The Black Marble: A Novel

A Joseph Wambaugh creation

Language: English

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.04 x 8.5 inches

ISBN-10: 440613965

ISBN-13: 978-0440613961

Publication Date: December 21, 1998

Print Length: 416 pages

Description:

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