The Vanquished

Michael Connelly on Bruno Johnson novels: "a gritty street poem recited by a voice unalterably committed to redemption and doing the right thing in a wrong world." In the 4th of the series, former cop and ex-con Bruno Johnson and his wife Marie are living in Costa Rica with the children they illegally rescued when they are forced to return to Southern California to battle more demons in the form of an ex's entanglements and old biker-gang enemies. Bruno's inability to ignore a woman in peril yields unspeakable consequences.