The Concrete Blonde [With Earbuds]

<p><p>the Dollmaker Was The Name Of The Serial Killer Who Had Stalked Los Angeles Ruthlessly, Leaving Grisly Calling Cards On The Faces Of His Victims. Now, With A Single Faultless Shot, Harry Bosch Thinks He Has Ended The City's Nightmare.<br><br>but The Dead Man's Widow Is Suing Harry And The Lapd For Killing The Wrong Man - An Accusation That Rings Terrifyingly True When A New Victim Is Discovered With The Dollmaker's Macabre Signature.<br><br>so, For The Second Time, Harry Must Hunt Down A Death-dealer Who Is Very Much Alive, Before He Strikes Again. It's A Blood-tracked Quest That Will Take Harry From The Hard Edges Of The L.a. Night To The Last Place He Ever Wanted To Go - The Darkness Of His Own Heart.<br></p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>in This Fiendishly Plotted Combination Of Courtroom Drama And Police Procedural, Connelly's Lapd Detective Hieronymous ``harry'' Bosch, Introduced In The Edgar-winning The Black Echo , Is Up Against The Law As Well As His Superiors. The Widow Of Norman Church, A Serial Killer Identified As The Dollmaker, Whom Bosch Shot To Death Four Years Earlier, Is Suing Bosch On The Grounds That He Violated Her Husband's Civil Rights. Strong But Not Conclusive Evidence Linked Church To The Serial Murders And The Case Was Closed, Although Bosch Was Demoted For Not Following Proper Procedures. Here, Just Before The Trial Targeting Bosch As A Reckless Cowboy Who Shot The Wrong Man Gets Underway, The Body Of Perhaps Another Dollmaker Victim Is Unearthed From The Concrete Floor Of A Burnt-out Pool Hall. Is The Real Dollmaker Still Alive, Or Is A Copycat Killer On The Loose? Connelly Deftly Parcels Out Clues And Possibilities While Juggling Subtle And Detailed Courtroom Scenes With No-nonsense Police Investigations That Turn Up New Evidence About The Original Case. A Pulitzer Prize-winning Crime Reporter For The Los Angeles Times , He Adroitly Laces The Plot With Twists And Turns Based On Details Drawn From Bosch's Previous Adventures. The Results Of This Care Show On Every Page, All To The Reader's Benefit. (june)</p>