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Lost Light (Harry Bosch #9)
by
Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)
The vision has haunted him for four years--a young woman lying crumpled in death, her hand outstretched in silent supplication. Harry Bosch was taken off the Angella Benton murder case when the production assistant's death was linked with the violent theft of two million dollars from a movie set. Both files were never closed. Now retired from the L.A.P.D., Bosch is determi...more
Paperback, 416 pages
Published
March 1st 2004
by Vision
(first published 2003)
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I read (or listen) to everything Michael Connelly writes, and he never disappoints. This is the ninth novel featuring Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch, who remains dedicated to uncovering the truth no matter where it might lead. Harry has retired from the LAPD, disillusioned by his countless battles with police bureaucracy and hypocrisy, but he remains haunted by the sight of a murdered victim's hands that were arranged by the killer in almost a supplication. He decides to track down a few leads to see...more
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Time saver tip: if you've read my review of any Harry Bosch book, you've read 'em all. Since I don't reveal plots and reserve my comments to the overall book/author, characterization, style, etc...I just don't feel the need to repeat myself as in most cases series books if any good at all do remain consistent. The star ratings might change, but not my opinion of the series as a whole.
Michael Connelly is a well know and very popular author in the mystery/detective and police procedural genres. E...more
Michael Connelly is a well know and very popular author in the mystery/detective and police procedural genres. E...more
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I've been reading the Harry Bosch series off and on and out of order for years now, so it was kind of nice to finally discover the book that details his initial period of retirement after 28 years with the LAPD. Of course, as anyone who's read the series could tell you, Bosch could never actually retire -- he's just keep working cases without getting paid. Here, he starts poking into the 4-year-old cold case of a murdered film production assistant, and how that might have related to a $2 million...more
May 06, 2012
E.M. Lynley
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery,
audiobooks
This is among my favorites. I listened to the audiobook years ago and recently read it, though I didn't enjoy it as much the second time around. I suspect it was Len Cariou's performance which made it really shine for me the first time around.
As usual, there are plenty of unsavory characters, most of whom will end up dead. Roy the FBI agent is back and I liked him more than his previous appearances. Kiz Rider may be the only likable character here.
I'm a bit skeptical about the climactic scene at...more
As usual, there are plenty of unsavory characters, most of whom will end up dead. Roy the FBI agent is back and I liked him more than his previous appearances. Kiz Rider may be the only likable character here.
I'm a bit skeptical about the climactic scene at...more
Short but powerful!
Harry Bosch's love for ex-wife Ellen is a key current in the book, with action unspooling both in L.A. and LV, where Ellen has been living as professional gambler.
The gut punch to the love story comes at end, when Harry learns he has a 4-year-old daughter. Ellen became pregnant just before they split up, but never told him about the pregnancy, nor the child's birth.
The crime mystery is elaborate. I'm amazed that Connelly could cover so much emotional and forensic terrain in su...more
Harry Bosch's love for ex-wife Ellen is a key current in the book, with action unspooling both in L.A. and LV, where Ellen has been living as professional gambler.
The gut punch to the love story comes at end, when Harry learns he has a 4-year-old daughter. Ellen became pregnant just before they split up, but never told him about the pregnancy, nor the child's birth.
The crime mystery is elaborate. I'm amazed that Connelly could cover so much emotional and forensic terrain in su...more
Sep 13, 2011
Jane Stewart
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
crime-mystery,
5-star-other
Engaging, exciting crime mystery with a wonderful feel good ending.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
As I was listening to this book over a few days, I was always eager to get back to it. I felt like I was living an exciting life. I had feelings of hope, anticipation, and excitement throughout those days. At the end of the book I was happy. I felt elation. Life is good. I was energized. That makes this a great book. These are the kind of feelings I expect and hope to get from romance novels. So the fact that I...more
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
As I was listening to this book over a few days, I was always eager to get back to it. I felt like I was living an exciting life. I had feelings of hope, anticipation, and excitement throughout those days. At the end of the book I was happy. I felt elation. Life is good. I was energized. That makes this a great book. These are the kind of feelings I expect and hope to get from romance novels. So the fact that I...more
This book illustrates why I go out of my way to read everything Connelly. The man is among the most consistent authors I know.
Harry Bosch, now retired from the Los Angeles Police Department, is feeling restless in his retirement and decides to revisit an unsolved murder case involving a low-level studio employee who was murdered four years earlier. Bosch, being Bosch, has a copy of the police file in his home.
Connelly is not a stylish writer. He does not try to win readers over with the flow of...more
Harry Bosch, now retired from the Los Angeles Police Department, is feeling restless in his retirement and decides to revisit an unsolved murder case involving a low-level studio employee who was murdered four years earlier. Bosch, being Bosch, has a copy of the police file in his home.
Connelly is not a stylish writer. He does not try to win readers over with the flow of...more
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After Harry retired from the force, he decided to work on a murder case that he had never been able to solve when he was a detective. He finds that his murder case is tied to the theft of $2 million that was never found. Lost light refers to the light that you have when you turn off a flashlight in a dark cave. Connelly refers to it in other books, too.
In an earlier book, he married disgraced FBI agent, Eleanor Wish, who is the love of his life. Since she spent time in prison, she has not been a...more
In an earlier book, he married disgraced FBI agent, Eleanor Wish, who is the love of his life. Since she spent time in prison, she has not been a...more
As all other Michael Connelly books, you never know how the story line is going to end. "Lost Light" was a little slow reading for me in the beginning, but once I got in to the plot, I was hooked. Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but is called in by a former cop to work on a case that went cold. This cop who calls was shot in the line of duty and is confined to a wheelchair. As soon as Harry takes on the case, he gets a warning from one of his former partners telling him not to get involve...more
Michael Connelly- Lost Light (Warner Books 2004) 3.75 Stars
Every officer has a case that got away. The one they couldn’t catch. For retired officer Harry Bosch it is the Angella Benton case; one he had for about four hours. Her death was linked to the armed robbery of two million dollars from a movie set, but neither case was ever solved. Now he is looking into it and he is finding that people more powerful than him do not want him digging into the case.
This book was really hard to get into, I...more
Every officer has a case that got away. The one they couldn’t catch. For retired officer Harry Bosch it is the Angella Benton case; one he had for about four hours. Her death was linked to the armed robbery of two million dollars from a movie set, but neither case was ever solved. Now he is looking into it and he is finding that people more powerful than him do not want him digging into the case.
This book was really hard to get into, I...more
When Harry Bosch retired from the LAPD he took a file of cold cases with him. Cases he was determined to find justice for.
Bosch was on a movie set asking some questions about a murder he was investigating when the delivery for a large cash outlay for a movie production went all wrong. Thieves hit the set, the money disappeared and a man was shot. Also involved or thought to be involved was the murder of the accountant, a young woman. Bosch, now wants to solve his former case but no longer has th...more
Bosch was on a movie set asking some questions about a murder he was investigating when the delivery for a large cash outlay for a movie production went all wrong. Thieves hit the set, the money disappeared and a man was shot. Also involved or thought to be involved was the murder of the accountant, a young woman. Bosch, now wants to solve his former case but no longer has th...more
Great novel! Sustained suspense, fine character work!
We've read just two of Connelly's novels so far: "City of Bones", featuring his series leading man detective Harry Bosch, and "Void Moon" (not a Bosch story). We found the latter to be a fine read, and the Bosch wasn't bad either, except we didn't have any prior background with Harry and weren't too sure we really enjoyed him that much. "Lost Light" fixes that in a hurry, as Connelly takes the time to really draw out Bosch's character AND biog...more
We've read just two of Connelly's novels so far: "City of Bones", featuring his series leading man detective Harry Bosch, and "Void Moon" (not a Bosch story). We found the latter to be a fine read, and the Bosch wasn't bad either, except we didn't have any prior background with Harry and weren't too sure we really enjoyed him that much. "Lost Light" fixes that in a hurry, as Connelly takes the time to really draw out Bosch's character AND biog...more
En ny favoritserie! Svår att lägga ifrån sig, köpte den på loppis igår för en femma, och läste precis ut den - helt fantastisk bok! Händelsena gick i ett och man kände hela tiden att man kom frammåt i boken, inga onödig transportsträckor. Gillar sättet som författaren beskriver personerna i boken, speciellt huvudpersonen Harry Bosch. Det blir nästan som en riktig person som man får känslan av att man har träffat och som man tycker om. Olika små detaljer om Harrys förflutna, intressen och karaktä...more
Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is a retired homicide detective who decides to revisit a cold case now that he has time on his hands. The death of Angela Benton, a production assistant whose hands looked as if she was praying when her body was discovered, has haunted Bosch for years. He and his team had been taken off the case when it became clear it was tied to a major heist and Robbery Homicide took over, but he never forgot about her hands. The detectives who took over hit a brick wall, and when the...more
Turns out I have already read this one. But it was a real excellent caper--and I thankfully didn't remember how it turned out. I certainly think I enjoyed it more this time around. Connelly gets a little bogged down in procedures in my opinion, but it might only be because reading another Harry Bosch novel so close together--there were some parts of the story that seemed repetitive. The coda itself at the conclusion of the caper seemed certainly more positive than most other Connelly novels, and...more
Secondo me non ha reso un bel servizio a Connelly l'editore italiano che in copertina, subito sotto il titolo del romanzo ha apposto in maniera molto evidente la dicitura "Un finale sorprendente che lascerà senza fiato anche i più fedeli lettori...!
Questo perchè il finale, come in ogni thriller che si rispetti, non può che contenere inevitabilmente (almeno) un colpo di scena, ma qui non ha senso che il lettore sia indotto a chiedersi durante la lettura cosa mai succederà alla fine, rischiando m...more
As disappointed as I was in Chasing The Dime, I was expected to be annoyed with this one, but my negative expectations were unfounded.
This is, actually, one of the better Harry Bosch novels.
It has an interesting crime that turns into a really interesting crime that combines with another crime and then turns into a super-sweet shock that I should have expected but didn't see coming. I hate when mystery writers introduce a new character to have committed the crime at the 9th hour, but Connelly pu...more
This is, actually, one of the better Harry Bosch novels.
It has an interesting crime that turns into a really interesting crime that combines with another crime and then turns into a super-sweet shock that I should have expected but didn't see coming. I hate when mystery writers introduce a new character to have committed the crime at the 9th hour, but Connelly pu...more
Just finished Lost Light. I was about 4/5ths or so of the way through when I sat down this afternoon. The kids were playing. The gloaming was coming. Bosch was pulling the case together in his own special indomitable way and everything headed to a climatic showdown. Really good, satisfying novel. The ending felt right. Connelly's skill is to make us believe in this ex-cop, to share his frustrations and his desire to make things right. A novel about an ex-cop who cannot not let go of an unsolved...more
Lost Light
By Michael Connelly
4 stars
pp. 360
In Michael Connelly’s Lost Light the unimaginable has happened, Harry Bosch has retired! This book is different in others in the series in that it is told in first person. Perhaps there have been other Harry Bosch books done in first person but at this point I don’t recall, so I count on other readers to remind me of those. As might be expected when one retires, Harry becomes somewhat introspective and realizes what really floats his boat in life is to...more
By Michael Connelly
4 stars
pp. 360
In Michael Connelly’s Lost Light the unimaginable has happened, Harry Bosch has retired! This book is different in others in the series in that it is told in first person. Perhaps there have been other Harry Bosch books done in first person but at this point I don’t recall, so I count on other readers to remind me of those. As might be expected when one retires, Harry becomes somewhat introspective and realizes what really floats his boat in life is to...more
Michael Connelly never fails to entertain me... whether I am reading one of his new mysteries or one of his old ones. His books stand alone as excellent reads, even the ones that are part of the Harry Bosch series. In "Lost Light" ( published in 2003) retired L.A.P.D. cop, 52 year old Harry Bosch, once again works to find justice for those who can't do it for themselves. An unsolved case from back in his days as a homicide cop haunts him. Finding justice for this unfortunate person becomes his m...more
You can always count on Michael Connelly for a good read and Lost Light is no exception. It's another in the Bosch series and a good one. Bosch is trying out his new retirement from the LA PD but working on a cold case because he can't get it out of his mind. And he's making a lot of people unhappy. Connelly just seems to get everything right every time.
Yes. Another Harry Bosch Michael Connelly novel. I have decided I'm just going to read 'em all. In this one Bosch has turned in his badge and is working for himself, because he is bored by retirement and haunted by the memory of a dead woman. Best part of this book is how Harry puts the screws to a secretive government terrorist-fighting organization after they try to stop his investigation: classic. One thing I like about Connelly novels, among many things, is the way you will often find yourse...more
Harry Bosh series rocks! (does he every sleep)? Even though I have read his newer works, missed a few in the series so catching up. Finally the disclosure of his daughter...always wondered when this would occur!
Again, Harry is haunted by a vision of a young woman lying crumpled in death, her hand outstretched in silent supplication. Harry was taken off the Angella Benton murder case when the production assistant's death was linked with the violent theft of two million dollars from a movie set. B...more
Again, Harry is haunted by a vision of a young woman lying crumpled in death, her hand outstretched in silent supplication. Harry was taken off the Angella Benton murder case when the production assistant's death was linked with the violent theft of two million dollars from a movie set. B...more
Once again I've really, really enjoyed Connelly's work. :) I love Harry Bosch. And he reminds me of some of the asshole cops I've met who only rarely slip to let you see the sweet, caring softie who they keep hiddden within. I knew about half way though that this would be the stoey where Harry finds out about his daughter. Connlley does a great job of this part, esp since it's not the stuff his stories usually highlight. The juxtaposition between the "2 Harry's" is at its best in this scene. I l...more
I only vaguely remember this book so I am marking "to-read".
It isn't the book I thought it was, but very satisfactory. Harry Bosch is now retired. He has been contacted by a former policeman who was severely wounded in an armed robbery shoot-out at a restaurant where detectives Cross and Dorsey were eating lunch. Dorsey died at the scene and Cross was paralyzed from the neck down. Their last case was never solved, and now Harry is looking in to the case.
Cross and Dorsey were the lead detectives...more
It isn't the book I thought it was, but very satisfactory. Harry Bosch is now retired. He has been contacted by a former policeman who was severely wounded in an armed robbery shoot-out at a restaurant where detectives Cross and Dorsey were eating lunch. Dorsey died at the scene and Cross was paralyzed from the neck down. Their last case was never solved, and now Harry is looking in to the case.
Cross and Dorsey were the lead detectives...more
The police procedural/private eye genre has many practitioners, many of them competent and more. For me, Robert B Parker's Spenser remains the market leader, but Michael Connelly seldom disappoints. Though "Lost Light" might not be the best introduction for a new reader, committed fans will be happy to revisit LAPD and another cast of characters who see little of the glitter of tinsel town.
Harry Bosch is by no means fiction's only ex cop with a conscience but Connelly imbues him with a personal...more
Harry Bosch is by no means fiction's only ex cop with a conscience but Connelly imbues him with a personal...more
Anyone who rated this novel poorly does not know or appreciate good mystery writing. I am as hard on Connelly as anyone; I think he phones in at least every other novel he writes. This one is a suspense template in terms of plotting, mystery, exposition, and resolution.
Tremendous. Unbelievably strong.
Read by Len Cariou
Duration: 19 hours, 37 minutes.
Allow me a rare moment to gush over Lost Light by Michael Connelly. I've reviewed over 500 books and rarely do I gush, so please permit me this indulgence.
Harry Bosch has retired. He no longer has the power and the protection of the badge. He also no longer has the limits and restraints of a cop.
He is enticed to start investigating a case that he never solved and soon gets sucked into way more than he bargained for...more
Read by Len Cariou
Duration: 19 hours, 37 minutes.
Allow me a rare moment to gush over Lost Light by Michael Connelly. I've reviewed over 500 books and rarely do I gush, so please permit me this indulgence.
Harry Bosch has retired. He no longer has the power and the protection of the badge. He also no longer has the limits and restraints of a cop.
He is enticed to start investigating a case that he never solved and soon gets sucked into way more than he bargained for...more
Mr Bosch runs into some pretty unpleasant stuff here. A murder, $2 million heist, a cop shooting, close to the worst of Homeland Security; but then others run up against even more unpleasantries. And, then, a big strange surprise at the end.
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Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing — a curriculum in which one of his teache...more
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It took me a few books for Bosch to grow on me, but he did. With that said, not sure I agree with you that the earlier ones were better. Would...more
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