Echoes in the Darkness
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Joseph Wambaugh
The son of a policeman, Joseph Wambaugh (b. 1937) began his writing career while a member of the Los Angeles Police Department. He joined the LAPD in 1960 after three years in the Marine Corps, and rose to the rank of detective sergeant before retiring in 1974. His first novel, The New Centurions (1971), was a quick success, drawing praise for its realistic action and intelligent characterization, and was adapted into a feature film starring George C. Scott. He followed it up with The Blue Knight (1972), which was adapted into a mini-series starring William Holden and Lee Remick. Since then Wambaugh has continued writing about the LAPD. He has been credited with a realistic portrayal of police officers, showing them not as superheroes but as men struggling with a difficult job, a depiction taken mainstream by television’s Police Story, which Wambaugh helped create in the mid-1970s. In addition to novels, Wambaugh has written nonfiction, winning a special Edgar Award for 1974’s The Onion Field, an account of the longest criminal trial in California history. His most recent work is the novel Hollywood Moon (2010).
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Reviews for Echoes in the Darkness
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I would have given this book one star if this were a made-up story. The characters were shallow, stupid, selfish, creepy people, and the plot was all over the place. The fact that this is a true-crime story is downright horrifying, but I think the author did an excellent job laying out the "all-over-the-place" facts. Some of Mr. Wambaugh's humor was inappropriate, but I understand why he couldn't resist while researching and writing about such extreme stupidity. It would be hard not to poke fun even in this tragic murder case.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A so-so true crime book. By its very nature, this story is fairly tedious, albeit with a fascinating undercurrent of a charismatic teacher manipulating his followers to accept an unbelievable murder plot by another party. But Wambaugh is capable of much better writing than he displays in this book.