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Corwin, Miles.
Homicide Special : a year with the LAPD’s elite detective unit / Miles Corwin.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-7694-3
ISBN-10: 0-8050-7694-8
eISBN: 978-1-62779-918-8
1. Los Angeles (Calif.) Police Dept. 2. Detectives—California—Los Angeles. 3. Homicide investigation—California—Los Angeles. I. Title.
HV8148.L55C67 2003
363.25’9523’0979494—dc21
2003047883
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