In the Vance investigation, much is at stake in terms of money and power, so it is not surprising when murder and forgery are also in the mix. The reader is engrossed in watching him figure things out and meticulously build his cases. They also require the kind of piecing together of details and clues that are a hallmark of Bosch's technique. Bosch works with a policewoman named Bella Lourdes, and her part in the investigation leads to horrific personal involvement with the perpetrator.īoth of these situations are intricate and require careful research. A serial rapist gains entry to victims' homes by cutting window screens and attacking women in a manner that shows he has intimate knowledge of their lives. He uncovers some important leads in solving what has been known as the Screen Cutter case. At the same time, Bosch finds connections in a series of San Fernando rapes.
Bosch must be secret about his investigation, as many powerful people would not like him to succeed in this quest. Vance believes that a girl he had an affair with in his youth may have bore his child.
In the first, Whitney Vance, a billionaire industrialist near the end of his life, hires Bosch to find out if there is a blood heir to his fortune. The two cases he works on simultaneously are not linked in any way, but they are both filled with suspense and possible danger for him and for those close to him.
He doesn't get a paycheck, but he gets to stay connected to the kind of work at which he excels, closing cold cases. But he is also keeping a badge by working as a reserve officer for the small San Fernando Police Department. After having been forced to retire from his job with the LAPD, he has been using his talents as a private investigator. THE WRONG SIDE OF GOODBYE, Michael Connelly's 29th novel, covers the two investigations that have Harry Bosch driving from one end of the LA area to the other.
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