"Harry Bosch in transition"
Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch takes an early retirement from the
Los Angeles Police Department, but after ten months out of
work, he needs something to fulfill him. He takes out his
personal file on Angella Benton, a young woman found
murdered in the entranceway of her apartment building. She
was a production assistant for Eidolon Productions; the
company was robbed of 8 million dollars thirteen days after
Angella was killed. A connection was never found but two of the marked bills
surfaced, one on a terrorist heading to Mexico and the
other found by FBI agent Martha Gessler who notified LAPD
Detectives Cross and Dorsey. Five days after that call,
Gessler turns up missing and is now presumed dead. The
case goes dormant when Detective Dorsey is murdered in a
robbery gone bad and his partner is totally paralyzed. The
LAPD doesn't want Harry reopening the case without telling
him why and the FBI claims Homeland Security as they try to
shut him down. Harry, being Harry, goes his own way and
almost loses his life in a shoot-out where he is vastly
outnumbered. This Harry Bosch novel is very different than the other
twelve books in the series. It is told in the first person
so readers know what the hero is thinking and feeling at
all times. He is no longer a policeman with a badge that
will make people talk to him so he has to act like a
private investigator and get what he needs to solve the
case by other methods. The ending is a shocker. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted March 4, 2003
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