Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37)

by Michael Connelly

The neighborhood seemed to change over every few years, and after more than three decades of it, he had stopped meeting and greeting newcomers. He actually enjoyed being the cranky old ex-cop in the neighborhood whom people were afraid to approach.

people. I have to be honest, Harry, not a lot of people there know about you. You been gone, what, five years? Six? It’s a different department.”

He had lost much of his faith in the goodness of people. To him the violence wasn’t the departure from the norm. It was the norm.

“What is that? Sounds nice.” “Clifford Brown with Strings.” “So, did you finish your

The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.’” “MLK, right? Let’s hope he was right.”

King Curtis live album recorded at the Fillmore West just a few months before he was murdered in 1971. He popped the volume two notches for “A Whiter Shade of Pale”

Ed Reed cover of the old Shirley Horn song “Here’s to Life.” Reed sang it slowly, his voice carrying the experience of his years.

“The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, Sheila,” he said. “What did McShane say that can help me?”