The story opens in Vietnam as several men race to a helicopter for evac. The chopper has hardly risen into the air when snipers shoot it down. As the helicopter plummets, the medic whispers, "Vibianna." It crashes in a rice patty. leaving a flaming wreck.
Harry Bosch works as a private investigator, but only to keep himself busy. He has been summoned to a security firm office by a former colleague and offered $10,000 just to meet with a noted local billionaire. He accepts. The billionaire is in his eighties and in poor health. He never married and his vast fortune has no heir. Or does it? He asks Harry to find out what happened to a girl with whom he had an affair when he was in college. She was pregnant when they parted ways. Perhaps he has an heir? The girl's name was Vibianna. In addition to PI work, he also has a part-time job working cases for San Fernando PD, a tiny jurisdiction within Los Angeles. He mostly works cold cases. His search for Vibianna distracts him from the rape case he was working with Detective Bella Lordes at SFPD and she has suddenly gone missing!
An excellent Bosch story with two engaging mysteries to solve. Recommended.
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