He isn’t quite bad enough to be an antagonist, nor is he heroic enough to be the good guy. Bosch has all the markings of the loose cannon trope, but he’s effective, persistent, and determined to do what’s right even if it’s wrong. Connelly is not as playful with the English language as Raymond Chandler was, but he’s just as evocative and haunting. The Black Echo feels like the contemporary heir to The Big Sleep. Years ago a friend had recommended Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series for it’s LA noir sensibilities, and boy was she spot on. Last summer, I discovered the sheer awesomeness that is Bosch and decided to take a crack at the novels the show is based on. ” (via Goodreads)Īs much as I love dumb procedurals – give me all the Hawaii Five-O and Criminal Minds you got! – I don’t normally read crime fiction. Pitted against enemies inside his own department and forced to make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, Bosch goes on the hunt for a killer whose true face will shock him. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. This one is personal…because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam “tunnel rat” who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. “ For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. Publisher: Grand Central (publishers of the version I read)
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