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Violence
Some
Murder; the threat of a radiological weapon; thriller tension
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; the post-9/11 security state and its relationship to ordinary murder investigation; what happens when terrorism threat trumps a human being's death
What this book is about
The thirteenth Harry Bosch novel (originally serialized in the NYT): a physicist is found shot on a Mulholland Drive overlook, and his badge for a hospital's radiation vault is missing. Connelly's post-9/11 thriller is his most politically engaged: FBI anti-terrorism protocols collide with LAPD murder investigation, and Bosch navigates jurisdictional conflict while time runs out.
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Terrorism threat context; radiological weapon
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