Joseph Wambaugh LINES AND SHADOWS ISBN 13: 9780553246070

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Not since Joseph Wambaugh's best-selling  The Onion Field has there been a true  police story as fascinating, as totally gripping as  . . .Lines And Shadows. The  media hailed them as heroes. Others denounced them  as lawless renegades. A squad of tough cops  called the Border Crime Task Force. A commando team  sent to patrol the snake-infested no-man's-land  south of San Diego. Not to apprehend the thousands of  illegal aliens slipping into the U.S., but to stop  the ruthless bandits who preyed on them  nightly--relentlessly robbing, raping and murdering  defenseless men, women and children. The task force plan  was simple. They would disguise themselves as  illegal aliens. They would confront the murderous  shadows of the night. Yet each time they walked  into the violent blackness along the border, they  came closer to another boundary line--a fragile line  within each man. and crossing it meant destroying  their sanity and their lives.

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"With each book, it seems, Mr. Wambaugh's skill as a writer increases . . . . In Lines And Shadows he gives an off-trail, action-packed true account of police work and the intimate lives of policemen that, for my money, is his best book yet."--The New York Times Book Review.

"A saga of courage, craziness, brutality and humor . . . . One of his best books, comparable to The Onion Field for storytelling and revelatory power."--Chicago Sun-Times

About the Author:
Joseph Wambaugh is the hard-hitting bestselling writer who conveys the passionate immediacy of a special world. He was a police officer with the LAPD for 14 years before retiring in 1974, during which time he published three bestselling novels. Over the course of his career, Wambaugh has been the author of more than 20 works of fiction and nonfiction, all written in his gritty, distinctive noir-ish style. He's won multiple Edgar Awards, and several of his books have been made into feature films and TV movies. He lives in California with his wife.

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  • PublisherBantam
  • Publication date1984
  • ISBN 10 0553246070
  • ISBN 13 9780553246070
  • BindingMass Market Paperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages384
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