Jasmine "Jazz" Corian is an artist and a resident of Florida. Until 1988, she was involved in an abusive relationship, and that year she killed the man when he attempted to rape her for the second time in one night. After the death of her father, Jasmine set about selling his Venice house in Pelican Cove. In April of 1994, LAPD detective Harry Bosch answered an ad that Jasmine had put in the newspaper for the house, and she showed Bosch the house before determining that he wasn't actually interested in buying.