Kind of Blue

by Miles Corwin

Overview

When a legendary ex-cop is murdered 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, obsessive detective, Ash resigned after Latisha Patton, the witness in a homicide case he was working, was murdered. Without his job, Ash is left unanchored-and consumed with guilt that he somehow caused Latisha's murder.When he's asked to rejoin the force, Ash reluctantly agrees. Getting his badge back could give him the chance to find Latisha's killer.Ash dives in headfirst into the shadowlands of Southern California to investigate the ex-cop's murder. But even when he has a suspect in custody, something about this case doesn't sit right with Ash, and he continues working the increasinglydangerous investigation while quietly chasing leads in Latisha's murder.Unable to let either case go until he has answers, Ash finds that his obsessive nature, which propels him into a world of private compromises and public corruption, is a flaw that might prove fatal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782702152935
Publisher:	Calmann-Lévy
Publication date:	02/27/2013
Series:	Cal-Lévy- R. Pépin
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB
Language:	French

About the Author

A native of Los Angeles, Miles Corwin is former crime reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Corwin is a best-selling author whose previous books include The Killing Season, And StillWe Rise, and Homicide Special.

Editorial Reviews

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, the LAPD's top detective, resigns after his suspension for failing to prevent the death of a key witness he was supposed to protect. A year later, Ash's former boss invites him to lead the investigation into an ex-cop's murder. Levine returns to the force, hoping to reopen the case that cost him his job, though not everyone in the department is thrilled to see him back. A jazz lover (hence the Miles Davis–inspired title), the son of a concentration camp survivor, and a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces, Ash battles through departmental interference, corruption, and misdirection. Given his strong debut, Ash should be back on the job for further assignments. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

Kind of Blue is my kind of book, I think Miles Corwin is a novelist to watch...can't wait for more. Michael Connelly

Kind of Blue launches Miles Corwin to the front rank of crime novelists working LA's meanest streets. Robert Krais

Praise for Corwin's Killing Season, Compelling - The New Yorker. grab-you-by-the-throat page-turne. Los Angles Tmes

Compelling portrait of seasoned homicide cops at work. This is LA's darkest side: ironic, heartbreaking, stunningly violent, unfaillingly human. Riveting. Jonathan Kellerman

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From the Publisher

Ash Levine is brought out of a self-induced retirement to solve the murder of an LAPD detective who was friends with several high-level police administrators. Following a trail of clues and hints, Levine discovers that he can still solve the most convoluted cases and control his personal traumas. Hard-boiled Jewish cops are few and far between, and Corwin's Levine is a scrappy pit bull of a detective who doesn't let go until the guilty are found. VERDICT Years of experience as a Los Angeles Times reporter give Corwin the inside track on the seamy side of the city, and his depiction of the life of a police detective is as real as it gets. Readers of Michael Connelly will rejoice.

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