Black tunnel white magic a murder, a detective's obsession, and '90s Los Angeles at the brink
"In June 1990, Ronald Baker, a straight-A UCLA student, was found repeatedly stabbed to death in a tunnel near Spahn Ranch, where Charles Manson and his followers once lived. Shortly thereafter, Detective Rick Jackson and his partner, Frank Garcia, were assigned the case. Yet the facts made no sense...
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Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company,
2025.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Jackson, Rick, |c (Retired detective), |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Black tunnel white magic : |b a murder, a detective's obsession, and '90s Los Angeles at the brink / |c Rick Jackson and Matthew McGough ; foreword by Michael Connelly. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company, |c 2025. | |
| 300 | |a xiv, 512 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "In June 1990, Ronald Baker, a straight-A UCLA student, was found repeatedly stabbed to death in a tunnel near Spahn Ranch, where Charles Manson and his followers once lived. Shortly thereafter, Detective Rick Jackson and his partner, Frank Garcia, were assigned the case. Yet the facts made no sense. Who would have a motive to kill Ron Baker in such a grisly manner? Was the proximity to the Manson ranch related to the murder? And what about the pentagram pendant Ron wore around his neck? Jackson and Garcia soon focused their investigation on Baker's two male roommates, one Black, and one white. What emerges is at once a story of confounding betrayal and cold-hearted intentions, as well as a larger portrait of an embattled Los Angeles, a city in the grip of the Satanic Panic and grappling with questions of racial injustice and police brutality in the wake of Rodney King. In straightforward, matter-of-fact prose, Rick Jackson, the now-retired police detective who helped inspire Michael Connelly's beloved Harry Bosch, along with co-writer, Matthew McGough, take us through the events as he and his partner experienced them, piecing together the truth with each emerging clue. Black Tunnel White Magic is the true story of a murder in cold blood, deception and betrayal, and a city at the brink, set forth by the only man who could tell it." -- Publisher annotation. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Baker, Ronald, |d 1969-1990 |x Death and burial |x Case studies. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Murder |z California |x Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Murder |x Investigation |z California |z Los Angeles |x Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Homicide investigation |z California |z Los Angeles |x Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a College students |z California |z Los Angeles |x Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Detectives |z California |z Los Angeles |x Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Satanism |z California |z Los Angeles |x Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Murder |x Investigation. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 20th century. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a McGough, Matthew. | |
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