Synopses & Reviews
New York Times
bestselling author Michael Connelly has created a dark, fast-paced suspense thriller that cuts to the core of Harry Bosch's character. Once you start it, there's no turning back...
"A POWERFUL BOOK."
--Houston Chronicle
Harry Bosch's life is on the edge. His earthquake-damaged home has been condemned. His girlfriend has left him. He's drinking too much. And after attacking his commanding officer, he's even had to turn in his L.A.P.D. detective's badge.
"AMBITIOUS, SKILLFUL, AND MOVING."
--Los Angeles Times
Now, suspended indefinitely pending a psychiatric evaluation, he's spending his time investigating an unsolved crime from 1961: the brutal slaying of a prostitute who happened to be his own mother.
"GRABS YOU AND SHAKES YOU."
--Kirkus Reviews
Even after three decades, Harry's questions generate heat among L.A.'s top politicos. And as the truth begins to emerge, it becomes more and more apparent that someone wants to keep it buried. Someone very powerful...very cunning...and very deadly.
"Prose that cuts to the quick...a masterfully interwoven plot and gripping suspense."
--Library Journal
Review
"Grabs you and shakes you--and it feels great."--
Kirkus Reviews"A powerful book."--Houston Chronicle
"Prose that cuts to the quick...a masterfully interwoven plot and gripping suspense."
--Library Journal
"One very powerful, full-bodied, suspenseful, carefully crafted, absorbing story. I don't want to say that Mr. Connelly has topped himself, but he certainly has matched himself. And that, by any measurement, is not easy to do."--Mystery News
"Tough, taut writing."--New York Times Book Review
"Recalls no one so much as Raymond Chandler...ambitious, skillful and moving...an intricate and clever mystery."--Los Angeles Times
"Connelly is one of a handful of crime writers who are raising the hard-boiled detective genre to a new level...adding substance and depth to modern crime fiction."--Boston Globe
Synopsis
In 1961,12-year-old Harry Bosch lost his mother in a brutal murder. Now threedecades later, he begins his relentless investigation into the unsolved crimeand soon uncovers a trail that leads upward, toward prominent people who wantto protect their reputation. Reissue.
Synopsis
Harry Bosch's life is on the edge. His earthquake-damaged home has been condemned. His girlfriend has left him. He's drinking too much. And after attacking his commanding officer, he's even had to turn in his L.A.P.D. detective's badge.
Now, suspended indefinitely pending a psychiatric evaluation, he's spending his time investigating an unsolved crime from 1961: the brutal slaying of a prostitute who happened to be his own mother.
Even after three decades, Harry's questions generate heat among L.A.'s top politicos. And as the truth begins to emerge, it becomes more and more apparent that someone wants to keep it buried. Someone very powerful'very cunning'and very deadly.
About the Author
MICHAEL CONNELLY was a police reporter for the
Los Angeles Times and is the author of the bestselling series of Harry Bosch novels, along with the bestselling novels
Chasing the Dime, Void Moon, Blood Work (which was made into a major motion picture)
, and
The Poet. Connelly has won numerous awards for his journalism and novels, including an Edgar Award, a Nero Wolf Prize, a Macavity Award, and an Anthony Award. He was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist for feature writing in 1987.