A dog's discovery of a human bone drags Detective Bosch into a twenty-year-old case of murder, a case that leads him deeper and deeper into a violent past even as he finds his present being lit by a rookie cop named Julia Brasher.

One grueling day in L.A., Jake Damon, a bike messenger working for a sleazy LA lawyer collides with a car and loses an important package. The already-bad day turns even worse when Jake returns to the attorney's office only to find him dead, the place ransacked, and the police suspecting him of the murder. In order for him to clear his name and save both his life and the life of his young brother, Jake takes off, on the run from both the law and the...

FBI agent Alex Cross is after a serial murder who chooses as his victims women who've neglected their children for successful careers in the entertainment industry, he describes the murders in overheated e-mails he addresses to his victims but sends to hapless entertainment columnist Arnold Griner, signing them "Mary Smith."

As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will end his career, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break in 1920s Hollywood.

Cassie Barrett, a victim of abuse at the hands of her movie star spouse Alex, takes refuge with the parents of Native American cop Will Flying Horse to await the birth of her child and gather enough strength to publicly renounce her husband.

When a slew of slayings leave the LAPD puzzled, they call on retired FBI agent turned best selling author Terry McCaleb for help. McCaleb, known for his ability to profile serial killers, is shocked when his methods indicate that his former partner, homicide detective Harry Bosch, could very well be the killer.

Harry Bosch is soon approaching a forced retirement from the LAPD when he finds himself investigating a rape case from 1989 and a possible murder case.

Defense attorney Mickey Haller agrees to work for the prosecution and teams up with Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch to convict Jason Jessup, who spent twenty-four years in jail for the murders of children and was recently exonerated by new DNA evidence and Mickey believes will kill again.

When a lawyer is killed the night before he is supposed to present a landmark trial, Harry Bosch is called in to solve the crime, but when his most likely suspects are the other officers he works with, he finds himself trying to prevent the police department from choosing sides and causing a city-wide riot.

When human bones are found scattered throughout L.A., detective Milo Strugis and psychologist Alex Delaware team up to track a ruthless and bizarre killer.