City of Bones

A dog digs up a bone on his daily romp in the woods. His owner is a retired physician who immediately knows it’s a human arm bone…from a kid. Hollywood Homicide Detective Harry Bosch and his partner, Jerry Edgar, are called to the scene. The next day the scene is completely searched and most of the body’s bones are found along with a backpack. The only problem is the bones are about 20 years old.

At first, a neighbor is suspected, but he is later disqualified. After several days working the cold case, they get a lead on the victim’s identity. They talk with the victim’s sister and get each divorced parent’s current address along with the name of a boyhood friend of the victim’s. As the investigation proceeds, another person dies, a confession is blurted out, obstacles never cease to pop up, and confusion reigns supreme. In the end, Bosch figures out whodunit and comes to startling revelation about his own life.