Early in this novel, the fourth in the series featuring Harry Bosch, the detective physically attacks his superior, Lieutenant Harvey Pounds, derogatorily nicknamed “Ninety-Eight Pounds”, and shoves his head through a closed window. However, no one close to Bosch is very surprised at his behavior. Following his break-up with Sylvia Moore (which is treated at the end of the previous novel in the series,
The Concrete Blonde), an earthquake has led to his being prohibited from living in his hillside home, which he bought with the money he earned as a consultant on a film, and repairing the damage is likely to be prohibitively expensive. He has been drinking more heavily than usual, and his behavior has been noticeably more erratic. So, the incident involving Pounds leads to Bosch’s…
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Citation: Kich, Martin. "The Last Coyote". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 September 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41674, accessed 05 October 2024.]