Part of Harry Bosch, book 6
First published 2000
Detective Harry Bosch gets pulled into a murder investigation outside his usual Hollywood beat when an activist attorney turns up dead on Angels Flight, the small trolley that climbs through downtown Los Angeles. The victim made plenty of enemies within the LAPD, making this case particularly volatile for the department. As tensions rise in the streets and his year-old marriage to a Las Vegas woman starts falling apart, Bosch digs deeper into the killing. His investigation leads him to connections with another high-profile murder case in Los Angeles, one where multiple police officers had reasons to want the victim dead. Bosch must determine which of them, if any, actually acted on those motives. The detective faces mounting pressure from all sides as he navigates the dangerous intersection of police corruption, racial tensions, and personal relationships while pursuing a killer who may be wearing a badge.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Los Angeles, Angels Flight
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
454 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence