He is a damned good cop a burned-out homicide detective wrapped around a Smith & Wesson .38 and a vodka bottle. She is his partner twice divorced, nursing a grudge against men, obsessed by the awful temptation of love.
Praise for The Black Marble
Joseph] Wambaugh sidesteps all the cliches. Baltimore Sun
Superb . . . his best book St. Louis Post-Dispatch
First-rate . . . fast, colorful, and gripping . . . as touching as it is breathlessly entertaining. Cosmopolitan"