The Black Marble

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