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