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After leaving the LAPD, detective Harry Bosch takes up an old case: the unsolved murder of a production assistant four years ago during a film set robbery. The original investigation blamed stolen money on funding a terrorist training camp, while federal attention obscured the victim’s story. Bosch’s decision to reopen the file lands him at odds with former colleagues, the FBI, and looming personal demons that surface through a reunion with an old friend.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Michael Connelly
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