I do think this by far the best in the series to date. Connelly plays Bosch close to the vest and is almost reluctant to reveal Harry's character, much like Harry himself. ( )

Good book. Harry Bosch is on forced leave and decides to take up a long forgotten murder of his mother from 30 years ago. ( )

Jag blir trött på schablonen "ensam är stark", samma sak med "jag lever mitt liv som jag vill, jag skiter i om jag inte mår så bra". Vi har stött på det en miljon gånger. Och nu ytterligare en gång i "Den sista prärievargen". Det tillför inget. Men annars är det ganska välskrivet och ploten är inte helt ointressant (men nästan). Så det får bli... 2. ( )

Secondary title - Harry Has to Go to Therapy to Keep His Job. Therapy doesn't help him very much; neither does getting a new girlfriend. In fact, he starts the book miserable and he ends the book in almost the exact same place. Solving the mystery of who killed his mother 25+ years ago doesn't help Harry much either. He still ends up pretty much where he started out - morose, drinking to much, and pissing everybody else off. But in some ways that is what Harry does almost as well as solve mysteries, he collects rage and misery. Two people who don't need to be dead, end up dead anyway because of Harry and the choices he makes. He solves one homocide case and his actions lead to 2 other homocides. It's his life story in some ways, he is absolutely committed to working relentlessly to bringing the bad guys to justice, yet he breaks rules and circumvents the law every 15 pages. He is not just a walking contradiction, he is a miserable walking contradiction.

Late one night Harry sees a scrawny, scraggly coyote come up out of a canyon. He used to see them quite often and fears that one day he will stop seeing them. He talks to the therapist he is forced to go and see. He realizes he is like the coyote, able to adapt to mankind and it's relentless development of what is wild and natural, but unable to thrive any longer in the face of all the encroachments he sees around him. In the end he leaves and goes to see his new girlfriend in Florida. Florida is probably not any better, but at least it isn't California. ( )

Harry Bosch is recovering from problems within at his work. He decides to find out who killed his mother in the early 1960s. The chase leads him through political intrigue and ends up with the murderer being a jealous girl friend. His search causes others to die and leads him to question his life goals. ( )