"This book is a graphic adaptation of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets ©1991 by David Simon. Originally published in French under the following titles: Homicide, une année dans les rues des Baltimore, volume 1, 2, and 3 by Philippe Squarzoni ©Editions Delcourt, 2016/2017/2018."--Title page verso.

"In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were common. Only the most heinous cases stood out-chief amongst them, the rape and murder of eleven-year-old Latonya Wallace. Originally published in 1991, Simon's Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show Homicide: Life on the Streets and inspired HBO's The Wire. Now, this true-crime classic is reimagined as a gritty two-part graphic novel series."--Publisher marketing.

In English, translated from the French.