And 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the 22-year-old was never found. Now more than a decade later, with the gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the district attorney. A man accused of two heinous murders is willing to come clean about several others, including the killing of Marie Gesto. Taking the confession of the man he has thought and hate it for 13 years as bad enough. Discovering that he must have clued back in 1993 that could have stopped nine other murders may just be the straw that breaks hairy balls