this one, the crossing, happened before bosch ended up in san
fernando, and to follow the missing watch, in the darkness, is what he’s doing right
now (kindle 2507/4730), as a quasi-PI, alone, facing the hostile LAPD, and the
dirty cops hidden behind, among all the bosch tales, this one is the most existential,
sixty-something, lost everything to sustain himself, except that mission; dirty cops are the best criminals, just like dirty politicians are the best strategists,