That air of authenticity adds an extra frisson to his stories and the Los Angeles settings are vividly depicted too. In short, this is a complicated guy who, in the hands of a master storyteller like Michael Connelly (right), comes to life with each rapid turn of the page.Ĭonnelly is a former journalist who spent the majority of his reporting career on the crime beat, latterly in LA, so he knows exactly what he’s writing about.

Although he’s married to the job, family also means a great deal to Harry, and his daughter Maddie is precious to him – though he doesn’t often show it. Trouble is, Harry’s way of doing things doesn’t always sit easily with the powers that be and throughout the novels his relationship with the LAPD gets a little truculent, to say the least. His motto is ‘everybody counts or nobody counts’ and he pursues each case as if his very life depended upon it. Based around some of the books you’ll find below, the show stars Titus Welliver (left) who is a superb choice in the title role and has also narrated several of the more recent releases in their audiobook form.īosch is a man on a singular mission – to get justice for those who’ve been wronged. The character has a huge following of avid readers, but has also picked up a raft of new admirers through Amazon Prime’s excellent onscreen adaptation. Where to begin in a guide to Michael Connelly’s most popular character, LAPD detective Harry Bosch? Why, at the beginning of course! It was way back in 1992 that Hieronymus ‘Harry’ Bosch first made his appearance in print and he’s been going strong ever since. 'Connelly has, with great skill, given us a detective who inhabits a world filled with torment, fear and danger' People Magazine THE CONCRETE BLONDE When Harry Bosch shot and killed Norman Church, the police were convinced it marked the end of the hunt for the Dollmaker - LA's most bizarre serial killer.īut now Church's widow is accusing Harry of killing the wrong man, and to make things worse, Harry has just received a taunting note that appears to be from the Dollmaker himself.

Rumours abound that the cop had crossed over - selling a new drug called Black Ice that had been infiltrating LA from Mexico - and the LAPD brass are quick to declare his death a suicide. It is an extraordinary story, one that engages the reader on the first page and never lets go' James Lee Burke THE BLACK ICE The corpse in the hotel room appears to be that of a missing LAPD narcotics officer.

'THE BLACK ECHO is one of the most authentic pieces of crime writing I've ever read. Billy Meadows was a fellow tunnel rat out in Vietnam, running against the VC and against the fear they used to call the Black Echo. A body has been found in a drainage tunnel off Mullholland Drive, Hollywood. THE BLACK ECHO One Sunday Harry Bosch gets a call out on his pager.

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