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Library Journal : Hard-boiled LAPD detective Harry Bosch, last
seen in A Darkness More Than Light, has been working the beat
for more than 25 years (and thrilling readers for more than
ten), and he just keeps getting better. When the old bones of an
abused, murdered child are uncovered in the hills of Laurel
Canyon, Harry and partner Jerry Edgar are assigned the nearly
impossible task of identifying the child and solving a murder
committed 20 years ago. An orphan himself, Harry considers child
abuse cases particularly difficult, but he finds some solace in
the arms of Julia Brasher, an attractive recruit whom
regulations say he shouldn't be seeing. As the investigation
progresses, so does Harry's relationship with Julia until
everything goes spectacularly wrong. This riveting thriller
finds Harry even more introspective than usual, and while the
tight prose of the plot swirls around the mystery of the bones,
Harry's turbulent life and career are chan