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.

“I saw a coyote last night. Near my house.

“Why was that significant to you?” He tried to compose the proper answer. “I’m not sure… I guess there’s not too many left in the hills in the city—least near where I live. So whenever I see one, I get this feeling that it might be the last one left out there. You know? The last coyote.

Behind the pretty face there were scars. The kind that couldn’t be seen.

“I think, young man, that you only run into a person that is a perfect fit once in your life. When you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life. And it’s no matter what she’s done in the past. None of that matters. Only the holding on matters.”

“The past is like a club and you can only hit yourself in the head with it so many times before there is serious and permanent damage.

When you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life. Bosch didn’t know if she was the one, but for the moment he held on with everything he had left.