Thirteen years ago, a sweet, quiet girl, Marie Gesto, left home and never returned, and the police were never able to find her. For thirteen years, the story of this disappearance has haunted Harry Bosch. He is sure: Marie was killed, and her boyfriend, the son of a very rich and influential man, is somehow connected with the murder. However, the young man provided a cast-iron alibi. But maybe this time Bosch is wrong? After all, the recently arrested maniac, who has nine ruined lives, claims that there was a tenth victim - Marie Gesto. He talks in detail about the circumstances of the murder and is even ready to show where he buried the girl. Case is closed? Bosch doesn't think so. He feels that the killer is lying. But why?