Harry Bosch is sure that the man he killed was the sadistic serial murderer known as the Dollmaker, and that the killing was justified. Even if the dead man's widow wins her civil suit, it's the city of Los Angeles that will pay. The trial and Harry's certainty that he shot the right man are torn apart when a new corpse is found with the Dollmaker's macabre signature. the autopsy report is unequivocal: this woman was killed after Harry shot the man he believes was the Dollmaker. By day the trial continues, with the prosecuting attorney focusing on Bosch's violent past and portraying him as a vigilante. By night Bosch reinvestigates the infamous Dollmaker case, frantically trying to understand where he went wrong and how he can avoid being this killer's next victim.