Hollywood Police Station

Excerpts From The Concrete Blonde

     Bosch pulled into the rear parking lot of the Hollywood station on Wilcox shortly before four. Belk had used only 10 minutes of his allotted hour for his opening statement and Judge Keyes had recessed early, saying he wanted to start testimony on a separate day from openers so the jury would not confuse evidentiary testimony with the lawyers' words.  
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     Bosch closed the binders and put them in his briefcase. He turned off the TV and headed out to the back parking lot. He held the station door for two uniform cops who were wrestling with a handcuffed drunk. The drunk threw a kick out at him but Harry stepped outside of its reach.