{"product_id":"black-tunnel-white-magic-rick-jackson-9780316365789","title":"Black Tunnel White Magic: A Murder, a Detective's Obsession, and '90s Los Angeles at the Brink","description":"\u003cb\u003eDetective Rick Jackson, a decorated LAPD detective and a key inspiration in the development of Harry Bosch, delivers a shocking and immersive look into the one case he could never let go.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShortly thereafter, Detective Rick Jackson and his partner, Frank Garcia, were assigned the case\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eYet 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eBlack Tunnel White Magic\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick Jackson, Matthew McGough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316365785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316365789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mulholland Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rick Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199295639807,"sku":"9780316365789","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d38ce5a4-6e0a-4e64-aa96-cd9f4c4b7805.jpg?v=1727925638","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-tunnel-white-magic-rick-jackson-9780316365789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}