The Delta Star: A Novel

Joseph Wambaugh

Random House Publishing Group, Dec 1, 1983 - Fiction - 336 pages

L.A. Wambaugh-style. A world of cops on the rocks with a twist of murder.

A cheap hooker named Missy Moonbeam takes a fatal dive from the roof of a sleazy hotel. But what’s a Caltech phone number doing in her trick book? And how does that connect to a dead private eye and a useless credit card? And what does all that have to do with a Whisky-class Russian sub and the Nobel Prize?
 
Join Joseph Wambaugh’s ravaged cops of Rampart Station as they follow a trail of corruption from the world of pimps and crazies to the think-tank labs of the country’s top chemistry wizards—where genius and greed mix to create an award-winning case of murder.
 
“A page-turner . . . This is a must-read for Wambaugh fans.”—USA Today

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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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Delta Star: A Novel
• Author: Joseph Wambaugh
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 1983
• ISBN: 0553273868, 9780553273861
• Length: 336 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; Fiction / Thrillers / Crime