{"product_id":"9780553763256","title":"Lines and Shadows","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWambaugh, Joseph\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBantam\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/1\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story only Joseph Wambaugh could tell. A band of California cops set loose in no-man’s-land to come home heroes. Or come home dead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not since Joseph Wambaugh’s bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Onion Field\u003c\/i\u003e has there been a true police story as fascinating, as totally gripping as \u003ci\u003eLines and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The task force plan was simple. They would disguise themselves as illegal aliens. They would confront the murderous shadows of the night. Yet each time they walked into the violent blackness along the border, they came closer to another boundary line—a fragile line within each man. And crossing it meant destroying their sanity and their lives.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLines and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “With each book, it seems, Mr. Wambaugh’s skill as a writer increases. . . . In \u003ci\u003eLines and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A saga of courage, craziness, brutality and humor. . . . One of his best books, comparable to \u003ci\u003eThe Onion Field\u003c\/i\u003e for storytelling and revelatory power.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214596468991,"sku":"9780553763256","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780553763256_s600x595.jpg?v=1775591111","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780553763256","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}