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The Black Marble
The Black Marble
Author: Joseph Wambaugh
Sergeant Valnikov was a damned good cop. Wrapped in a yellow slicker, wrapped around a bottle of vodka, he was running in place from a nineteen-year-old nightmare. — Natalie Zimmerman was a twice-divorced lady detective nursing a grudge against men and a strong suspicion that her partner was always drunk or crazy -- or both. — In the Hollywood mad...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780297774655
ISBN-10: 0297774654
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: 354
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & N
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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Wambaugh is always great and this book is no different. A super good and fast read. It's a story about a burned out homicide detective too close to the bottle and headed downhill from there. It was tough to lay it down.
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This was the first of this author's books I've read and I really got into the characters which are developed gradually. The detectives, romance, intrigue, humor. I think this may have been the inspiration for the TV series Barney Miller, which I was really into. I liked it. It was funny and hooked me into the story line. Enjoy!
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A good read. Joalice
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High drama mystery.


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