Part of Harry Bosch, book 7
First published 2002
Terry McCaleb thought his days of hunting killers were over. The retired FBI profiler has traded crime scenes for a quiet life away from the violence that once consumed him. Then the LAPD arrives at his door with a case they cannot crack. Someone is committing ritualized murders, the kind of systematic killings that McCaleb built his reputation solving. The detectives need his expertise to catch a killer who operates with chilling precision. McCaleb reluctantly agrees to help. He studies the crime scenes and begins building a psychological profile of the murderer. The evidence points toward someone with law enforcement training, someone who understands how investigations work. As the profile takes shape, McCaleb realizes the suspect matches someone he knows well. The trail leads directly to Harry Bosch, an LAPD homicide detective McCaleb has worked with before. Now McCaleb faces an impossible situation. He must pursue a man he once trusted while questioning everything he thought he knew about justice and friendship.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: LAPD
Period: Present Day
470 pages · Paperback · Warner Books
Content warnings: violence