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GtrsRGr8 · 09-14-2015, 02:09 AM

This has the feel of a fictional book (and author Joseph Wambaugh has written some of those) but, unfortunately it's not--the story in it is true. As a former Los Angeles Police Department detective sergeant along with being a bestselling author, there may be no one as eminently qualified to tell a story like the one in this book than Wambaugh.

Title: The Onion Field.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Murder & Mayhem).
Author(s): Joseph Wambaugh.
Price: $6.48 ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $4.49 Whispersync audio).
Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $21.95.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.6 stars/85 reviews (Amazon).
Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 3.80/416 ratings.
Pages/Audio Length: 446/18 hours and 47 minutes.
Narrator(s): Jonathan Davis.
Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-...2210064&sr=1-1.
Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/Onion-Field-Jo...he+onion+field.
Comments:
Book Description (Amazon):
This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one march night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field.

From the Paperback edition.

09-14-2015, 02:09 AM	#1053
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	A Joseph Wambaugh Audiobook for Less than $6.50? Yep, as a Whispersync Deal! This has the feel of a fictional book (and author Joseph Wambaugh has written some of those) but, unfortunately it's not--the story in it is true. As a former Los Angeles Police Department detective sergeant along with being a bestselling author, there may be no one as eminently qualified to tell a story like the one in this book than Wambaugh. Title: *The Onion Field. Genre:* Non-Fiction (Murder & Mayhem). Author(s): Joseph Wambaugh. Price: *$6.48* ($1.99 ebook (marked down) + $4.49 Whispersync audio). Regular Price of Audio, by Itself, at Audible: $21.95. Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews: 4.6 stars/85 reviews (Amazon). Audio Rating/Number of Ratings: 3.80/416 ratings. Pages/Audio Length: 446/18 hours and 47 minutes. Narrator(s): Jonathan Davis. Audible URL: http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-...2210064&sr=1-1. Amazon URL (can get the whole Whispersync deal here): http://www.amazon.com/Onion-Field-Jo...he+onion+field. Comments: Book Description (Amazon): This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one march night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field. From the Paperback edition. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 09-14-2015 at 02:24 AM.