The Apache plume is a flowering desert shrub with dainty pure white flowers and bushy foliage. The tiny five-petaled blooms form open star-shaped flowers with a greenish center. These contrast nicely with small green fuzzy leaves growing on whitish or gray woody stems. After flowering, plume-like lavender styles appear.

Ballard and Bosch will be forced to face new tensions, old resentments, and personal secrets that will drive Bosch to behave in ways that she never would have expected from him in the pursuit of two psycho killers that could create incredible political fallout and destroy both of their law enforcement careers. The chaste tree is a heat-tolerant, drought-resistant flowering tree. The attractive multi-trunk ornamental tree thrives in several habitats, including dry landscapes. Apart from its spectacular lavender sprays, the tree is characterized by its sage-scented palmate leaves and upright habit with densely-growing foliage. Mulga ( Acacia aneura)Sometimes growing as a cactus tree, cane cholla grows between 3 and 8 ft. (1 – 2.4 m) tall. Its attractive shape gives the plant tremendous visual appeal in desert gardens or xeric landscapes. Claret Cup Cactus ( Echinocereus triglochidiatus) Front Attachment Point. Immensely strong kite/balloon bond over a large area at the place most strain is encountered. Helikites are far more stable in high winds than any other aerostats, and so are regularly flown in these higher winds, it means they must be able to withstand the extra strain involved. The jumping cholla desert tree grows to about 13 ft. (4 m) high and produces pink and white flowers with lavender-colored markings. Ocotillo ( Fouquieria splendens)

Texas sage is a small, compact shrub that produces purple flowers. Other names for this desert-dwelling native Texas shrub are wild lilac, ash-bush, Texas silverleaf, Texas Ranger, and purple sage. Despite its common name Texas sage, the flowering plant isn’t related to the herb sage, Salvia. Bosch gets older, and you feel it, see it and experience it quite honestly through his movements/attitudes. Carbon-Fibre Lower Keel Spar. Adds to keel stiffness and increases high wind capability. It also supports the camera mounting system. And Bosch is on Finbar McShane’s trail. It will be a perilous pursuit that takes him to, among other places, Florida. And developments in his personal life will take him to even darker places.

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Oblate spheroid balloon, surrounded by 'Ultra' outer protective cover. This balloon shape is the least affected by changes in temperature, pressure or altitude. The tough outer cover protects the balloon from damage in adverse circumstances and provides robust structure against high winds. Unlike any other aerostat in the world, the balloon is an integral part of the aerodynamic structure of the Helikite. It contributes to wind lift as well as providing helium lift. Renee has returned to the LAPD, and been given the lead to head up a cold case unit primarily staffed with volunteers. A local politician has been instrumental in getting funding for the unit. He has a personal reason, wanting the cold case of his sister to finally be solved. Renee taps Harry to work in the unit. He’s got his own agenda, wanting to be able to finally solve his personal white whale, the unsolved case of a murdered family of four. The ghost plant is a type of succulent that grows in various habitats, including the hot, dry conditions of a desert climate. Some of the other common names of this desert plant include mother-of-pearl plant and sedum weinbergii. This ground-covering plant is native to Mexico. The succulent leaves grow in a rosette form, and the plant is also called the porcelain succulent. Harry looks up Juanita Wilson, and finds out that she has terminal cancer and hopes to find out who killed her daughter before she dies.

The Anacacho orchid tree is a small semi-evergreen tree or shrub with spectacular showy white flowers. This flowering desert tree has bi-lobed pale green leaves, orchid-like flowers, silvery-gray bark, and flattened seed pods. The orchid tree grows 6 to 12 ft. (1.8 – 3.6 m) tall. Retired Los Angeles police detective Harry Bosch, now seventy-years-old, likes to listen to jazz, schmooze with his police detective daughter, and mull over haunting cold cases, like the brutal murder of the Gallagher family. Although originally designed for the military, Desert Star Helikites have proved to be very popular with all types of commercial and scientific customers. They carry any shape, size and type of payload very steadily, with little or no modifications. They can be made any size to suit the customer's payload weight altitude requirements. The most popular sizes are between 15m3 and 100m3, but sizes of 150m3, 200m3, or even larger, are also available. No Name Given: Renee meets the chief of police to brief him before the big press conference. As per Michael Connelly tradition, the chief is not named.Connelly also continues to build on Ballard’s and Bosch’s unique working-relationship. Although still a bit rough in the personalities, their common bonds that bind them – being outsiders, extremely stubborn, and refusing to obey structured rules and policies – is what makes the partnership really work for me. Even with the contrasting differences in their ages and points in life, Ballard is a close reflection of what Harry was earlier in his career – rebellious, angry, and inflexible. However, Harry is a generation older than her, gained wisdom through his tough experiences, and become more of a mentor for other detectives. I especially like that Harry is training and influencing Renee Ballard because he sees a lot of himself in her. By mellowing out later in life (as well as being physically challenged), Harry’s able to help develop the next generation of law enforcement. I love seeing him pay it forward.

Two Lines, No Waiting: A trope used in most of Michael Connelly's later novels. In this one Bosch and Ballard investigate two unrelated cases, the Gallagher Family murder and the murder of Sarah Pearlman.Renee has broken up with Garrett Single, her EMT boyfriend from the previous book. She so wants to be rid of him that she has also stopped eating red meat, because Garrett liked to barbecue. LAPD, но този път го командва детектив Рене Балард. Паралелно вървят два неразкрити до сега случая - убийство преди над двайсет години на сестрата на влиятелен общински съветник и бруталната екзекуция на цяло семейство, открито заровено след това в пустинята! Miles Davis (1926-1991) (no specific music mentioned, only that Bosch went to a jazz club to hear the Pharez Whitted Quintet do a Tribute to Miles Davis)