Murderer with a Badge: The Secret Life of a Rogue Cop

Edward Humes. Onyx Books, $5.99 (512pp) ISBN 978-0-451-40402-2

Humes's suspenseful and well-researched portrait of a mild-mannered L.A. traffic cop who secretly carried out contract murders and car theft. Photos. (Dec.)

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