The Scene is Baltimore. Twice Every Three Days Another Citizen is Shot, Stabbed, or Bludgeoned to Death. at the Cente of This Hurricane of Crime is the City's Homicide Unit, a Small Brotherhood of Men Confronted by the Darkest of American Visions. David Simon Was the First Reporter Ever to Gain Unlimited Access to a Homicide Unit, and His Remarkable Book is Both a Compelling Account of Casework and an Investigation Into Our Culture of Violence. the Narrative Follows Donald Worden, a Veteran Investigator Nearing the End of His Career; Harry Edgerton, an Iconoclastic Black Detective in a Mostly White Unit; and Tom Pellegrini, an Earnest Rookie Who Takes on the Year's Most Difficult Case, the Brutal Rape and Murder of an Eleven-Year-Old Girl.