To be honest I thought at first The Concrete Blonde was the better novel, but after dwelling on it for quite some time after finishing The Last Coyote, I feel this is the stronger of the two. Although, I was kept very intrigued by the court process of the predecessor, I appreciated this novel going back into Bosch's past and his focus on solving his mother's murder. From here I have moved onto The Poet, but will continue to head further into Michael Connelly's Bosch/Haller universes.