TY - BOOK AU - Wambaugh,Joseph TI - The black marble SN - 044000523X AV - PZ4.W242PS3573.A475 Bj U1 - 813.54 PY - 1978/// CY - New York PB - Delacorte Press KW - Adventure N2 - 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 ER -