Description

Series: Book 11 in the Harry Bosch series

Rating: ****

Tags: Michael Connelly, General, Mystery & Detective, Fiction, Lang:en

Summary

Three years after leaving the LAPD, Harry is back, working with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider.Harry and Kiz are assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit. Thesedetectives are the Closers; they put a shovel in the dirt and turn over thepast. Harry and Kiz are immediately thrown into a politically sensitiveand dangerous case when a DNA match connects a white supremacistto the 1988 murder of a mixed race 16-year-old girl. As he navigatesthe case, Harry finds a police department far different from the one heleft three years earlier. A new Chief has been brought over from NewYork to change the bad old culture of corruption - or that's the theory.But one thing hasn't changed - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtuallymeaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a 'retread'.He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry willmake a mistake ...