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Birds. It’s on the way. The menu’s online.” “I already know what I want. Quarter chicken with baked beans and coleslaw. And I’ll take the regular barbecue sauce.”
dentist named Dennis Hoyle.
two guys named Jason Abbott and Carlos Esquivel.”
Skeeing was pure LAPD jargon—a less formal word for surveilling. It meant doing a drive-by of a person of interest, taking a measure of him. Its origin was debated: One camp thought it derived from the word schematic, meaning getting the physical parameters of a suspect’s place of business or residence. Others said it was short for scheming—
He’s in the tech-investment field.” “They’re all assholes.
when the glut of unsolved cases—six thousand since 1960—
Sandro Puig
Chara Paithoon.
ABZ meant Asian Boyz, a gang that preyed upon immigrants, legal and otherwise, from Southeast Asia.
The notch in my pupil is caused by a birth defect in the iris called coloboma. Some call it a keyhole pupil.”
Coup and contrecoup injuries—bruising of the brain, swelling—can develop over time.
Javier Raffa had left the violent life to raise a family and run a business, yet in the end, violence still found him and took it all away.
“Dario Calvente es su abogado.”
Matthew Neumayer
was said that anyone who wanted to know Los Angeles needed to drive Sunset Boulevard from Beginning to Beach.
fiancé she was talking about was Humberto Viera,
banquero callejero.
“I heard he was a cop.”
“All I know is that he was a cop and his name was Bonner.
“They went up to that place on Franklin where the chicken’s so good.” Ballard glanced at Bosch. “Birds?” she asked.
Hollywood Division’s copy of the pension book
Christopher Bonner,
detective first grade in Hollywood detectives.
Simi Valley—at least that was where his pension checks were sent—which was a cop haven outside L.A. in Ventura County.
nexus of the four dentists was centered at Crown Labs Incorporated.
“Worked the late show right up until the day he pulled the pin.”
“Happy hunting.” This was the homicide detective’s sign-off. It was a show of respect,
Ballard thought there was no one in the entire department whose respect she would take over Harry Bosch’s.
Matt Neumayer, head of the Sex Assault team, whether or not Lisa Moore was back from her sojourn in Santa Barbara.
Humberto Viera and his girlfriend, Sofia Navarro. Ballard believed she now knew Darla’s real name.
rival gang member named Julio Sanz.
local citizens group called Blue Hollywood.
Bonner had deep-set eyes and a shaved head. His neck was tight against the collar of his uniform.
Sanz had been gunned down in Evergreen Cemetery, where he had gone to visit his father’s grave on the anniversary of his death. He was found sprawled across the grave, shot once in the head execution-style.
It was not outside the bounds of possibility that one or both Midnight Men worked for the BSL.
Jack Kersey had not mentioned the city seal in his description of the van he had seen up on Deep Dell Terrace.
Carl Schaeffer,
yard supervisor.
It was a long shot but Ballard knew that long shots never paid off if you didn’t take them.
deputy medical examiner Dr. Steven Zvader. Ballard said she would be there.
Injured On Duty form
Detective Ross Bettany.
Matt Neumayer and Ronin Clarke at their workstations in the Crimes Against Persons pod.
“Powwow?” Clarke said. “My bad—I’ll add it to my list. I guess I’m just not woke enough.”
It sometimes seemed to her as though the biggest barricades in the so-called justice system were on the inside, before you even got out the door.
Abigail Cena.
My partner, Denise Kirkwood,
how Bonner could have known about her and the investigation. The easy answer was Dennis Hoyle.
Captain Gerald “Sandy” Sanderson was the lead interviewer.
Force Investigation Division—
