On New Year s Day a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It s a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can t let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break them apart or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a few hard turns. Suddenly all of Los Angeles is in an uproar, and Bosch, fighting to keep control, is driven to the brink of an unimaginable decision.