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Angels Flight
by Michael Connelly
‘Whether you like it or not, you have been assigned to this case.’
When the body of Howard Elias, a high profile black lawyer, is found inside one of the cars on Angels Flight in downtown Los Angeles, no detective in the city wants to touch the case. Elias specialises in lawsuits alleging police brutality, racism and corruption and every LAPD cop is a potential suspect in his murder. The atmosphere in Los Angeles is tense: racial distrust and recriminations against the police are part of the legacy of the Rodney King case and the O.J. Simpson trial. Every step the police take to solve this crime will be viewed with distrust as it is widely believed that the murderer was a cop.
Solving this case is a challenge for Detective Harry Bosch: feelings both amongst the police and the community are volatile. Negotiating the politics, dealing with the suspicion and hate makes trying to investigate the crime difficult – especially as quick action is required.
And, if that isn’t enough, things aren’t going very well for Bosch at home either.
I am reading Michael Connell’s novels out of order. This may not be ideal, but it works okay for me. The novels stand alone and while I’m missing some of Harry Bosch’s back story it’s kind of fun filling in the gaps. This is one of the best Michael Connelly novels I’ve read so far. Right up there with my current favourites: ‘The Concrete Blonde’; ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ and ‘The Poet.’
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
When the body of Howard Elias, a high profile black lawyer, is found inside one of the cars on Angels Flight in downtown Los Angeles, no detective in the city wants to touch the case. Elias specialises in lawsuits alleging police brutality, racism and corruption and every LAPD cop is a potential suspect in his murder. The atmosphere in Los Angeles is tense: racial distrust and recriminations against the police are part of the legacy of the Rodney King case and the O.J. Simpson trial. Every step the police take to solve this crime will be viewed with distrust as it is widely believed that the murderer was a cop.
Solving this case is a challenge for Detective Harry Bosch: feelings both amongst the police and the community are volatile. Negotiating the politics, dealing with the suspicion and hate makes trying to investigate the crime difficult – especially as quick action is required.
And, if that isn’t enough, things aren’t going very well for Bosch at home either.
I am reading Michael Connell’s novels out of order. This may not be ideal, but it works okay for me. The novels stand alone and while I’m missing some of Harry Bosch’s back story it’s kind of fun filling in the gaps. This is one of the best Michael Connelly novels I’ve read so far. Right up there with my current favourites: ‘The Concrete Blonde’; ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ and ‘The Poet.’
Jennifer Cameron-Smith