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The Black Marble
Joseph Wambaugh · 1978 · 416 pages
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 clichés.”—Baltimore Sun
“Superb . . . his best book!”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“First-rate . . . fast, colorful, and gripping . . . as touching as it is breathlessly entertaining.”—Cosmopolitan
Praise for The Black Marble
“[Joseph] Wambaugh sidesteps all the clichés.”—Baltimore Sun
“Superb . . . his best book!”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“First-rate . . . fast, colorful, and gripping . . . as touching as it is breathlessly entertaining.”—Cosmopolitan
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Michael Connelly
“This book to me is the classic police novel. It has a through story about a crime and investigation but it is so layered and so full of what it means to take on the job of law enforcement. I think it could only have been written by an author who had spent time on the police beat.”↗