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Loading... Nine Dragons (2009)by Michael Connelly
None. I'm so glad that Michael Connelly's latest effort was better than his last. Just because 'terrorism' is the buzz word, does not mean everyone should delve into it. Anyway - THIS book was a return to what we love about Harry Bosch. He has a mission, and does whatever's needed to accomplish his goals. Plus, this novel has more of the heart I love in his Mickey Haller books. I'd say more but it would spoil it for fans of the series. (  ) Sylvie.Fox | Jan 9, 2013 |  Detective Harry Bosch teamed up with a detective David Chu from Asian Gang Under of it to Solve the murder of John Li. Harry uncover a link to a Hong Kong triad, a lethal and for-reaching crime ring that Follows many immigrants to their new lives in the United States. Then in Hong Kong Harry's 13 yr.old daughter is kidnaped it becomes Personal. (  ) jbemrose | Dec 15, 2012 | I very nearly guessed whodunit this time. Bosch once again is responsible for the deaths of multiple characters as he tries to solve a murder and kidnapping. He continues to act, frequently violently, without pausing to think about what he is doing. Isn't a character in a series allowed to grow? Or does the audience dwindle if it doesn't get what it expects every time? I'd like to think that Michael Connelly readers are better than that. (  ) raizel | Jul 23, 2012 | like this auther grandmareader | Jul 16, 2012 | After a Chinese-American store owner is murdered, Bosch becomes educated in the world of Asian gangs and and the far-reaching influence of triads. It all becomes personal when his 13 year old daughter is kidnaped from a mall in Hong Kong, and Harry goes there immediately to find her. The consequences of everyone's actions are unexpected and tragic. ( ) sleahey | May 12, 2012 |
 Whenever authors interrupt a conventional plot to send their series sleuth to some exotic clime, you tend to suspect them of writing off a vacation as a research trip. Michael Connelly doesn’t quite put that suspicion to rest with Nine Dragons, in which he takes a long pause from an investigation into the murder of an old Chinese shopkeeper in Los Angeles and dispatches his detective, Harry Bosch, on a daredevil mission to Hong Kong. But Connelly goes on to resolve both Harry’s home-turf case and that nasty business in Hong Kong in his customary double-barreled style of action and intelligence. So let’s just say that a good writer can get away with just about anything he wants to.  The center of the book is a breathless, bloody quest through a city Bosch barely knows, a teeming metropolis of skyscrapers and high finance in the midst of celebrating the ancient Festival of Hungry Ghosts. It's a foray outside his usual haunts that works, and one that takes him into new emotional territory as well. Harry's personal and professional lives overlap in the engrossing Nine Dragons, the 15th novel — and one of the best — in this series. Nine Dragons works as a gripping police procedural, an intense character study and an international thriller. The novel also explores a man learning to become a father, serves as a travel guide to the back streets of Hong Kong police and provides an in-depth look at Los Angeles' Asian community. To say that "Nine Dragons" is coiled tight with suspense understates Connelly's accomplishment in portraying Bosch at the cusp of a new world... And though Connelly remains a master at detailing the intricacies of "the job," it is Harry's longing for reunion and connection with his ex-wife and daughter, the overwhelming vulnerability he feels as a father, that makes "Nine Dragons" another standout in the series that should satisfy all readers, whether they are new to Boschworld, occasional visitors or devoted denizens.  The appearance of a third Connelly title in a year would be excellent news if Nine Dragons, his latest offering, didn't read like it had been scribbled during a red-eye from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, the two cities where the slapdash action unfolds.
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