Samalani kusokonekera kwa a John McMahon yomangidwa ku United States ngati m'malo mwa Harry Bosch mosachedwa komanso mwachinsinsi koma zolondola nthawi zonse. Protagonist wosatha monga Bosch, wobadwa kuchokera ku cholembera cha Michael Connelly, kuti mwina ikufunika izi ku PT Marsh, protagonist watsopano wa McMahon.
Zachidziwikire pang'ono ndi pang'ono tidzakhala tikulowa pakhungu la PT Marsh. Ndipo ngakhale zili zambiri kunena kuti titha kuvutika monga timachitira ndi Harry Bosch, mtundu wobwezera chilichonse chomwe nthawi zina chimatikwiyitsa kuchokera ku chifundo chachikulu chomwe chimatimangiriza umunthu wake, kungoyesa kusintha kwa Marsh ndikofunikira kuthetseratu ...
Kwa Inspector PT Marsh, chaka chatha chinali chowopsa atataya mkazi ndi mwana wawo pangozi yapamsewu. Othawa mowa, usiku wina amenya Mnazi Neo yemwe amazunza mnzake. Tsiku lotsatira, bamboyu amapezeka kuti wamwalira ndipo wapolisi sakudziwa ngati ndi vuto lake.
Kafukufuku yemwe angamuthandize akupita patsogolo, Marsh ndi mnzake Remy Morgan akukumana ndi mlandu wina wosokoneza kwambiri. Kuwonekera kwa mtembo wonyezimira wachinyamata wakuda m'munda kudzadzutsa ziwanda zakale mumzinda ngati Mason Falls, Georgia, komwe khungu limakhala lodzetsa mikangano, ziwawa komanso kuwawa. Atathedwa nzeru, woyang'anirayo akuyenera kudzuka phulusa lake kapena amira, palibe malo apakati.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku "Wapolisi wochokera kumwera", lolembedwa ndi John McMahon, apa: