Part of Harry Bosch, book 4
First published 1997
Harry Bosch sits surrounded by rubble. The earthquake destroyed his house, his girlfriend walked away, and the LAPD suspended him for punching his boss. With nothing but time, he pulls out a cold case file from October 28th, 1961. The victim was Marjorie Phillips Lowe. She was also his mother. Bosch opens an investigation that becomes deeply personal. The deeper he digs into the decades-old murder, the more resistance he encounters. A web of cover-ups stretches from the streets to the mansions in the Hollywood Hills. Powerful people want this case to stay buried. Bosch refuses to back down. This investigation forces him to face painful truths about his past and confront the forces that shaped his life before he was old enough to understand them.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: personal-vendetta, reluctant-investigator
Setting: Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
Period: 1961, Present Day
400 pages · Paperback · Orion
Content warnings: death, murder