I just love the title of this novel, I found it intriguing and I wanted to find out the reason for the quirky title.Harry Bosch the LA detective is pursuing a serial killer called the Dollmaker, who uses make up to paint on his victims. A prostitute gives him a lead that a client of hers had a lot of women's make up in his bathroom.
Bosch follows up the lead and breaks in to the suspects house finding the man there naked and shaved. As the man reaches under his pillow after being told by Bosch not to move, Bosch shoots and kills him. Bosch is subject then to an internal investigation and is effectively demoted by his transfer from Robbery Homicide Division to the Hollywood table as he did not follow procedures correctly. However the make up found at the suspects house is matched with the Dollmakers victims.
However, four years later the widow of the killer sues Bosch and her attorney makes out that Bosch is a loose cannon and seeking revenge for the unsolved murder of his own mother when he was a child.
Bosch follows up the lead and breaks in to the suspects house finding the man there naked and shaved. As the man reaches under his pillow after being told by Bosch not to move, Bosch shoots and kills him. Bosch is subject then to an internal investigation and is effectively demoted by his transfer from Robbery Homicide Division to the Hollywood table as he did not follow procedures correctly. However the make up found at the suspects house is matched with the Dollmakers victims.
However, four years later the widow of the killer sues Bosch and her attorney makes out that Bosch is a loose cannon and seeking revenge for the unsolved murder of his own mother when he was a child.
Another victim turns up with the make up on but this time encased in concrete. It is then realised that this latest victim and two of the original victims do not fit in with the pattern of the other victims of the Dollmaker. Bosch goes on the hunt and has a suspect for these other copy cat killings, another detective.
Bosch again takes the law into his own hands and discovers another crime being committed by the suspect and a lead on the concrete blonde case. The real Concrete Blonde killer threatens Bosch and his blonde girlfriend too.
Bosch again takes the law into his own hands and discovers another crime being committed by the suspect and a lead on the concrete blonde case. The real Concrete Blonde killer threatens Bosch and his blonde girlfriend too.
The court case with the widow of the Dollmaker continues but the widow's attorney, another blonde, is also murdered.
Harry has his hands full with the court case, the Concrete Blonde killer and the threats to his girlfriend. He has so many matters to juggle and this is a great novel as you discover how all the leads come together and Harry uncomplicates his life.
Harry has his hands full with the court case, the Concrete Blonde killer and the threats to his girlfriend. He has so many matters to juggle and this is a great novel as you discover how all the leads come together and Harry uncomplicates his life.
A superb book and 9/10 for me.
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