Black Tunnel White Magic: A Murder, a Detective's Obsession, and '90s Los Angeles at the Brink

by Matthew McGough and Rick Jackson

Detective 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.

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316365785
• ISBN13: 9780316365789
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Mulholland Books
• Length: 528 Pages