Harry Bosch #5. I am not used to a detective series moving through time as fast as this series does. It's already been five years since Harry last saw Eleanor Wish, the FBI agent that was involved in the bank-vault-robbery-through-the-tunnels book. Harry seems to connect with a woman in a serious way in every book, but I guess he sees Eleanor as his "true love". Who knew?
"Trunk Music" refers to a mob hit. Apparently, mobsters like to stash their bodies in the trunks of cars. Harry is called to a scene discovered by cop doing his usual "rounds". There is a man found in the trunk of his own vehicle. He's been shot in the head. Harry & Co find out that he is a "B" - or really a "C" movie producer who happens to also launder money for the mob. He frequently flies to Las Vegas to gamble - and to pick up suitcases of money to bring back to Los Angeles to filter through his awful film productions. All of this information points to a mob hit, especially after they find out the victim, Tony Aliso, had just been notified that he was going to be audited.
Harry is officially back on the job (after his mandatory "hiatus" in the last book). The Hollywood Division has a new Lieutenant, Grace Billets. She decides to put the detectives in groups of three, instead of everyone having one partner. Each threesome has a "team leader" and Harry is the team leader of his group, which includes Edgar and a new detective who just transferred in called Kizmin Rider. Kiz is female.
Harry travels back and forth between Las Vegas and Los Angeles as he tries to figure out who killed Tony Aliso and why. Nothing is as it appears, which always makes for an interesting read. He finds out pretty quickly, after watching casino tapes, that Eleanor (who he hasn't seen in five years) seemed to know Tony since they talk to each other while playing poker shortly before Tony was murdered. Harry is pretty much the only person who believes that Eleanor didn't have anything to do with Tony and his money laundering scheme.
There are lots of twists and turns in this story. I enjoyed the ride.
Wendy's Rating: ****
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