Then he noticed the cracked green spine of a book on the second-to-the-top shelf nearest the window. He recognized the book. It was the one Chandler had read from during closing arguments. The Marble Faun.

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Edgar was parked in front of a Winchell’s Donuts store, apparently not realizing the comic implications of this.

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Breaking someone’s trust is like crumpling up a perfect piece of paper. You can smooth it over but it's never going to be the same again

The quartet played “Rain Check” with some improvisational riffs that Bosch liked.

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Bosch looked back at the quartet. They were staying with a Strayhorn set and were on to “Blood Count.”

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Bosch thought about all of this for a few minutes. He watched the band start up with a Billy Strayhorn number called “Lush Life.”

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A juke box Bosch couldn’t see was playing Sinatra’s “Summer Wind,”

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He put his hand on the back of her neck and bent down to kiss her. He noticed the reports were on Nathanael West’s Day of the Locust.

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Bosch recognized the song as a Cab Calloway standard, “Everybody That Comes to My Place Has to Eat.”

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“The big guy’s eyes were dull and he set out a five-foot zone of body odor. A duster, Bosch thought.”

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