A review by mdstratts
The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh

4.0

Taking a tragedy, or brutal murder and making a story worth the time to read is an achievement all in itself. What Wambaugh did in distilling the characters involved, both before the incident in the Onion Field, and afterwards was nothing short of fascinating. Loaded with enough bizarre or disgusting characters to keep the pages turning, the author managed to make most, but not all, characters seem sympathetic at times even if they were complete loons and deserving of little more than contempt.

Highly recommended.