by Michael Connelly (Author)
In 1993, Harry Bosch was assigned the case of a missing person, Marie Gesto. The young woman was never found - dead or alive - and the case has haunted Bosch ever since. Thirteen years later Bosch is in the Open-Unsolved Unit, where he still keeps the Gesto file on his desk, when he gets a call from the DA's office. A man accused of two heinous killings is willing to come clean in regard to several other murders in a deal to avoid the death penalty. One of those murders, he says, is the killing of Marie Gesto. In confirming the confession Bosch must get close to the man he has sought - and hated - for thirteen years. Bosch's whole being as a cop begins to crack when he comes to realise that he and his partner missed a clue back in 1993 which could have led them to Waits and would have stopped the nine murders that followed the killing of Marie Gesto...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Orion
Published: 05 Apr 2007
ISBN 10: 075288199X
ISBN 13: 9780752881997
Book Overview: 'Connelly has produced another blindingly good plot which, mixed with spellbinding action, takes us deep into a corrupt world ... This is crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian. Michael Connelly's previous book, The Lincoln Lawyer, was a Richard & Judy's Book Club selection. Connelly has won or been nominated for all the major crime writing awards, including the Edgar and the CWA Gold Dagger. Major movie deals are in place for all Connelly's novels - rights for The Lincoln Lawyer have been sold to the producers of Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby for a seven-figure sum. In addition to being a No.1 bestselling author in hardback and paperback, he always receives excellent reviews: 'Michael Connelly is justly regarded as one of the world's finest crime writers' Mail on Sunday. 'Expert, exciting and absorbing. Connelly writes the kind of book that dares you to put it down. Chances are that you won't. Too much is likely to happen while you leave it unattended' Literary Review. 'Great entertainment, from a true master' Daily Mirror.