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Violence
A lot
Drug cartel violence; murder investigations; moderate depictions of crime scene details
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Some
Drug trade and addiction central to the plot; moderate depictions
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological intensity; institutional cover-up; Bosch's dogged lone-wolf pursuit
What this book is about
When a LAPD narcotics detective is found dead in a hotel room, the official verdict is suicide. But Harry Bosch recognizes the signs of a cover-up, and his investigation takes him south of the border to Mexico, where a high-purity drug operation connects the dead man to cartel violence. The second Harry Bosch novel establishes the series' willingness to follow its detective into genuinely dangerous territory.
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Drug cartel violence
Police cover-up
Cross-border thriller
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