The Glitter Dome - Hardcover

"Let us dispel forever the notion that Mr. Wambaugh is only a former cop who happens to write books. . . . This would be tantamount to saying that Jack London was first and foremost a sailor. Mr. Wambaugh is, in fact, a writer of genuine power, style, wit and originality." --The New York Times Book Review "Wambaugh's cops, like the soldiers in Catch-22, are men and women in a frenzy, zany grotesques made that way by the outrageous nature of the things they deal with." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "[Wambaugh is] a good writer who becomes better with each successive book." --The Detroit News "Wambaugh sidesteps all the cliches." --The Baltimore Sun Let us dispel forever the notion that Mr. Wambaugh is only a former cop who happens to write books. . . . This would be tantamount to saying that Jack London was first and foremost a sailor. Mr. Wambaugh is, in fact, a writer of genuine power, style, wit and originality. The New York Times Book Review Wambaugh s cops, like the soldiers inCatch-22, are men and women in a frenzy, zany grotesques made that way by the outrageous nature of the things they deal with. Los Angeles Times Book Review [Wambaugh is] a good writer who becomes better with each successive book. The Detroit News Wambaugh sidesteps all the cliches. The Baltimore Sun"

A New York Times-bestselling police thriller by the author of Harbor Nocturne Two LAPD detectives look into the murder of a Hollywood studio boss. It's the wildest bar in Chinatown, run by a proprietor named Wing who will steal your bar change every chance he gets. On payday the groupies mingle there with off-duty LAPD cops, including homicide detectives Martin Welborn and Al Mackey, who get assigned the case of a murdered Hollywood studio boss who may have been involved in some very strange and dangerous filmmaking. Hilarious at times, heartbreaking at others, this book was likened by theNew York Daily News to a "one-two combination that leaves the reader reeling."