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Six months ago, Harry Bosch left the LAPD before they could fire him, and then hired maverick Defense Attorney Mickey Haller to sue the department for forcing him out. Although it wasn't the way he wanted to go, Harry has to admit that being out of the game has its benefits. Until Mickey asks him to help on one of his cases, and suddenly Harry is back where he belongs, right in the centre of a particularly puzzling murder mystery. The difference is, this time Harry is working for the defense, aiming to prevent the accused, Leland Foster, from being convicted. And not only does the prosecution seem to have a cast-iron case, but having crossed over to 'the dark side' as his former colleagues would put it, Harry is in danger of betraying the very principles he's lived by his whole career.

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Character List
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Harry Bosch: Former LAPD detective in the Open-Unsolved Unit who was recently forced into retirement. He’s suing the department and his brother, Mickey, is representing him. He’s raising his teenage daughter, Maddie.
Madeline (Maddie) Bosch: Harry’s 17-year old daughter.
J. Michael (Mickey) Haller: Defense attorney who operates out of his Lincoln town car. He has been married and divorced twice, and has a young daughter, Hayley, from his first wife. He’s representing Harry and hired him to help investigate one of his cases.
Lucia Soto: Bosch' s last partner.
Dennis (Cisco) Wojciechowski: Mickey's investigator. He's married to Lorna.
Jennifer (Bullocks) Aronson: Mickey's associate, a recent graduate of Southwestern.
Dr. Hinojos: LAPD department psychiatrist and profiler who Harry once saw professionally.
Ron Ellington: Captain and commander of the LAPD’s Professional Standards Bureau (PSB).
Mike Stotter: Robbery-Homicide detective assigned to James Allen’s case.
Ali Karim: Robbery-Homicide detective assigned to James Allen’s case.
Nancy Mendenhall: IAD investigator.
Dick Sutton: Senior Sheriff’s investigator in the Homicide Unit.
Maywood: Sheriff’s deputy.
Lazlo Cornell: Sheriff’s detective and investigator assigned to the Parks case.
Tara Schmidt: Sheriff’s detective and investigator assigned to the Parks case.
Joseph Sackville: Judge presiding over Foster’s hearing.
Brad Landreth: Deputy district attorney assigned to handle Foster’s hearing.
Ellen Tasker: Deputy district attorney, one of their top prosecutors.
Alexandra (Lexi) Parks: Murder victim. She was a former city manager for West Hollywood.
Vincent Harrick: Lexi’s husband, a deputy sheriff working out of Malibu.
Da’Quan Foster: Former gang member who is accused of murdering Lexi Parks.
James Allen: Male prostitute and transvestite.
Andre Masters: James Allen’s close friend.
Virginia (Ginny) Skinner: LA Times reporter Harry was seeing.
Don Ellis: Rogue LAPD Vice cop. Long is his partner.
Kevin Long: Rogue LAPD Vice cop. Ellis is his partner.
Taylor Mitchell: Real estate agent.
Oscar Gascon: Head of security at Hollywood Forever cemetery.
George Schubert: Plastic surgeon.
Paul Nguyen: Owner, along with his brother, Peter, of Nelson Grant & Sons, a jewelry store.
Peter Nguyen: Owner, along with his brother, Paul, of Nelson Grant & Sons, a jewelry store.
Bertrand Gerard: Manager of the Audemars Piguet shop and service center in Las Vegas.
Deborah Stovall: aka Ashley Juggs. Prostitute.
Josette Laroux: aka Annie Minx. Deborah’s roommate, a prostitute. (hide spoiler)]