Joseph Wambaugh 
Black Marble [PDF ebook] 

Two LAPD cops stumble into trouble during a search for a kidnapped dog in this ‚;superb‘ New York Times bestseller from the author of Hollywood Station (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). Russian-American detective A. A. Valnikov is a burned-out homicide detective who gets teamed with Natalie Zimmerman, twice-divorced with a grudge against men. These unlikely partners are assigned the strange case of a stolen show dog being held for ransom. In this bittersweet tale that the Los Angeles Times called ‚;terrifying and romantic, ‚ the partners will find much more than they ever could have imagined. Cosmopolitan called it ‚;fast, colorful and gripping . . . as touching as it is breathlessly entertaining.‘