Based on a year spent by the author with the AP English students at inner-city Crenshaw High, a testament to their triumphs in the face of urban disadvantages profiles the class's often polar but equa
In the summer of '94, while the rest of the U. S. was focused on the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, 400 murders took place in another Los Angeles neighborhood. Los Angeles Times crime reporter Mile
The mandate for L.A.'s unique police unit, Homicide Special, is to take on the toughest, most controversial, and newsworthy cases. In this insider's account, acclaimed writer Miles Corwin uses unprec
Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year with twelve high school seniors -- South-Central kids who qualified for a gifted progr
When a legendary ex-cop is mudered in L.A, the pressure's on to find the killer. Lt. Frank Duffy needs his best detective on the case, but his best detective, Ash Levine, quit a year ago. A tenacious,
Ash Levine, the top detective in the LAPD's elite Felony Special Squad, is called out to solve the murder of two young black men found shot to death in a Venice alley. The case is a high priority beca
