Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (born January 22, 1937) is an American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Many of his novels are set in Los Angeles and its surroundings and feature Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He won three Edgar Awards, and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. The son of a police officer, Wambaugh was born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Selected Books by Joseph Wambaugh
A number of the books below are available to read for free through Internet Archive. However, to read them, you must sign up for a free Internet Archive account. Those not available to read online can be borrowed from an Allegheny County public library.
The Choirboys (In Four Complete Novels)
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The New Centurions (In Four Complete Novels)
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The Black Marble (In Four Complete Novels)
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Hollywood Moon
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