A review by suburban_ennui
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly

5.0

I've been a casual fan of Connelly's work for the last four or five years, generally dipping in to one of his novels after I've finished something a bit more "hefty". The Harry Bosch books are generally a pretty easy read - gripping, for the most part, and quick to get through. A few months ago I decided I may as well just read them all, and have been filling in the gaps in a chronological fashion. This, the fourth Harry Bosch book, is definitely the best of the dozen or so I've read, and we really get to see Harry on the edge, on involuntary stress leave, drinking and smoking too much, and opening up some deep old wounds. As usual, the plot involves some kind of conspiracy, and pits Harry against the LAPD powers-that-be. Yup, it's formulaic as hell, but, like the other Connelly novels, pretty unputdownable.