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Violence
A lot
Murder investigation; suicide; sexual assault case
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual assault as the foundation of the reopened cold case
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate alcohol use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Themes of political pressure on investigations; Bosch's mortality and career end approaching
What this book is about
The 17th Harry Bosch novel (2011) gives Bosch two simultaneous cases: a DNA match reopening a 1989 rape and murder, and the apparent suicide of the son of a powerful city councilman who believes it was murder. The cases intersect in unexpected ways while Bosch also deals with mandatory retirement looming on the horizon.
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Rape/murder cold case
Suicide themes
Political interference
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