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Violence
A lot
Murder investigation; crime violence throughout; some graphic crime scenes
Language
Some
Moderate language in an LAPD crime register
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The moral complexity of switching sides in a justice system, what a career detective owes to the side he worked for, a wrongful conviction as the specific engine of the plot
What this book is about
The eighteenth Harry Bosch novel. Harry Bosch, newly retired from the LAPD, is asked by his half-brother Mickey Haller to investigate a murder from the defense side — to help prove an innocent man was wrongfully convicted. Bosch has spent his career on the other side of that equation, and the moral weight of defending someone while investigating the real killer is as complex as the case itself. One of Connelly's most psychologically rich Bosch novels.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
graphic crime scenes and murder investigation
moral complexity of defense-side investigation
best read with Bosch series familiarity
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