Title: In the Burning City - Michael Connelly - book
Summary :
1992. Los Angeles is in the grip of riots and looting is rampant when Harry Bosch discovers, at the corner of a dark street, the body of Anneke Jespersen, a Danish journalist. At the time, it was impossible for the inspector to dwell on this victim, who, ultimately, was just one among many for the police deployed in the burning city. Twenty years later, at the Cold Case Bureau, Bosch, who has never forgotten the young woman, finally has the opportunity to bring her justice and reopen the murder case. Thanks to a shell casing recovered from the crime scene and a black box full of archives, he traces a Beretta that puts him on the trail of individuals ready to do anything to cover up their crime. Anneke was perhaps one of those journalists who cause trouble when they dig a little too closely into what others have every interest in leaving buried...
The book was included in Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2012 .
