May 1992, and after four LAPD officers were acquitted after the savage beating of Rodney King, Los Angeles is ablaze. As looting and burning take over the city, law and order are swept away in a tidal wave of violence. But under threat of their lives, homicide detectives like Harry Bosch are still stubbornly trying to do their job. With no effective police presence on the streets, murder just got a whole lot easier - and investigating them a whole lot harder.

When Harry finds the body of a female journalist in an alley he is forced to hand over the case to the Riot Crimes Task Force, knowing that it will never be solved.

Twenty years later, new evidence confirms her death was not a case of random violence but something much more personal. This time Harry is determined that the killer isn't going to escape - even if it means stepping back into the darkest days of the city he loves...Now in paperback. It's May 1992 and a tidal wave of looting, rioting and violence is sweeping over Los Angeles, making the lives of the city's law enforcers more difficult than ever before, especially for Harry who becomes obsessed with finding and punishing those responsible for the unforgiveable crimes. So when the case is brought to his attention once again 20 years later he is desperate to do something about it. 'Connelly is a crime writing genius' }Independent On Sunday