Part of Harry Bosch, book 3
First published 2007
Detective Harry Bosch believed his single bullet ended the Dollmaker's reign of terror. The serial killer had stalked Los Angeles, leaving brutal marks on his female victims' faces. Bosch's precise shot should have closed the case forever. Instead, the dead man's widow drags him into court, claiming the LAPD killed an innocent person. Her lawsuit becomes terrifyingly credible when another body surfaces bearing the Dollmaker's signature mutilations. The real killer never stopped hunting. Now Bosch must track down a murderer who should be dead while defending his actions in a brutal courtroom battle. The investigation pulls him through LA's dangerous streets and forces him to confront his own capacity for violence. The case tests everything Bosch believes about justice and his role as a cop.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Los Angeles
Period: 20th-century
484 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: graphic-violence, murder