Homicide
, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's
The Wire
, is reenvisioned in this first volume of a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology.
In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were common. Only the most heinous cases stood out–chief amongst them, the rape and murder of eleven-year-old Latonya Wallace.
Originally published in 1991, Simon’s
became the basis for the acclaimed television show
Homicide: Life on the Streets
and inspired HBO’s
. Now, this true-crime classic is reimagined as a gritty two-part graphic novel series.