Angels Flight

Attorney Howard Elias, famous for suing the LAPD, is shot dead on the Angels Flight funicular in downtown LA. He was about to represent Michael Harris, who accuses cops of torture. The city fears riots like 1992, and Bosch leads the case, paired with Internal Affairs detective John Chastain. The leads point to a murdered girl's stepfather, Sam Kincaid, tied to child pornography. His wife kills him and then herself. Bosch's ex-partner Frankie Sheehan turns up dead and becomes the official culprit. Bosch learns the killer is Chastain, but while arresting him he watches a mob drag Chastain from the car and beat him to death. Bosch stays quiet to keep his badge.

1. ChangeTwenty years later

   The book came out in 1999, with LA still scarred by the 1992 riots. S4 moves Howard Elias's murder to 2018 and keeps racial tension at its core.

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2. ChangeHis mother's case ends here

   The book has nothing about Bosch's mother. On the show, S4 also wraps up that case, which comes from The Last Coyote.

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3. ChangeBorrowed from Nine Dragons

   S4 takes a major event in Bosch's life from Nine Dragons, which isn't in this book.

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