The Closers

Returning to the LAPD, Detective Harry Bosch's only goal is to solve open crimes. 1988 saw the murder of a sixteen-year-old girl, which is his first case. The case comes to life again thanks to a DNA match, and it's far from cold. At least two more lives have been devastated as a result of this death's ripple effects, and Bosch discovers a bottomless pool of treachery and hate wherever he looks.

In 1988, a sixteen-year-old girl in Los Angeles vanished from her home and was subsequently discovered dead from a gunshot wound to the chest. Detectives first thought the death was a suicide, but after examining further evidence, they concluded it was really a murder. No one was ever charged in spite of a meticulous inquiry.

This girl's murder is the first unresolved case Detective Harry Bosch has been assigned since he returned to the LAPD. His only goal is to solve open cases. The case comes to life again thanks to a DNA match, and it's far from cold. At least two more lives have been devastated as a result of this death's ripple effects, and Bosch discovers a bottomless pool of treachery and hate wherever he looks.

And Bosch isn't the only one bringing the girl's friends and family's lives to life again. Harry Bosch encounters more opposition from the police department as each new development occurs. The old foes are not far away. Bosch can't help but worry whether this is his final assignment, despite his unwavering pursuit of the truth. Examining the past might reveal fresh, savage scars or it could heal old ones.

GQ dubbed him "the best mystery writer in the world," and his novel The Closers is a masterwork of suspenseful prose that is as quick-witted and poignant as the best literature.

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