A Good Month for Murder: The Inside Story of a Homicide Squad Audiobook

Quotes

• “Could easily be included on lists of the best true-crime books of the past twenty years…Johnny Heller’s well-executed narration enhances the listening experience. Verdict: Highly recommended.”

  — Library Journal (starred audio review)

• “Heller’s convincing narration—reminiscent of narrators of radio crime dramas—intensifies this gripping true-crime account, a glimpse into the world of today’s homicide units. His powerful, no-nonsense reading underlines the seriousness of the cases and the care the officers take in pursuing justice…This excellent quality recording provides a glimpse into the world of today’s homicide units.”

  — Booklist (starred audio review)

• “Is painstaking in tracing how the detectives go about their fieldwork. The cat-and-mouse games they play with suspects in the interrogation room are fascinating.”

  — Washington Post

• “It’s like David Simon’s The Wire―urgent but cold-eyed and tragic—and it’s all true.”

  — Men’s Fitness magazine

• “Wilber…gets high marks for placing readers smack inside the world of his characters—in the stuffy, fluorescent-lit homicide offices, the bloody murder scenes, and the claustrophobic interview rooms.”

  — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• “Vividly depicts the tension, pressure, and occasional tedium involved in crime solving, portraying the work as both vital and unending.”

  — National Book Review

• “A rare snapshot of homicide investigation in action…A fascinating report written in a relentless, real-life noir tone.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• "Superb--one of the best real-life cop books ever written.

  — Lee Child

• With this engrossing and compelling account of the reality of crime and policing, Del Quentin Wilber affirms his place as one of the nation's most accomplished writers of first-rate narrative nonfiction. Put away your mysteries and thrillers--this is the real thing, rendered with grit and with grace.

  — Jon Meacham, author of American Lion and Destiny and Power

• "A Good Month for Murder is utterly absorbing. Wilber's clear-eyed, discerning book does justice to both the homicide detectives he shadowed and the victims they speak for. Highly recommended.

  — Sgt. Adam Plantinga, Edgar-nominated author of 400 Things Cops Know

• "Del Quentin Wilber's A Good Month for Murder presents a great few hours of reading for anyone interested in peeling back the screen of myth and romance to get at the harsh and visceral reality of homicide investigation.

  — Stephen Hunter, author of The Third Bullet and Sniper's Honor

• "A meticulously reported account of an intrepid reporter’s embedded months with a homicide squad. Unfiltered and raw, A Good Month for Murder reads like a cross between Michael Connelly’s fiction and David Simon's classic, Homicide.

  — Neal Thompson, author of A Curious Man and Driving with the Devil

• This is the real cop story--not a TV show, not fiction, not a political diatribe. A Good Month for Murder is a deeply reported, compelling, timely account of what it's like to be a homicide detective working in the shadows of the nation's capital.

  — David Maraniss, author of Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story