Michael Connelly – The Burning Room

The book differs from the Amazon BOSCH TV series, in that the fire bombing of an apartment complex is a cold case in the book, not present day, and some of Soto’s friends had been killed in the fire. So Soto is looking into that case, unofficially, and now with the help of Harry Bosch.

In the book, currently there are two cases: the shooting and eventual death of a Mariachi band member, shot in Mariachi Plaza, and the other case is the fire bombed apartments.

Travelling 1st Street gives the Bosch reader several familiar locations.

The Hollenbeck Police Station, in East LA, is on 1st Street.

But head back up 1st Street toward downtown LA and you come to:

Eastside Luv Wine Bar

and on the other corner, across the street, is:

Mariachi Plaza

and from another side. Lucha Reyes bronze statue to the right of the three palm trees.

and the shooter may have been on the second floor of the Boyle Hotel (across the street from Mariachi Plaza):

and much further up 1st Street we come to:

LA City Hall & Police HQ

and next door to LAPD HQ (reflecting City Hall) is the LA Times Building.

Los Angeles Superior Court
Clara Shortridge Foltz Courthouse