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In a blistering thriller, Detective Harry Bosch confronts the Dollmaker, a serial killer who stalks Los Angeles with gruesome facial signatures. After a 'faultless' shot seems to end the nightmare, a widow files a lawsuit against Bosch and the LAPD for killing the wrong man. When a new victim bears the Dollmaker’s signature, Bosch realizes the killer is still at large. He must track the sadistic death dealer through the city’s gritty night and the courtroom’s legal battle. As Bosch hunts the Dollmaker again, the pursuit forces him to confront the darkest parts of his own heart.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Michael Connelly
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