Part of Harry Bosch, book 17
First published 2014
Harry Bosch stares at a fresh corpse with an old story. The victim died from complications of a bullet wound sustained nine years ago, making this the strangest case to land on the LAPD Open-Unsolved Unit's desk. The bullet remained lodged in the man's spine all those years, a piece of evidence preserved in flesh while everything else vanished. Bosch partners with Lucia Soto, a rookie detective learning the ropes of cold case work. They start with that single bullet and work backward through nearly a decade of dead ends. The deeper they dig into the old shooting, the more they uncover a web of political connections and hidden motives. What initially appeared to be a random act of violence reveals itself as something far more calculated. Bosch and Soto must navigate departmental politics and community tensions while racing to solve a case where the crime scene is long gone but the consequences are still unfolding.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: LAPD, Los Angeles
Period: Present Day
388 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company