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. ?Wambaugh sidesteps all the clichés?He has the ability to portray women as flesh-and-blood, thinking human beings.? ? The Sun (Baltimore) First-rate?Fast, colorful, and gripping?as touching as it is breathlessly entertaining.? ? Cosmopolitan