The Black Echo, Michael Connelly

December 19th, 2009 by Book Reviews


The Black Echo by Michael Connelly is the first installment of the Harry Bosch series. Connelly introduces a new fiction hero, with his unveiling of the Heironymous (Harry) Bosch character. A weathered LAPD detective, Bosch has enough realistic, human qualities, including faults, that you immediately relate to some aspect of the character. In the first [...]

The Narrows, Michael Connelly

December 19th, 2009 by Book Reviews


The Narrows by Michael Connelly is a sequel to the Poet and draws lines to Blood Work, two of his popular titles. Centered around the Harry Bosch character, The Narrows is a slowly building thriller. The case for the mass-murdering ‘Poet’ was closed when the investigation uncovered that a high-ranking FBI agent was the killer [...]