''The Delta Star'' is a novel by author

Joseph Wambaugh Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937), is a best-selling American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Several of his early novels were set in Los Angeles and its surroun ...

, published in 1983. The book is about a group of police in the Rampart Division of the

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. The main characters include Detective Mario Villalobos and The Bad Czech. An excerpt was featured in the February 1983 issue of ''

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''. ''

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'' wrote that it was "sorely uneven, but undeniably vivid and occasionally inspired."

References

1983 American novels Novels by Joseph Wambaugh Novels set in Los Angeles Fictional portrayals of the Los Angeles Police Department William Morrow and Company books {{1980s-crime-novel-stub