In February 2015 , Amazon Prime showed the series '' Bosch '' , based on the novels . The ten-episode series starred Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch , with Annie Wersching and Jamie Hector co-starring as Officer Julia Brasher and Det. Jerry Edgar respectively . Henrik Bastin of Fabrik Entertainment produced and Jim McKay directed . The series followed Bosch " as he pursues the killer of a 12-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court on accusations that he murdered a suspected serial killer in cold blood . " According to Connelly , a number of changes were made " to the world of Harry Bosch ... in making the shift from page to screen " . Bosch is born nearly 20 years later , so that events can happen in the current time , like they once did in the books . In the series , Harry " is 47 years old and a veteran of the first Gulf War in 1991 , where he was part of a Special Forces team that cleared tunnels . He has now been a police officer for twenty years with a one-year exception when he re-upped with the Army after 9/11 , as many LAPD officers did . He came back to the force after serving in Afghanistan and again encountering tunnel warfare . " In the TV series , Bosch carries Kimber Custom TLE II .45 ACP caliber semi-automatic pistol as his duty weapon
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