false <![CDATA[The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174508093m/409918.jpg 409918 27 FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call shes dreaded for years. The Poet has returned. Years earlier she worked on the famous case tracking the serial killer who wove lines of poetry into his hideous crimes. Rachel has never forgotten the Poetand apparently he has not forgotten her. Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call too, from an old friend whose husband has recently died. The death appeared natural, but this mans ties to the hunt for the Poet make Harry dig deep. What he finds leads him into the most terrifying situation he has ever encountered. So begins the most deeply compelling, frightening, and masterful novel Michael Connelly has ever written, placing Harry Bosch squarely in the path of the most ruthless and ingenious murderer in Los Angeles history. 2661517 2004 The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10) total:2391|5:509|4:1087|3:703|2:84|1:8| 2391 9178 3004 167 4 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 13:04:46 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 13:06:09 -0700 2009 I had read this before but it was helpful to read it back to back with the first part of the Poet story. HOwever, it never address what happened to the reported relationship in the first book, so I don't know if she is in other of the harry bosch books or another of her own. I will have to d...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:25:37 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:25:37 -0800 2009 With a writer of Connelly's popularity, particularly one that works with a regular cast of characters, mixed reviews are to be expected. Each successive book opens the possibility of a narrative letdown. Part of Connelly's decision to collate a few of his most enduring characters into The Narrows wa...

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"The Narrows" by Michael Connelly
(from the inside flap)

FBI agent Rachel Walling gets the call she's dreaded for years: the Poet has returned. Years earlier she tracked the serial killer who wove verses into his crimes. Rachel has never forgotten the Poet--an...
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After finishing The Narrows, I realized it was the 16th book I had ready by Michael Connelly which means I have read more books by this author than any other. Fans of Connelly will understand the reason for this is simply that he doesn't write a bad book...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 12:00:16 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 12:52:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:38:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:39:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jan 23 23:49:08 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 23:49:58 -0800 2009 the poet, my favorite of connelly’s books.
i enjoy these types of books--they’re quick, enjoyable, rather mindless reads that sometimes make me afraid of the dark.
the only real criticism i have of this is connelly’s mysterious aversion to using contractions ...more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 06:04:19 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 18:01:56 -0700 2009 Anyway ... I had issues with "the narrows" being brought up suddenly at the end, almost as an afte...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 12:02:18 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 10:11:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Aug 30 14:39:55 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 14:40:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 24 14:42:12 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 14:53:54 -0800 2007
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I've been on a Mi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Sep 04 17:52:20 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 17:53:07 -0700 2007 Michael Connelly – 14th in series
Little Brown, 2004 – Hardcover
When now Private Investigator Harry Bosch is asked by the widow of Terry McCaleb to investigate her husband’s death, he finds Terry was actively investigating a case who pat...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 08:58:41 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 09:00:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 21:00:07 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:59:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 14:14:29 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 13:01:19 -0800 2009 Neat part of this one was that until the final few chapters the reader had no idea as to what The Narrows really were.
Typical Connelly writing in that he uses a good amount of dialogue and ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 12:59:58 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 13:01:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 21:03:27 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 21:06:31 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Nov 25 16:11:48 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 22:26:43 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Sep 04 04:37:38 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 04:38:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Feb 04 11:16:45 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 11:16:56 -0800 2008 had his characters talking abut the movie Blood Work (based on his novel) and The Poet...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=409918