**WELL LOVED PAPERBACK. SOME CREASES ON THE SPINE AND WORN COVER..A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological.??????Truman CapoteThis 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.???A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than??In Cold Blood??and equally compelling!??????The New York Times???Once the action begins it is difficult to put the book down. . . . Wambaugh???s compelling account of this true story is destined for the bestseller lists.??????Library Journal