Book #305 of 2021: The Overlook by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #13) I admire author Michael Connelly’s commitment to regularly including crooked members of law enforcement among his villains, but I think this particular story actually works better earlier on, when LAPD detective Harry Bosch is just clashing with FBI bureaucracy (no pun intended) over …
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Book #294 of 2021: Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #12) Bosch’s latest encounter with a serial killer is a bit rote, and a twist midway through — that the criminal is innocent of one particular murder, which a corrupt attorney got him to confess to as part of a secret deal — is …
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Book #280 of 2021: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Mickey Haller #1) I wasn’t quite sure what to expect of Harry Bosch‘s estranged half-brother, but I’m delighted to find that he’s a lawyer in the Jimmy McGill style, barely scraping by as he represents various miscreants — literally operating an office out of the …
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Book #262 of 2021: The Closers by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #11) After two volumes spent as a private investigator, Harry Bosch has now returned to his roots at the LAPD. (In an afterword, author Michael Connelly explains that his favorite cases are the murders, and it seemed too implausible for a civilian to keep …
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Book #250 of 2021: The Narrows by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #10) This is one of the more serialized Harry Bosch adventures, at least of what I’ve read so far. Terry McCaleb, protagonist of Blood Work and the detective’s reluctant partner in A Darkness More Than Night, is dead. His widow suspects foul play, and …
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Book #232 of 2021: Void Moon by Michael Connelly This title is a neat divergence from author Michael Connelly’s usual work. Although set in the same continuity and Los Angeles / Las Vegas locale as his Harry Bosch stories, it follows two new characters, with no appearance from the detective or his regular supporting cast. …
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Book #210 of 2021: Lost Light by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #9) This Harry Bosch title is told in first-person narration, which is a slight but noticeable deviation from the third-person-limited perspective of the last eight novels. It’s not immediately clear why the new POV has been adopted, although it may have to do with …
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Book #171 of 2021: City of Bones by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #8) I wouldn’t say this Harry Bosch novel is bad per se, but it’s probably my least favorite of the series yet. There’s a lot of attention placed on the reckless rookie cop that the detective is dating, coupled with a brusque rejection …
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Book #158 of 2021: A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #7) Author Michael Connelly’s first big crossover project is intriguing in concept, teaming up his usual hero LAPD detective Harry Bosch with retired FBI agent Terry McCaleb from the novel Blood Work. Jack McEvoy, reporter protagonist of The Poet, is here …
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Book #117 of 2021: Blood Work by Michael Connelly This 1998 novel is one of those Michael Connelly crime thrillers that’s not technically a Harry Bosch story, but still takes place in that same L.A. setting with a few shared characters. It also introduces protagonist Terry McCaleb, a former FBI agent who later features in …
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