What I love about the first two books is that we get a real sense for who Bosch is. Hunting down a ruthless killer and the never ending search for justice. As detached, he knew, as a psychopath.”Īs we delve deeper into what makes Harry tick, The Concrete Blonde takes on two story lines. It had left him, most times, as detached from what he saw as a camera. He had ID’d his mother’s body for the cops when he wasn’t yet twelve years old, he had seen countless dead in Vietnam, and in nearly twenty years with the cops the bodies had become too many to put a number to. “He sometimes believed that looking at bodies was his life’s work. Now the question is, could Harry have killed the wrong man? As the trial begins, the homicide unit catches a case that’s eerily similar to the Dollmaker. He’s especially uneasy because his attorney doesn’t have the skills to beat her. Bosch is nervous about his odds, given her reputation. Attorney Honey Chandler, dubbed “Money” by everyone else, is representing her and she never loses. Now Church’s wife is suing Bosch for her husband’s wrongful death.

The suspect reached for something under his pillow and, fearing for his life, Bosch killed him. Four years ago, Harry went on his own to confront Church in his home, fearing another victim was inside. A killer who paints his victims faces with cosmetics to replicate dolls. In this third installment of the series our hero’s on trial for the murder of suspected serial killer, Norman Church. Things seem to be going well in that department, but his career is at risk once again. Detective Harry Bosch is still dating Sylvia, the woman he met during the case he worked in book two. The Concrete Blonde picks up about a year after the events in The Black Ice. night to the last place he ever wanted to go–the darkness of his own heart…(source: Goodreads) My thoughts… Careening through a blood-tracked quest, Harry will go from the hard edges of the L.A. Now, for the second time, Harry must hunt down a ruthless death-dealer before he strikes again. But then the dead man’s widow sues Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man–an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new corpse is found with the Dollmaker’s macabre signature. When a suspect is shot by Detective Harry Bosch, everyone believes the city’s nightmare is over. They call him the Dollmaker, a serial killer who stalks Los Angeles and leaves a grisly calling card on the faces of his female victims. but now, a new crime makes him question his convictions. SYNOPSIS: Detective Harry Bosch was sure he’d shot the serial killer responsible for a string of murders in LA.

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