This last part gave Bosch pause.

“Teresa,” he finally said, “I want to try to keep this as low profile as I can for as long as I can.”

“And what are you implying?”

“That I’m not sure that the medical examiner for Los Angeles County needs to be there. And that I haven’t seen you at a crime scene without a cameraman in tow for a long time.”

“Harry, he is a private videographer, okay? The film he takes is for future use by me and controlled solely by me. It doesn’t end up on the six o’clock news.”

“Whatever. I just think we need to avoid any complications on this one. It’s a child case. You know how they get.”

“Just get over here with that bone. I’m leaving in an hour.”

She abruptly hung up.

Bosch wished he had been a little more politic with Corazon but was glad he’d made his point. Corazon was a personality, regularly appearing on Court TV and network shows as a forensic expert. She had also taken to having a cameraman follow her so that her cases could be turned into documentaries for broadcast on any of the cop and legal shows on the vast cable and satellite spectrum. He could not and would not let her goals as a celebrity coroner interfere with his goals as an investigator of what might be the homicide of a child.

He decided he’d make the calls to the department’s Special Services and K-9 units after he got confirmation on the bone. He got up and left the room, looking for Guyot.

The doctor was in the kitchen, sitting at a small table and writing in a spiral-bound notebook. He looked up at Bosch.

“Just writing a few notes on your treatment. I’ve kept notes on every patient I’ve ever treated.”

Bosch just nodded, even though he thought it was odd for Guyot to be writing about him.