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Bosch shook his head.

“Not me,” he said. “I’m one and done.”

“Really? You?” she asked. “So, what’s next?”

Bosch shrugged and thought for a moment. Then he took his eyes off the circus and looked at her.

“I’ve got an old Harley. A nineteen-fifty panhead that needs its carburetor back in place. Actually, it needs a lot of things back in place. That’s next. It’s the same bike Lee Marvin rode in
The Wild One
. You ever see it?”

“I don’t think so.”

“You ride, Mendenhall?”

Now she took her eyes off the circus and looked at him.

“Not in a long time.”

“Me neither. Give me a couple weeks and I’ll call you. We’ll ride.”

“I’d like that.”

Bosch nodded, then stepped away and walked over to get his daughter. It was time to go home.

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The author enjoyed the company and help of many fine people during the research, writing, and editing of this novel. Many thanks go to the real detectives—Tim Marcia, Rick Jackson, Mitzi Roberts, and David Lambkin—for their efforts to make Harry Bosch and his world as real as possible. Other readers whose help was just as important include Daniel Daly, Roger Mills, Henrik Bastin, John Houghton, Terrill Lee Lankford, Jane Davis, Heather Rizzo, and Linda Connelly. Additionally, thanks go to researcher Dennis “Cisco” Wojciechowski (watch-your-house-key). Three fine editors somehow made sense of the whole mess and to them the greatest debt of thanks is owed: Asya Muchnick, Bill Massey, and Pamela Marshall.

Many thanks to all.

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Michael Connelly is the author of twenty-seven previous novels, including the #1
New York Times
bestsellers
The Gods of Guilt
and
The Black Box
. His books, which include the bestselling Harry Bosch series and Lincoln Lawyer series, have sold more than fifty-eight million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels and is the executive producer of the television series
Bosch
, starring Titus Welliver. He spends his time in California and Florida.

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