Harry Bosch #11. Harry is finally back in the LAPD after a three year retirement. Yay! He is partnered up again with Kiz Rider and they have been assigned to a new branch of the Robbery-Homicide Division called the Open-Unsolved Unit. Basically, they will be looking at cold cases. Abel Pratt is the officer in charge of the unit and he seems to like and respect Harry. Double yay! This gives Harry a fighting chance. Ha! Harry & Kiz' first case comes from a "cold hit", meaning that there is a DNA match on a 17 year old case of a murdered 16 year old girl taken from her home one night and found murdered near her home days later. The killer was never caught; a motive never discovered. Now they have a DNA match on the gun that was used in the murder, but the gun is missing from the evidence room.
Harry and Kiz start by reviewing the murder book and interviewing the applicable people attached to the original investigation. One of the original detectives committed suicide a few years after the murder, but the second detective had been promoted a few times and was a Commander now in the LAPD. With Harry's luck, it doesn't take long for him to suspect a cover-up by none other than Deputy Chief Irvin Irving, his nemesis. He also suspects a racial motive to the murder since the victim, Rebecca, was bi-racial and it was 1988 in Los Angeles, CA. There was no mention of a racial motive in the murder book, but the DNA match ties the gun to Roland Mackey, a member of the white supremist group called the Chatsworth Eights.
What I love about Harry is how persistent he is. He is a man of action. He comes up with a plan to "trap" Roland Mackey so they can figure out who he gave the gun to, which ended up being the murder weapon. He doesn't necessarily think that Roland killed Rebecca, but he believes that Roland knows - or helped - the person that did. Unfortunately, Harry's plan goes awry. The unexpected happens and it's not good. With Harry's new job on the line, he goes home and independently starts over again with the murder book. Back to the drawing board. All I will say is "a picture is worth a thousand words". Harry figures out what's been bothering him about the crime scene photos from 1988. Not only does Harry find the murderer, but there is more good news at the end of this book. There is your incentive to read it! :)
Wendy's Rating: ****
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