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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
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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
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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
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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 - 4.5 -Sergei -4.5 - Carol - 4.5 - Eadie -5.0 John -4.0- Lynda-4.0- Maura -4.50 - Brenda -4.0 - Bluebird -4.0
Overall Average Rating: 4.35
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Trunk Music - Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series: Harry Bosch, Book #5
Publication Date: October 13, 2013
Book Description:Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge -- but a murderous Las Vegas crime ring might prove to be more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal. A rekindled romance with an old girlfriend opens new perspectives on the murder, and he begins to glimpse a shocking triangle of corruption and collusion. Yanked off the case, Harry himself is soon the one being investigated. But only a bullet can stop Harry when he's searching for the truth.
Dates Read;November 16, 2024 - November 22, 2024
Participants & Ratings: (8) Andrew:4.0 Sergei:4.0 Carol:5.0 Lynda:5.0 Eadie:5.0 John:5.0 Maura:5.0 Bluebird:4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.7
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
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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
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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
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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 - 4.5 -Sergei -4.5 - Carol - 4.5 - Eadie -5.0 John -4.0- Lynda-4.0- Maura -4.50 - Brenda -4.0 - Bluebird -4.0
Overall Average Rating: 4.35
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Trunk Music - Michael Connelly
Book Discussion:
Series: Harry Bosch, Book #5
Publication Date: October 13, 2013
Book Description:Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge -- but a murderous Las Vegas crime ring might prove to be more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal. A rekindled romance with an old girlfriend opens new perspectives on the murder, and he begins to glimpse a shocking triangle of corruption and collusion. Yanked off the case, Harry himself is soon the one being investigated. But only a bullet can stop Harry when he's searching for the truth.
Dates Read;November 16, 2024 - November 22, 2024
Participants & Ratings: (8) Andrew:4.0 Sergei:4.0 Carol:5.0 Lynda:5.0 Eadie:5.0 John:5.0 Maura:5.0 Bluebird:4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.7
3JohnDBurke
Thanks Carol
4Carol420
>3 JohnDBurke: You are welcome.
5EadieB
Thanks >2 Carol420:
6Carol420
>5 EadieB:- You are very welcome.
8Carol420
>7 Maura49: You are welcome
9Sergeirocks
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10Olivermagnus
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11Andrew-theQM
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