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