Crime Beat (Abridged): A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers Audiobook

" A compilation of Connelly's crime reporting with an attempted organization along his writing's development. It's interesting for a while, but I lost interest halfway through, as the stories are mostly one-offs. While you can see some of the glimmers of his characters, I'd far rather read his books themselves. "

" A collection of Michael Connelly's newspaper stories from his years as a crime beat reporter. Only one of the stories really sounded like his writing from his novels; the rest were, well, just newspaper stories. "

" I expected this book to provide insight about both investigators, criminals and maybe the criminal justice system, but it's mostly a simple reprinting of old newspaper articles--not even edited into a single narrative. Some of the stories were interesting in a "my, we live in a freaky world" kind of way, but I found myself doing a lot of skimming. It's kind of a fun trashy read, but it won't leave you with much to think about. "

" It is interesting to see how Connelly developed into a crime writer from an experience he had as a youth. He started as a crime reporter so it is also pertinent that he primarily writes fron the POV of a cop (or a lawyer as Mickey Haller). Some of his facts become fiction but it is is easy to see how close the two are. "

" Did not expect it to be a collection of newspaper articles/essays. I found myself getting a little freaked out while reading at night just because I knew that the stories/reports were all true. "

" Not as good as I had hoped, found it very frustrating that hardly any of the cases were solved. "

" an interesting read, i love anything with crime, murder, and true books, this is perfect "

" First chapter and last chapter were well worth reading. I would have liked to read this book not as reprints of articles, but more telling how these stories related to his fiction writing. I love his novels. "

" This was a disappointment. I picked this book off the shelf because it was written by Michael Connelly. I was Confident that I was in for a good story. Lesson learned, read the book cover first. "

" I love his novels, but this was just ok. "

" This is a collection of stories Connelly wrote for the L.A.Times and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. These are the stories that provided situations, criminals, cops, and much more for his writing. The book allows the reader to see how, even in his early years, he had a keen eye for subtlety and nuance. "

" I have read many of Connely's books and I usually enjoy them, this one was not worth buying! He had the same story covered 800 times in the same words. it rreally was horrible "

" True criminal case of publishers crassly cashing in on star novelist's pre-fame scribe work! "

" It was a collection of stories, mainly repeating facts. Only started, did not finish. "

" I'll stick to his fiction. This book was a snore - not sure why I thought it would be interesting. "

" It was an enjoyable okay book, once I realized I was reading newspaper articles. The same information was replayed again and again in each chapter. This book took me 1 day to read when I skipped over the repeated material. "

" It was just okay. This is a collection of articles from Connelly's days as a newspaper reporter in Florida and California. I was hoping for a little more personal insight from Connelly rather than just a reprinting of articles. "

" Not the usual MC crime thriller, but instead true life crime. This is the only MC book I wouldn't recommend. "

" I'm a fan of Connelly's fiction, but this book read like a series of newspaper articles pulled straight from the newspaper. I was hoping for more background information than you get in the average news article. "

" Did not realize that this would simply be re-prints of his previous newspaper stories. "

" Slow, boring, repetitve....and I could go on and on ...I love his novels but this just seemed to be newspaper article after newspaper article that he had written. I did however finish it!!! "

" This short, non-fiction book is interesting since it shows how Connelly's experience as a crime reporter shaped his writing. "

" It was a collection of stories, mainly repeating facts. Only started, did not finish. "

" I was disapoint with this book and I Didnt like it as much as the novels he writes. I am going to keep a look out still for The Poem the he wrote some years back. "

" This was an interesting read. It is a collection of his true crime articles he wrote while being a reporter. Som eof the stories are really interesting and others are quite dry. It was great to see what he had written as a reporter and I do enjoy true crime. "

" This is a somewhat interesting account of the author's cases that he reported while he was a newspaper reporter covering the "crime beat" in the Los Angeles area. "