Detective Harry Bosch investigates the discovery of a body linked to a murder happened over 20 years ago. The unsolved case brings up childhood memories when Bosch was an orphan. Rookie Julie Brasher jolts him back to the present. He has been warned not to date rookies, but their connection is too strong. A suspect flees, someone is shot, and the crime makes a splash in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Bosch tries to stay calm.