“You can have it. I’ll step back and let you run the show. I just want one thing. I want my team to run with the original case. Stacey Kincaid. We’ll take the original murder book and review everything RHD did on the case. Then we’ll take everything Elias did and go from there.”

Lindell’s eyes narrowed their focus as he wondered what this meant. Bosch continued.

“It looks like Elias’s plan was to go into court this week and try to prove that Michael Harris didn’t kill her. He was going to name her killer and — ”

“Who?”

“That’s the million-dollar question. We don’t know. He was keeping it in his head instead of his files. But that’s why I want the case. Because if he had a bead on somebody, that somebody’s a pretty good suspect for the Angels Flight murders.”

Lindell looked down at his smoking coffee and was quiet a long moment.

“Sounds like lawyer bullshit to me. Grandstanding. How was he gonna find the killer if you guys on the PD didn’t? That is, if the killer really wasn’t Michael Harris, like every cop and white person in this town believes.”

Bosch hiked his shoulders.

“Even if he was wrong — even if he was going to name somebody as a smoke screen, it could have made him a target.”

He purposely wasn’t telling Lindell everything — particularly about the mystery notes. He wanted the FBI agent to think that Bosch’s team would be chasing rainbows while he would be commanding the real investigation.

“So you run with that and I chase down bad cops, is that the deal?”

“Pretty much. Chastain should have a head start for you. First of all, he’s the most familiar with the Black Warrior thing. He handled the IAD investigation on it. And — ”

“Yeah, but he cleared everybody on it.”

“Maybe he messed up. Or maybe he was told to clear everybody.”

Lindell nodded that he understood the suggestion.

“Also, his crew was supposedly going through Elias’s files yesterday and making a list. And I just brought in five more boxes of files. From all of that you’ll get a list of guys to talk to. I think you’re in good shape.”

“If I’m in such great shape why are you giving this side of things to me?”

“ ’Cause I’m a nice guy.”

“Bosch, you’re holding out.”

“I just have a hunch, that’s all.”

“That what, Harris really was framed?”

“I don’t know. But something wasn’t right with the case. I want to find out what it was.”

“So meantime I’m stuck with Chastain and his crew.”

“Yup. That’s the deal.”

“Well, what am I going to do with them? You just told me Chastain’s a leak.”

“Send them out for coffee and then run away and hide.”

Lindell laughed.