Lost Light

Lost Light represents the ninth installment in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch collection and marks a departure as the first to be told through a first-person perspective; earlier entries in the series employed an omniscient third-person viewpoint.

Plot

In Lost Light, the storyline centers on Bosch following his departure from the LAPD upon retirement. Now operating as a certified private investigator, he revisits a previously unresolved case concerning the homicide of a production assistant on a movie set. This case leads him back into contact with his former spouse, Eleanor Wish, who has established herself as a professional poker player in Las Vegas, and uncovers the existence of their shared young daughter.

The narrative incorporates a reference to Ezra Pound's poem "Exile's Letter":

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What is the use of talking, and there is no end of talking, There is no end of things in the heart.

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CD

Included with the initial hardcover release of Lost Light was a soundtrack CD titled Dark Sacred Night, the Music of Harry Bosch. This compilation features jazz legends such as Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane, mirroring the musical preferences of Harry Bosch within the novel.