A judge murdered in a city park.
Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, defends the man accused.

A homeless person burned alive.
Detective Renee Ballard catches the case on the LAPD's notorious graveyard shift.

An unsolved homicide from a lifetime ago.
Harry Bosch is left a missing case file by his mentor who passed away. He was the man who taught Bosch that everybody counts, or nobody counts. Why did he keep the case all these years? To find the truth - or bury it? i

In LA, crime never sleeps.
But in Ballard, Bosch and Haller: the fire always burns. Will it light the way - or leave their lives in ashes?

Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author of detective novels, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.
Connelly was the President of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004.His books have been translated in 35 languages and he has won every major mystery honor.