay: once a rising star in the toniest nightclubs of Los Angeles, now a down-and-out denizen of tawdry bars where B-girls hustle drinks and brawls break out nightly. When one hustler winds up strangled, McKay lands on Death Row. Can a starlet and a sympathetic newspaper columnist clear his name before his date with the death chamber? Featuring a new introduction by the author and three bonus stories from Guilty and Trapped, THE HOT BEAT offers readers a trip through time back to the pulp era, when a future star was making his bones with stories of murder, betrayal, and dangerous desires…