Part of Harry Bosch, book 24
First published 2022
Detective Renée Ballard walked away from the LAPD a year ago, fed up with departmental politics and discrimination. Now the police chief wants her back, offering her any assignment she chooses. Ballard accepts his offer and takes charge of rebuilding the cold case division within Robbery-Homicide. She knows exactly who she wants as her first recruit: Harry Bosch. The veteran detective has spent years obsessing over one particular case that destroyed an entire family. The killer remains free, taunting Bosch with his perfect crime. Ballard proposes a deal: Bosch can join her unit as a volunteer and finally get the department resources he needs to catch his most wanted suspect. The partnership forces both detectives to set aside their complicated history. Together they pursue a psychopath who believes he cannot be caught. Their investigation pulls them deeper into a case that has consumed Bosch and now threatens to consume them both.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, second-chance
Setting: LAPD, Los Angeles
Period: Contemporary
400 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company