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Review"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_ -- ReviewProduct DescriptionNot 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 sha

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Author
Lines;Shadows
Publisher
Bantam Dell Pub Group (T)
Published
1983
Language
EN
ISBN
9780804150699
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Memoir, True Crime, Fiction
Rating
3.8 / 5 (613 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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