Books by Miles Corwin and Complete Book Reviews
Miles Corwin, Author . Holt $25 (389p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6798-9
Granted "unfettered access" to one of the LAPD's investigative units, Homicide Special, Los Angeles Times
crime reporter Corwin (The Killing Season
; And Still We Rise
) shadowed several veteran detectives during 2001 and 2002. While...
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Miles Corwin, Oceanview (Midpoint, dist.), $25.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-60809-007-5
Former L.A. Times crime reporter Corwin (Homicide Special: A Year with the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit) introduces an engaging Jewish police detective in his first novel, a grittily realistic story of murder, stupidity, and redemption. Ash Levine,...
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Miles Corwin, Author William Morrow & Company $25 (432p) ISBN 978-0-380-97650-8
Los Angeles Times reporter Corwin offers a viscerally affecting glimpse inside the world of an inner-city high school. Hewing to the approach of his first book, The Killing Season: A Summer Inside an LAPD Homicide Division, he followed the seniors...
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Miles Corwin, Author Simon & Schuster $23 (336p) ISBN 978-0-684-80235-0
South Central Los Angeles is a proving ground for homicide detectives. Taken as a city in its own right, the region would ""rank among the nation's top ten"" in murders, according to Los Angeles Times crime reporter Corwin in this gripping brief....
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Miles Corwin. Oceanview (Midpoint, dist.), $25.95 (296p) ISBN 978-1-60809-038-9
Corwin’s second police thriller featuring LAPD Det. Ash Levine doesn’t live up to the promise of its predecessor, 2010’s Kind of Blue. Levine is trying to reconnect with his wife, Robin, after a painful separation, but their planned weekend getaway...
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