In this 2007 Harry Bosch novel, Harry is called out on his first case with the Robbery-Homicide Special Unit. There’s been an execution above Mulholland Dam. The victim was a physicist who helped calculate the doses of radioactive materials that were used to treat gynecological cancers. That meant he had access to materials that could be used in a dirty bomb, and this particular guy had access to the supplies at 30 different medical facilities around Los Angeles. With the potential threat to national security, the FBI was called in, as was Rachel Walling from Homeland Security, Harry’s one-time lover. But, Harry also has a life-time problem with federal agents, and he is not about to roll over when they try to take the case away from him. The feds’ interest is in the dirty bomb, Harry’s is the homicide. They find the dead guy’s beautiful wife hogtied on her bed at home, naked, but otherwise unharmed. A picture was on her dead husband’s phone, suggesting that he was being forced to cooperate with the terrorists, or his wife would be killed. There are good plot twists, and I did not see that last one coming. This one is good, entertaining read.
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