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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
More suspenseful then The Poet.. The only thing that I wish Connolly had of included was the reporter from The Poet, McEvEry??
I picked this up, knowing Connelly is well known and well liked. I love murder mystery, and so was eager to find a great new series.
I picked it up right after finishing a Jeffery Deaver. To be fair, this is my only attempt at a Connelly, and he's certainly different than Deaver.
I got maybe 100 pages in. I hated it. I hated his style. I hated his characters. I wasn't interested, wasn't engaged, something about this rubbed me ALL the wrong ways. The author drove me absolutely insane. Could not get into it!
I'm willing to try again, after a period of cool off and see if it reads better after I havent just finished a favourite. We shall see...
I picked it up right after finishing a Jeffery Deaver. To be fair, this is my only attempt at a Connelly, and he's certainly different than Deaver.
I got maybe 100 pages in. I hated it. I hated his style. I hated his characters. I wasn't interested, wasn't engaged, something about this rubbed me ALL the wrong ways. The author drove me absolutely insane. Could not get into it!
I'm willing to try again, after a period of cool off and see if it reads better after I havent just finished a favourite. We shall see...
This might be the 6th Bosch serial I read.
Eventhough The Narrows gives enough history of the prequel : The Poet, I think I should have read The Poet first.
In this book, Bosch is working as private investigator, post his retirement from LAPD. Investigating on his ex-police mate’s death, it leads to a bigger serial murder case : The Poet.
FBI Agent who was working on The Poet’s early cases, Rachel Walling, is also in the case, as witness.
Rachel Walling and Harry Bosch, both with limited to no power at all, working this case together, solving the mistery with passion to put The Poet to an end.
Eventhough The Narrows gives enough history of the prequel : The Poet, I think I should have read The Poet first.
In this book, Bosch is working as private investigator, post his retirement from LAPD. Investigating on his ex-police mate’s death, it leads to a bigger serial murder case : The Poet.
FBI Agent who was working on The Poet’s early cases, Rachel Walling, is also in the case, as witness.
Rachel Walling and Harry Bosch, both with limited to no power at all, working this case together, solving the mistery with passion to put The Poet to an end.
Solid entry in the series - as I’m reading the series in reverse order it’s interesting to finally see the back story of characters I’ve met in later books.
This one is closed to the top of my favourite books by Michael Connelly, right after my number one The Lincoln lawyer. I have to admit though, I have read I think 4 of his books so far so this might change soon.
This book has everything that I'm looking for in mystery books. It has interesting storyline with lots of action and drama, great characters and gripping ending.
Only thing that bothered me... well not even bothered me, I just felt it was unnecessary was "romantic" relationship between main characters. It was very predictable and like I said completely unnecessary.
This book has everything that I'm looking for in mystery books. It has interesting storyline with lots of action and drama, great characters and gripping ending.
Only thing that bothered me... well not even bothered me, I just felt it was unnecessary was "romantic" relationship between main characters. It was very predictable and like I said completely unnecessary.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Not one of his best but if you like American crime thrillers it's an entertaining, fast paced page turner. does what it says on the tin.
I read this and I don't have that much more to say about it. It is a typical Bosch novel (I'm pretty sure I've said that in every review of these books that I've written; they're all on rails that way) and there's not much here that's surprising.
Like the other Bosch book with McCaleb, this one has a few different points of view, which makes it a little more interesting than it would ordinarily be. Still, if you were given the premise of the book and a handful of the characters, you could probably plot it out close enough to what actually happens as to make no difference. That's fine - that's why I keep picking these up when I get stuck for other reading material - but it's nothing special.
Like the other Bosch book with McCaleb, this one has a few different points of view, which makes it a little more interesting than it would ordinarily be. Still, if you were given the premise of the book and a handful of the characters, you could probably plot it out close enough to what actually happens as to make no difference. That's fine - that's why I keep picking these up when I get stuck for other reading material - but it's nothing special.
A loose continuation of the earlier Connelly book "The Poet", in this story characters from the earlier case of a brilliant, but psychotic FBI agent who's also a serial killer but who disappeared, ostensibly died in the earlier case appears to be back and killing again.
There are two parallel investigations going on, one by the FBI, with Rachel, who was disgraced in the earlier case, called back from exile in South Dakota because the killer sent evidence to Quantico addressed to her. But because she's disgraced, she's kept on the outside and treated as a pariah, but one who's knowledge of the murderer they need.
At the same time Harry Bosch is investigating the death of his friend Terry McCaleb, which is officially ruled a natural death, but McCaleb's wife believes is murder.
Harry and Rachel's investigations intersect and as they do the action and the story head up and race toward the ultimate conclusion.
The book is narrated wonderfully and gruffly for Harry's parts, but with nice variation for other characters voices. Enjoyable and engrossing. If you like suspense/action stories, this is recommended.
There are two parallel investigations going on, one by the FBI, with Rachel, who was disgraced in the earlier case, called back from exile in South Dakota because the killer sent evidence to Quantico addressed to her. But because she's disgraced, she's kept on the outside and treated as a pariah, but one who's knowledge of the murderer they need.
At the same time Harry Bosch is investigating the death of his friend Terry McCaleb, which is officially ruled a natural death, but McCaleb's wife believes is murder.
Harry and Rachel's investigations intersect and as they do the action and the story head up and race toward the ultimate conclusion.
The book is narrated wonderfully and gruffly for Harry's parts, but with nice variation for other characters voices. Enjoyable and engrossing. If you like suspense/action stories, this is recommended.
