In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the twenty-two-year-old was never found. Now, more than a decade later, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the District Attorney. A man accused of two heinous murders is willing to come clean about several others, including the killing of Marie Gesto. Taking the confession of the man he has sought-and hated-for thirteen years is bad enough. Discovering that he missed a clue back in 1993 that could have stopped nine other murders may just be the straw that breaks Harry Bosch.
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侦探哈里·博什一直为一宗少女失踪案所困扰。他相信这个少女已经不在人世,但找不到尸体。他认为他已经发现了真凶,却没有证据。
多年以后,警方意外抓获了一个连环杀手。连环杀手承认哈里关注的那个少女也是他的受害者之一。凶手能说出许多不为外界所知的案件细节,并且声称在案发后曾经给警方打过电话。哈里在档案里发现了这条电话记录,从此陷入了深深的自责之中。他不能原谅自己,是他的疏忽使凶手逍遥法外这么多年。
凶手和地方检察院做了一个交易,他交代出他所犯下的所有罪行,而地方检察院必须保证他不被判处死刑。哈里痛恨这样的交易,但地方检察官为了自己的政治利益答应了凶手的要求。然而,在带领警方寻找尸体的途中,凶手却逃脱了。
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