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 L.A. IS IN AN UPROAR, AND BOSCH, FIGHTING TO KEEP CONTROL, IS DRIVEN TO THE BRINK OF AN UNIMAGINABLE DECISION.