Harry Bosch is back on the job, in hot water with the Feds
and out of favor (again) with ex-lover and Federal Agent
Rachel Walling.
Harry, new to Homicide Special, catches a fresh case when
Dr. Stanley Kent takes two in the head on the Overlook
above Mulholland Drive. It's not long before the glove box
of the victim's car is popped opened to reveal that Dr.
Kent has IDs and access key cards to virtually every
hospital in the Los Angeles County area. Harry knows
something worse than murder has just gone down on the
Overlook, but he has no idea how bad it is until Rachel
shows up at his crime scene.
Rachel reveals that Dr. Kent is on a government watch list
as an individual who has direct access to radioactive
materials. The Feds are worried that a terrorist group
coerced Dr. Kent into supplying them with material in
exchange for his wife's life. The government's worst fears
are realized when a theft is discovered at a women's cancer
clinic in the San Fernando Valley. A large quantity of
Cesium was removed from the clinic by Dr. Kent only hours
before his murder.
Harry's worst fear is realized when every government and
local agency around wants to take over his case. A case he
still considers a murder investigation, but has everyone
else scrambling in different directions trying to track
down the Cesium before it can be used against the public.
Harry, a cop after a killer or killers, sees the big
picture clearly. Despite what the Feds think, Harry works
his investigation in his own way. He's out to solve a
murder and his gut instinct takes him places the FBI won't
even consider. The lives of millions hang in the balance
while an alphabet soup of agencies work an investigation
that could end with a terrifying attack on a major U.S.
city.
No one needs to sing Michael Connelly's praises. The
guy is as solid as his lead detective. Connelly plots the
story perfectly and brings it home with all the self-
confidence and easy storytelling of a master.
In his first case with the Homicide Special Squad, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must follow his instincts to stop a killer who could destroy the entire city -- even as the FBI works against him.
In his first case since he left the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security. A doctor with access to a dangerous radioactive substance is found murdered in the trunk of his car. Retracing his steps, Harry learns that a large quantity of radioactive cesium was stolen shortly before the doctor's death. With the cesium in unknown hands, Harry fears the murder could be part of a terrorist plot to poison a major American city.
Soon, Bosch is in a race against time, not only against the culprits, but also against the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI (in the form of Harry's one-time lover Rachel Walling), who are convinced that this case is too important for the likes of the LAPD. It is Bosch's job to prove all of them wrong.
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