Audio Book Description:
A body has been found on the overlook near Mulholland Drive. The victim, identified as Dr. Stanley Kent, has two bullet holes in the back of hishead from what looks like an e execution-style shooting. LAPD detectiveHarry Bosch is called out to investigate. It is the case he hasbeen waiting for, his first since being recruited to the city`s Homicide Special Squad. As soon as Bosch begins retracing Dr. Kent`s steps,contradictions emerge. While Kent doesn`t seem to have had ties to organized crime, he did have access to dangerous radioactive substances fromjust about every hospital in Los AngelesCounty. What begins as a routine homicide investigation opens up before Bosch into something much larger andmore dangerous-and much mor urgent. Breaking in a new rookie partner and chasing his first fresh case in years, Bosch is soon in conflict not just withthe LAPD brass but also with FBI hotshots who are convinced that the case is too important for the likes of the LAPD. Harry`s onetime loverRachel Walling is among the federal agents frantically working the case, making Bosch`s job all the more complicated. Guarding one slimadvantage, he relentlessly follows his own instincts, hoping they are still true enough to solve the crime-and to save all of Los Angeles from adeadly hazard.
