When an LAPD narcotics officer is found with a fatal bullet wound and a suicide note, Detective Harry Bosch follows a bloody trail of drug murders across the Mexico border.
Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border. Now this battle-scarred veteran will find himself in the center of a complex and deadly game-one in which he may be the next and likeliest victim.
If you like straight-forward police procedurals with no quirks, Michael Connelly is the man for you. Bosch may have a bit of an independent streak and a penchant for lonely, sad women, but he’s surprisingly normal. When a fellow officer is found dead in a motel room, and Bosch doesn’t get the call, he knows something is hinky. He eventually finds himself embroiled in drugs, murder, and family matters — on both sides of the border. This series reflects the best of Michael Connelly.
