The Last Coyote is the fourth novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.

Bosch has seen and then dreamed about a lone coyote at his home near Los Angeles and discusses it during a departmental required therapy session.

[1] Following an incident at work, the LAPD puts Detective Harry Bosch on involuntary stress leave and requires him to undergo therapy sessions with a police psychologist, Carmen Hinojos.

Meanwhile, Bosch decides to investigate the unsolved murder of his mother, Marjorie Lowe, a prostitute who was strangled when Harry was twelve.

He visits Meredith Roman, a friend of his mother's, and learns that she was going to meet local prosecutor Arno Conklin at Hancock Park on the night of the murder.

With the help of Los Angeles Times crime reporter Keisha Russell, Bosch investigates Conklin; his close associate Gordon Mittel; and Marjorie's pimp, Johnny Fox.

Looking at city records, Bosch finds out that only one of the original investigating officers, Jake McKittrick, is still alive and residing in Florida.