Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)

by Michael Connelly

The three of them stood up while Billets stayed seated. Bosch took his time taking the tape out of the VCR so that the other two were out of the office when he was done, and he was alone with Billets. ‘I’d heard that you didn’t have any actual time on a homicide table while you were coming up,’ he said to her. ‘That’s true. My only job as an actual detective was working sexual crimes in Valley Bureau.’ ‘Well, for what it’s worth, I would have assigned things just the way you just did.’ ‘But did it annoy you that I did it instead of you?’ Bosch thought a moment. ‘I’ll get over it.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘No problem. Listen, that thing about Powers leaving his print, I probably would have told you about it, but I didn’t think this meeting was the right time. I chewed him out for opening the car yesterday. He said if he hadn’t opened it and waited for us to check it out, the car would probably still be sitting out there. He is an asshole but he makes a point.’ ‘I understand.’ ‘You pissed at me for not telling you?’ Billets thought a moment. ‘I’ll get over it.’