false 32504 35 Michael Connelly has been attracting fans by the droves with his hard-boiled, edgy thrillers. A former crime reporter for the <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, Connelly combines a poet's ear for language with a deep understanding of the criminal mind to create dark, dramatic stories that raise the thriller genre to a new level.<p> In <I>Blood Work</I>, Connelly introduces a new character, Terry McCaleb, who was a top man at the FBI until a heart ailment forced his early retirement. Now he lives a quiet life, nursing his new heart and restoring the boat on which he lives in Los Angeles Harbor. Although he isn't looking for any excitement, when Graciela Rivers asks him to investigate her sister Gloria's death, her story hooks him immediately: the new heart beating in McCaleb's chest is Gloria's.<p> As McCaleb investigates the evidence in the case, the suspected randomness of the crime gives way to an unsettling suspicion of a twisted intelligence behind the murder. Soon McCaleb finds himself on the trail of a killer more horrifying than anything he ever encountered before. 1473598 1998 Blood Work total:1788|5:451|4:815|3:446|2:67|1:9| 1788 6996 2199 94 4 0 false true Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:18:28 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:26:37 -0700 2009 Excellent title, that works on sev...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:25:22 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:33:46 -0700 2009
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the story has a good pace, keeps your interest, is not predictable at all and the character development is right on. there's also a little romance there, but nothing to...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:26:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:30:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Tue Aug 18 09:13:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 09:15:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Dec 23 13:06:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 13:10:07 -0800 2008
A Hard-boiled thriller. A blend of an FBI procedural and a medical thriller. Intricate...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 13:46:36 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 13:46:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 17:59:33 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:02:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Mon Jan 14 13:48:14 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 13:48:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 10 12:57:47 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 12:14:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 05 16:48:55 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 16:48:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 18 16:07:59 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 16:08:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:04:04 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:06:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 07 18:46:19 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 18:46:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Dec 11 15:07:29 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 15:09:01 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 19:23:28 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 05:45:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 06:44:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 06:45:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Fri Aug 28 10:34:30 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 10:34:45 -0700 2009 ]]>