May 1992, and after the acquittal of four LAPD officers for the violent beating of Rodney King, Los Angeles is on fire. With looting and fires engulfing the city, law and order are swept away in a wave of violence. However, under the threat to their lives, detectives like Harry Bosch continue to try to do their jobs. With the police absent, murders become much easier - and investigating them much more difficult. When Harry finds the body of a journalist in an alley, he is forced to hand the case over to the Riot Suppression Team, knowing it will never be resolved. Twenty years later, new evidence confirms that her death was not random violence, but something much more personal. This time Harry is determined not to let the killer escape - even if it means going back to the darkest days of the city he loves . . .

Pages: 432, Dimensions: 16.8x16.8cm