Series:

A Harry Bosch Novel

Main description:

Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation. At first he resists the LAPD shrink, but finally recognizes that something is troubling him and has for a long time. In 1961, when Harry was twelve, his mother, a prostitute, was brutally murdered, and no one has ever been accused of the crime.

With the spare time a suspension brings, Harry opens up the thirty-year-old file on the case and is irresistibly drawn into a past he has always avoided. It's clear that the case was fumbled and the smell of a cover-up is unmistakable. Someone powerful was able to divert justice and Harry vows to uncover the truth. As he relentlessly follows the broken pieces of the case, the stirred interest causes new murders and pushes Harry to the edge of his job... and his life.

Review quote:

"A powerful book that will further Connelly's growing reputation as a skillful and imaginative writer."

Review quote:

"Connelly remains a master...superior crime fiction, as suspenseful as it is psychologically acute."

Review quote:

"Prose that cuts to the quick...a masterfully interwoven plot and gripping suspense."