When maverick LAPD detective Harry Bosch shot and killed Norman Church, the police were convinced it marked the end of the hunt for the Dollmaker - the city's most bizarre serial killer. But now Norman Church's widow is accusing Bosch of killing the wrong man - and to make things worse, Bosch has just received a taunting note that appears to be from the Dollmaker himself . . . Same handwriting, same awful poetry.
Is the Dollmaker still alive? Or is this the work of a vicious copy-cat killer determined to repeat the Dollmaker's grisly feats and destroy Bosch's career in the process.