Another exciting Harry Bosch tale. Harry as always is at odds with the 'politics & petty tyrants' in the LAPD. He is working a really cold case - a murder that ocurred 20 years ago, during the Rodney King riots in 1992. Harry gets…
Dec 09, 2021Tdruid rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Another great book with Bosch going way out on a limb to obtain justice for the forgotten victims. And as usual, getting himself in tons of trouble, both professionally and physically. His developing relationship with his daughter is…
Aug 22, 2019826_05 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Sorry, but Michael Connelly is putting more work into his publicity photos than his books. Harry Bosch has become a paper tiger, and is now simply Connelly's cash cow. I miss the subtlety and depth of early Bosch.
Even though I've…
May 17, 2017Dave99_0 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
As I recall, author Michael Connelly has used elements of previous Harry Bosch novels: the L.A. riots of 1992, the internal politics of the LAPD, the police chief as politician rather than law enforcement officer, and the involvement of…
Oct 31, 2013reader10000 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Have read many of his Harry Bosch books. Definitely think the character is getting "old" - to be expected after so many years.Contrast Harry to the Mickey Haller series. There is a clear "freshness" to Mickey Haller. You read the books…
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Oct 29, 2013Dazio rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Well written suspenseful murder-mystery. I would say that this is one of Michael Connelly's best. Definately worth a read.
Not up to his usual standard. Good plot, though a bit transparent, but the characters were wooden and the dialogue unconvincing. It read like it was written in a hurry and to a formula. If this had been the first MC novel I read, I'm not…
I've found my only disappointment with reading this book was that I went through it so quickly that I am now in "Connelly withdrawal." But, seriously, if you are a MC fan and a fan of Harry Bosch, this will not disappoint. We see further…
Feb 02, 2013emerge rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Best read in sequence, these books never disappoint which is amazing when you consider there's more than a dozen of them. Some you will like more than others due to characters or plot lines. And people have come and gone from Harry's life.…
Feb 02, 2013branch_reviews rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Los Angeles Police Department Open – Unsolved Unit Detective Harry Bosch is back in this thriller with loads of twists and turns. Twenty years prior, during the 1992 Los Angeles race riots, foreign journalist Anneke Jesperson was found…
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