Former FBI agent Terry McCaleb is asked by an old LAPD pal to help on a baffling murder case, the ritualistic details of which suggest a serial killer. It doesn't take him long to focus in on a prime suspect: LAPD detective Harry Bosch. Not only did Bosch carry a grudge against the dead man, a murderer who narrowly escaped prison six years before, but also clues at the death scene implicate the detective. While McCaleb investigates, Bosch is busy with his own case, helping prosecutors convict David Storey, a well-known Hollywood director accused of strangling a starlet. McCaleb eventually begins to wonder if the two cases are connected. Did Bosch cross over to the dark side or is he being framed? <P>"... extraordinary excursion into good, evil, and the labyrinth of human motives...Bosch fan or McCaleb fan, you can't lose with this chilling tour de force." (Kirkus Reviews)