The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4)

by Michael Connelly

The binder contained the case file on the October 28, 1961, homicide of Marjorie Phillips Lowe. His mother.

You see, the past is what you make of it. You can use it to hurt yourself or others or you can use it to make yourself strong.

Time had eroded the bond between them. They were strangers who shared the same story.

Loneliness had been the trash can fire he huddled around for most of his life.

pride gets in the way of a lot of the right decisions.

There is a basic rule of nature. No living thing sacrifices itself or hurts itself needlessly.

“The civilized people in the world, the ones who hide behind culture and art and politics… and even the law, they’re the ones to watch out for. They’ve got that perfect disguise goin’ for them, you know? But they’re the most vicious. They’re the most dangerous people on earth.”