The Concrete Blonde

There were three callers who gave vague descriptions of a woman they thought might be the concrete blonde, but after a few questions into each conversation Bosch and Edgar identified the callers as cop geeks, people who got a thrill from talking to the police. Edgar pulled a plastic evidence bag from his suit pocket and held it open for Bosch to drop the discovery in. The truth is that life was all Detective Bosch had on his mind when he went through that door. But no one came to him until finally Sheehan and Opelt - concerned that the neighbors would hear and maybe call the police - went into the room and gagged him with a bathroom towel and black electrical tape.