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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
A high-profile civil rights lawyer is murdered in Los Angeles. Harry Bosch is assigned to the politically sensitive case. Bosch needs to solve the case to prevent riots in the city.
This is definitely the best Bosch novel so far. I listened to the audiobook, and was really disappointed they changed the narrator for this one. His voice was almost a parody of a gritty LA detective, and was the only downside of the novel, but the plot carried it enough to ignore it most of the time. Great book though, be interesting to see if the rest of the series can live up to this one!
Yet another fantastic Harry Bosch novel. I didn't expect this one (based on the description) to resonate as much with me but I really loved it! Probably a 4.5 star instead of a 4 for me.
Probably the best in the series so far.
a murder of a prominent civil rights lawyer (african american) throws the city and the police department out of synch.
the belief is that a cop is the killer.
Bosch investigates with his team
a murder of a prominent civil rights lawyer (african american) throws the city and the police department out of synch.
the belief is that a cop is the killer.
Bosch investigates with his team
“He had lived alone most of his life. He was used to places that were empty. He knew the real shelter of a home was inside yourself.”
This was my first experience with Michael Connelly and oh boy, it was a good one.
The storyline is great and fast-paced. Dialogue is a big part of this book and it was the best dialogue I've read in a very long time.
He creates tension in a very good way. Everytime you think you know who did it, without doubt, but ten pages later you're thrown completely off guard by new evidence. This made me finish the book within 24 hours.
I highly recommend this and I'm definitely planning on reading another Michael Connelly book.
This was my first experience with Michael Connelly and oh boy, it was a good one.
The storyline is great and fast-paced. Dialogue is a big part of this book and it was the best dialogue I've read in a very long time.
He creates tension in a very good way. Everytime you think you know who did it, without doubt, but ten pages later you're thrown completely off guard by new evidence. This made me finish the book within 24 hours.
I highly recommend this and I'm definitely planning on reading another Michael Connelly book.
This has to be the best Harry Bosch novel of a very good series, and it is read by one of my favorites, Dick Hill, to boot. The great thing about Connelly’s hard-boiled police procedural series is that you get a real sense of detection as Harry and his partners, Ryder and Edgar, collect clues and then put them together.
This particular case is incendiary. Howard Elias, a black civil rights attorney, is perhaps the LAPD’s most hated man in Los Angeles. He has made a practice of filing brutality suits against police officers. So when Bosch is pulled off his normal rotation and asked to head the investigation only to learn that the victim is Howard Elias, he realizes this will be an especially difficult case since the black community will assume a policeman killed Elias. Elias had been working on the “Black Warrior” case, in which a black man accused of the heinous murder of a small girl had been found innocent. Michael Harries, the accused, had charged the LAPD with torturing him in an attempt to get a confession (Black Warrior was the brand name of the LAPD’s pencils and it was alleged that Frank Sheehan, Bosch’s old partner, was one of those wielding the pencil that was inserted into Harris’s ears.
Another difficulty is that Harry is assigned his old nemesis Chastain, an IAD detective who has crossed swords with Harry before. Harry soon realizes that the evidence has been tampered with, and the upper echelon brass are looking for a scapegoat to prevent the city, fresh from the Rodney King incidents, from descending into more riots. Harry’s year-old marriage, to a former FBI agent, is unraveling as Eleanor leaves home, addicted to gambling casinos. Harry has many of his cherished assumptions overturned as he unravels this case, despite pressure from above, and the ultimate outcome reflects Connelly’s pure cynicism.
All of Connelly’s books are excellent, but in this, he has outdone himself. I found myself arriving home, reluctant to turn off the tape, sitting in the driveway as more details were revealed.
This particular case is incendiary. Howard Elias, a black civil rights attorney, is perhaps the LAPD’s most hated man in Los Angeles. He has made a practice of filing brutality suits against police officers. So when Bosch is pulled off his normal rotation and asked to head the investigation only to learn that the victim is Howard Elias, he realizes this will be an especially difficult case since the black community will assume a policeman killed Elias. Elias had been working on the “Black Warrior” case, in which a black man accused of the heinous murder of a small girl had been found innocent. Michael Harries, the accused, had charged the LAPD with torturing him in an attempt to get a confession (Black Warrior was the brand name of the LAPD’s pencils and it was alleged that Frank Sheehan, Bosch’s old partner, was one of those wielding the pencil that was inserted into Harris’s ears.
Another difficulty is that Harry is assigned his old nemesis Chastain, an IAD detective who has crossed swords with Harry before. Harry soon realizes that the evidence has been tampered with, and the upper echelon brass are looking for a scapegoat to prevent the city, fresh from the Rodney King incidents, from descending into more riots. Harry’s year-old marriage, to a former FBI agent, is unraveling as Eleanor leaves home, addicted to gambling casinos. Harry has many of his cherished assumptions overturned as he unravels this case, despite pressure from above, and the ultimate outcome reflects Connelly’s pure cynicism.
All of Connelly’s books are excellent, but in this, he has outdone himself. I found myself arriving home, reluctant to turn off the tape, sitting in the driveway as more details were revealed.
Connelly is back, weaving a masterful tale that takes Bosch through many a twist to get to the truth. Some interesting happenings keep the reader on the edge of their seat until the closing pages, asking who REALLY did it.
Connelly is able to superimpose truth and his own fiction in this book, using LA as his background. Earthquake, Rodney King fallout, and even a sprinkle of OJ Simpson. Add to that, the LAPD and its newly tarnished image, and you have a city that dislikes those who vow to protect and serve. A murder investigation that points its fingers at racial inequality has its ante upped when the defence lawyer is murdered. Everyone looks to the officers of the LAPD, sure that someone on the force has killed the legal mind behind many a lawsuit against the men and women in blue.
Twists and turns make for a great story and a quick read, as Bosch rises to the occasion and solves it in the end.
Good work, Mr. Connelly.
Connelly is able to superimpose truth and his own fiction in this book, using LA as his background. Earthquake, Rodney King fallout, and even a sprinkle of OJ Simpson. Add to that, the LAPD and its newly tarnished image, and you have a city that dislikes those who vow to protect and serve. A murder investigation that points its fingers at racial inequality has its ante upped when the defence lawyer is murdered. Everyone looks to the officers of the LAPD, sure that someone on the force has killed the legal mind behind many a lawsuit against the men and women in blue.
Twists and turns make for a great story and a quick read, as Bosch rises to the occasion and solves it in the end.
Good work, Mr. Connelly.
Angels Flight is a return to form after the mess that was Trunk Music.
The homicides that are to be solved are satisfyingly complex. There are a couple of twists that I did not expect; especially the dark turn about 75% of the way in. I had seen the Bosch TV series before picking up this book, so I sort of knew the ending.
Harry's life is still as miserable as ever and Deputy Chief Irving does things that are not in character.
The homicides that are to be solved are satisfyingly complex. There are a couple of twists that I did not expect; especially the dark turn about 75% of the way in. I had seen the Bosch TV series before picking up this book, so I sort of knew the ending.
Harry's life is still as miserable as ever and Deputy Chief Irving does things that are not in character.
Harry Bosch number 6, I do enjoy this series. Just enough to make me a little stressed for the main character, but he always gets out of it.