1Andrew-theQM
How are those memories? Anyone remember where we are up to in the series?
This will help any who haven’t read the first 3 books in the series.
This will help any who haven’t read the first 3 books in the series.
2Carol420
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series Harry Bosch Book #1
Publication Date: January 21, 1992
Book Description: For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal . . . because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit. Pitted against enemies inside his own department and forced to make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, Bosch goes on the hunt for a killer whose true face will shock him.
Dates Read: August 23, 2019 - August 28, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (7) Andrew 4- Sergei 3.5- Carol 4.5 - Lynda 4.5- Eadie 4- Brenda -4 - Jodi 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.14
No Comments
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The Black Ice - Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series: Harry Bosch Book #2
Publication Date: June 1, 1993
Book Description: When an LAPD narcotics officer is found with a fatal bullet wound and a suicide note, Detective Harry Bosch follows a bloody trail of drug murders across the Mexico border.
Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border. Now this battle-scarred veteran will find himself in the center of a complex and deadly game-one in which he may be the next and likeliest victim.
Dates Read: April 26, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (9)- Andrew 3.5- Sergei 3.5- Carol 4- Lynda 4- Eadie 4 - Brenda 4- Jodie 3.5 -Gayle 3.5- Bluebird 3.5-
Overall Average Rating: 3.72
No Comments:
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The Concrete Blonde - Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series: Harry Bosch Book #3
Publication Date: June 1, 1994
Book Description: The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his female victims. Now with a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thinks he has ended the city's nightmare. But the dead man's widow is suing Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man-- an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is discovered with the Dollmaker's macabre signature. So for the second time, Harry must hunt down a death-dealer who is very much alive, before he strikes again. It's a blood-tracked quest that will take Harry from the hard edges of the L.A. night to the last place he ever wanted to go…the darkness of his own heart. The story takes place in 1994 Los Angeles when the 1991 Rodney King beating by police and the ensuing 1992 riots are still fresh in the city's minds. Police conduct is being held under a constant microscope. It was a time when plenty of people smoked and driving while drunk didn't seem to be that big a deal. Bosch has been a loner most of his life but, in this story, finds himself in an intimate relationship with a woman whose husband was murdered in the previous Harry Bosch mystery entitled 'The Black Ice'. Struggling with multiple murder suspects, the porno industry, a complex romantic relationship, police politics and a gripping court room drama delivers a hard-to-put-down novel. Michael Connelly's cynical presentation of the legal system would've made Charles Dickens proud.
Dates Read: July 22 - July 27, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (8)- Andrew 4.5- Sergei 4.5- Carol 5- Lynda 5 - Eadie 5 - Brenda 4 - Bluebird-4.5- Jodie- 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.63
No Comments:
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The Last Coyote - Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series: Harry Bosch Book #4
Publication Date: October 13, 2013 (Paperback)
Book Description: Suspended from his job with the LAPD, Harry Bosch must face the darkest parts of his past to track down his mother's killer . . . even if it costs him his life. Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation. At first, he resists the LAPD shrink, but finally recognizes that something is troubling him and has for a long time. In 1961, when Harry was twelve, his mother, a prostitute, was brutally murdered, and no one has ever been accused of the crime. With the spare time a suspension brings, Harry opens up the thirty-year-old file on the case and is irresistibly drawn into a past he has always avoided. It's clear that the case was fumbled, and the smell of a cover-up is unmistakable. Someone powerful was able to divert justice and Harry vows to uncover the truth. As he relentlessly follows the broken pieces of the case, the stirred interest causes new murders and pushes Harry to the edge of his job... and his life.
Dates Read: March 9, 2023 - March 13, 2023
Participants & Ratings: (9) - Andrew - Sergei - Carol - 4.5 Eadie - John - Lynda -4.0 Maura - Brenda -4.0 Bluebird -
Overall Average Rating:
Book Discussion:
Series Harry Bosch Book #1
Publication Date: January 21, 1992
Book Description: For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal . . . because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit. Pitted against enemies inside his own department and forced to make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, Bosch goes on the hunt for a killer whose true face will shock him.
Dates Read: August 23, 2019 - August 28, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (7) Andrew 4- Sergei 3.5- Carol 4.5 - Lynda 4.5- Eadie 4- Brenda -4 - Jodi 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.14
No Comments
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The Black Ice - Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series: Harry Bosch Book #2
Publication Date: June 1, 1993
Book Description: When an LAPD narcotics officer is found with a fatal bullet wound and a suicide note, Detective Harry Bosch follows a bloody trail of drug murders across the Mexico border.
Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border. Now this battle-scarred veteran will find himself in the center of a complex and deadly game-one in which he may be the next and likeliest victim.
Dates Read: April 26, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (9)- Andrew 3.5- Sergei 3.5- Carol 4- Lynda 4- Eadie 4 - Brenda 4- Jodie 3.5 -Gayle 3.5- Bluebird 3.5-
Overall Average Rating: 3.72
No Comments:
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The Concrete Blonde - Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series: Harry Bosch Book #3
Publication Date: June 1, 1994
Book Description: The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his female victims. Now with a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thinks he has ended the city's nightmare. But the dead man's widow is suing Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man-- an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is discovered with the Dollmaker's macabre signature. So for the second time, Harry must hunt down a death-dealer who is very much alive, before he strikes again. It's a blood-tracked quest that will take Harry from the hard edges of the L.A. night to the last place he ever wanted to go…the darkness of his own heart. The story takes place in 1994 Los Angeles when the 1991 Rodney King beating by police and the ensuing 1992 riots are still fresh in the city's minds. Police conduct is being held under a constant microscope. It was a time when plenty of people smoked and driving while drunk didn't seem to be that big a deal. Bosch has been a loner most of his life but, in this story, finds himself in an intimate relationship with a woman whose husband was murdered in the previous Harry Bosch mystery entitled 'The Black Ice'. Struggling with multiple murder suspects, the porno industry, a complex romantic relationship, police politics and a gripping court room drama delivers a hard-to-put-down novel. Michael Connelly's cynical presentation of the legal system would've made Charles Dickens proud.
Dates Read: July 22 - July 27, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (8)- Andrew 4.5- Sergei 4.5- Carol 5- Lynda 5 - Eadie 5 - Brenda 4 - Bluebird-4.5- Jodie- 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.63
No Comments:
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The Last Coyote - Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series: Harry Bosch Book #4
Publication Date: October 13, 2013 (Paperback)
Book Description: Suspended from his job with the LAPD, Harry Bosch must face the darkest parts of his past to track down his mother's killer . . . even if it costs him his life. Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation. At first, he resists the LAPD shrink, but finally recognizes that something is troubling him and has for a long time. In 1961, when Harry was twelve, his mother, a prostitute, was brutally murdered, and no one has ever been accused of the crime. With the spare time a suspension brings, Harry opens up the thirty-year-old file on the case and is irresistibly drawn into a past he has always avoided. It's clear that the case was fumbled, and the smell of a cover-up is unmistakable. Someone powerful was able to divert justice and Harry vows to uncover the truth. As he relentlessly follows the broken pieces of the case, the stirred interest causes new murders and pushes Harry to the edge of his job... and his life.
Dates Read: March 9, 2023 - March 13, 2023
Participants & Ratings: (9) - Andrew - Sergei - Carol - 4.5 Eadie - John - Lynda -4.0 Maura - Brenda -4.0 Bluebird -
Overall Average Rating:
3Andrew-theQM
Thanks Carol 😁
4Sergeirocks
Good reminders. Thanks, Carol, 🙂.
5JohnDBurke
Thanks Carol
7Maura49
>2 Carol420: Many thanks Carol. Quite a while since I read the first two of these but have just finished number 3 which will be helpful I think.
8Andrew-theQM
>7 Maura49: very, you’ll be in a better position to know what led up to the opening chapter.
9Carol420
>7 Maura49: You're welcome
11Carol420
>10 EadieB: You're welcome.
