- Bosch travels to Las Vegas to see his teenage daughter, Maddie, and to gain insight into Waits from his ex-wife, Eleanor Wish, once a brilliant forensic profiler. Back in LA, Waits taunts Bosch as he begins backing up his threats. Bosch returns to a maelstrom as the simple questioning of a witness in the bones case endangers Brasher.—Anonymous
- Raynard watches the TV report on him, munching on snacks in the motel room. He calls Harry Bosch and asks for his options. Harry says give up and go back to jail until executed, or shoot himself now, or, thirdly, give himself up but reach for his weapon, when Harry will gladly kill him.
The police process the motel room with the dead hustler.
Harry has come to the motel and shows Lt Billets the Polaroids from the Delacroix trailer. The young girl in the photos is Sheila. He goes to see Sam Delacroix again. Harry tells him someone else killed the boy, then shows the Polaroids. Harry speculates on what happened, Delacroix molested and raped the daughter who then beat the younger son in return. He suspects Sam knows Sheila killed Arthur. Delacroix agrees and accepts responsibility, but is not really sure Sheila did it.
Harry and Edgar drive to a movie studio, they interrupt Sheila at work. He shows the Polaroids, then Sheila admits she blamed her brother and beat him. She says the day he went he ran away, she did not kill him. The cops tell her to have her father charged with rape, then leave her with her thoughts.
Back in the station, Bosch now thinks Arthur was killed at the scene. He ponders the Waits search board, Lt. Billets says go to Vegas to decompress. Julia helps Bosch buy a gift for his daughter. Waits calls again to taunt the detective, and say he has other options.
On a store CCTV security tape Bosch and Johnson watch as Waits buys hardware, mothballs, a sump pump and Christmas lights, kills the clerk, then calls Bosch. Bosch goes out front to the counter where the dead clerk lies in blood. Capt Pounds angrily asks Bosch what he's doing there, Harry says Waits called him and he will file a report.
Bosch drives to Vegas, Edgar updates him on the search for a man named Stokes, one of Arthur Delacroixs friends. The man has a criminal record.
Bosch arrives at a nice two car garage home in Vegas, but no one is home. He checks in at a casino hotel, asks to see Eleanor Wish, and is sent up to a 10th floor suite. He interrupts her poker game, she comes out to talk. She says come by the house tomorrow. The daughter Maddie is at a friend's house.
The next day Maddie greets him at her door, she hugs him as he proffers his gift. Eleanor and Reggie are still asleep. Harry cooks pancakes and bonds with the teen. Reggie and Eleanor come to the kitchen, she has to go back to work. Harry makes an excuse to go outside with Eleanor and asks her to look at the Waits file.
Harry takes his daughter to a gun range and teaches her to shoot a pistol. She's thrilled and happy.
Jerry talks to Stokes' parole officer.
Maddie tells Bosch she wants to be a cop. She brings up the trial and Harry's prostitute mother. Maddie wants to Skype with Harry. Later, Eleanor says she read the Waits file. She suspects Raynard Waits is a made up name, possibly French background, he may be building a lair or dungeon. Waits may also be a repressed homosexual. At dinner the family chats, Harry excuses himself to call Jerry. He has located Stokes, but didn't tell Harry on purpose. Bosch tells the family he has to return to LA but will return on Dec 25th. Eleanor makes him promise and gives a new smartphone gift.
Irving and O'Shea meet. Irving mentions he has a copy of the video. Irving will endorse O'Shea for Mayor, if O'Shea puts Irving in as Chief.
Bosch and Edgar watch Stokes at a car wash in San Pedro. Sgt. Mankiewicz sends Brasher and her partner for backup. Approaching Stokes, the man maces Harry and rabbits, Jerry chases on foot. Harry's vision is blurred, but he follows with his gun drawn. In a parking garage he sees Julia try to arrest Stokes, suddenly she is shot. Harry runs in, cuffs Stokes and stabilizes Brasher. Her partner, George Irving, arrives and starts kicking Stokes, Edgar hauls him off. As Julia is taken away on a gurney, Bosch tells her to think about what happened before making any statements. Bosch goes in the patrol car to take Stokes to the Station.
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