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A Novel
by Richard Price
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by Denis Johnson
Published Sep 2008
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by Vikram Chandra
Published Jan 2008
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by Michael Connelly
Published Aug 2007
Read ReviewsMore than a decade ago, Harry Bosch worked on the case of Marie Gesto, a twenty-two-year-old who went missing but was never found. Now, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the District Attorney: A serial killer has confessed. Did Harry miss a key clue? Or is something more going on here?
by John Burdett
Published Jul 2006
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