"FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years: the one that tells her the Poet has returned. Years ago she worked on the ...
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Nov 30, 2011
Stephen King recommended book and author. In EW, 5/21/04, It's Alive! Alive!, Pop of King, he says: "There's little romantic in ''The Narrows,'' by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $25.95), but one does not enter the dark world of ex -- LAPD detective Harry Bosch expecting hearts and flowers. Connelly doesn't always write about Bosch; I've always thought his best book was the gruesome (and excruciatingly suspenseful) ''The Poet,'' published in the mid-'90s. Although the climax of ''The Poe
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Sep 17, 2011
Jane
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Another engaging and well done mystery in the series.
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I am impressed with this author consistently writing such good stories. I’m happily doing one right after the other in this 17 book series. Most of my ratings are 4 and 5 stars. The main difference is the emotional feeling I have at the end. A couple of books had me feeling excited and elated at the end. Another book had me feeling hurt for victims and wanting more justice and revenge which I didn’t li More...
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I am impressed with this author consistently writing such good stories. I’m happily doing one right after the other in this 17 book series. Most of my ratings are 4 and 5 stars. The main difference is the emotional feeling I have at the end. A couple of books had me feeling excited and elated at the end. Another book had me feeling hurt for victims and wanting more justice and revenge which I didn’t li More...
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Jul 11, 2011
Tony
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When Michael Connelly finished his book "The Poet," he declared he wanted to finish his book with his killer still at large but later, having become a parent, he had a change of heart and felt he needed to have his villain ultimately tracked down (at least this is the story I've heard-- I would love to have the opportunity to discuss this with Mr. Connelly himself sometime). The result was "The Narrows," which features two of his characters seeking their own redemptions: Ha
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May 18, 2011
Sidna
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In this book, Harry is still retired. The wife of a detective who apparently died from a heart condition, asks Harry to look into his death since she thinks he was murdered. Of course, the investigation leads Harry in an unexpected direction.
In a previous book titled, The Poet,FBI agent Rachel Walling, hunts for a serial killer dubbed "The Poet." She finally reveals who The Poet is, but he escapes. In this book, The Poet resurfaces and Harry gets involved in tracking him d More...
In a previous book titled, The Poet,FBI agent Rachel Walling, hunts for a serial killer dubbed "The Poet." She finally reveals who The Poet is, but he escapes. In this book, The Poet resurfaces and Harry gets involved in tracking him d More...
Feb 19, 2011
Tony
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Michael Connelly- The Narrows (Warner Books 2005) 4.25 Stars
The Poet has turned back up after years of silence and Rachel Walling is being dragged back into the task force after years of being shunned by the FBI. Little does she realize that she will soon be working with retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch, who has discovered something that ties in with their case. Now they must work together to hunt down this psychopath before he finishes what he started.
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The Poet has turned back up after years of silence and Rachel Walling is being dragged back into the task force after years of being shunned by the FBI. Little does she realize that she will soon be working with retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch, who has discovered something that ties in with their case. Now they must work together to hunt down this psychopath before he finishes what he started.
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Nov 21, 2010
Dana
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Harry Bosch is a retired LAPD homicide detective who takes cold cases and solves them. Harry is asked by Terry McCaleb's (Blood Work, A Darkness More The Night) wife to look into Terry's death. Terry was a retired FBI agent and a heart transplant recipient operating a charter fishing boat with his partner Buddy.
Rachel Walling, the FBI agent who shot The Poet(Backus) and hopefully killed him in "The Poet" has been re-called from her exile because it looks like The Poet has ret More...
Rachel Walling, the FBI agent who shot The Poet(Backus) and hopefully killed him in "The Poet" has been re-called from her exile because it looks like The Poet has ret More...
Nov 03, 2010
Jenn
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Bleh. So, again, Michael Connelly tries his hand at a varied point-of-view book where two characters from The Poet finally meet up with Harry Bosch. Why? Because everyone in any world that Michael Connelly creates must eventually meet up with Harry Bosch. Also: any woman Michael Connelly creates must eventually have sex with Harry Bosch (with two exceptions, who are, of course, women who have sex with each other). That's right: In Connelly-land, you're either sleeping with Harry Bosch, or you
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Oct 08, 2010
Sheila
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I read Michael Connelly’s The Poet while my husband flew to England reading The Narrows. Many years pass between the two novels, and many intertwined characters enjoy lives of their own in other books. But Blood Work and The Poet make a good introduction to The Narrows and the novel lived up to all the high expectations my husband’s comments inspired in me.
Michael Connelly again writes his book in two voices, the narrator watching over people’s shoulders, and the first-person narrati More...
Michael Connelly again writes his book in two voices, the narrator watching over people’s shoulders, and the first-person narrati More...
Jun 23, 2010
J
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May 30, 2009
Kayeb
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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 do some checking.
[close:] 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 More...
Dec 08, 2011
Pamela
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I'm currently working my way through the Harry Bosch series. (Audio books) It has been fascinating watching (or rather listening) to how Connelly gets better and better.
In the previous book in the series Lost Light, Connelly switched from 3rd person to 1st. I found it a fitting change as it was the first after Harry retired.
In this book, Connelly really stretches his wings. The Bosch narrative is in first person. FBI Rachael's part is in third person, and the kille More...
In the previous book in the series Lost Light, Connelly switched from 3rd person to 1st. I found it a fitting change as it was the first after Harry retired.
In this book, Connelly really stretches his wings. The Bosch narrative is in first person. FBI Rachael's part is in third person, and the kille More...
Jul 24, 2011
David
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For those who have read all the Michael Connelly books in order (not just the Bosch series), this is a great book. "The Narrows" has follow-up on Harry's struggles as a P.I. and his dealing with the new personal revelation from the end of "Lost Light". It also unites Bosch with crucial cast members and storylines from two other stand-alone novels ( The Poet and Blood Work), and provides an excellent continued storyline. Connelly also takes the narrative standpoint that has
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Apr 19, 2011
David
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This is another excellent effort by Michael Connelly, with some imperfections that, for me, put it short of five stars. Terry McCaleb, the protagonist of "Blood Work", is dead, and his widow asks Harry Bosch to look into his death. Bosch ultimately agrees, and his pursuit of an explanation ends up with him on the trail of the villian of a past Connelly book, although this is new for Bosch. As always, the plot is advanced logically and thoughfully, keeping the reader turning the page
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May 13, 2011
Deana
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"The Narrows" brings back Robert Backus who was also the Poet. Harry Bosch is retired from LAPD, but was friends with Terry McCalub who was retired FBI. McCalub's wife, Graciela, wants Bosch to investigate the death of her husband. His death was ruled a normal death because he had a bad ticker and had a heart transplant. His wife does not believe this is the case, and that there was foul play. This story takes Harry to Las Vegas and to the desert where the Poet has come out of hid
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Feb 05, 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 was to address concerns many fans had with the ending of The Poet. Though it strikes a few critics as a risky move that doesn't bear repeating, the general consensus is that Connelly pulls the sequel of
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Sep 07, 2009
Sherrie
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(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--and he has not forgotten her. Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too: from the wife of a friend who has recently died. The death appeared natural, but ties to the Poet make Harry dig deep.
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Aug 22, 2009
Nancy (Hrdcovers)
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The Straight and Narrow of it All
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 (Chasing The Dime being the only exception). Of the 16 books, this was the tenth one in the Harry Bosch series, a character much beloved by Connelly's readers.
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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 (Chasing The Dime being the only exception). Of the 16 books, this was the tenth one in the Harry Bosch series, a character much beloved by Connelly's readers.
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Jan 15, 2011
Bev
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Terry McCaleb's ("Blood Work") wife Graciella has come to Harry Bosch to ask him to investigate her husband's death. It was supposedly a heart attack for this heart transplant patient, but Graciella thinks there is more to it. Harry quickly agrees with her as he begins to check McCaleb's papers and his actions in the last days of his life. It soon become a possibility that "the poet," a serial killer everyone thought was dead, was not only not dead, but was responsible for
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Dec 24, 2009
Michael
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I really don't like books about serial killers. I understand the appeal - the stakes are automatically raised when the killer might strike again at any time. However, Connelly has never needed the threat of danger to keep the stakes high for Bosch, which is one of the appealing things about the series. Bosch's intrinsic motivation keeps the stakes high with every case. "Everybody counts or nobody counts."
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This is a return to the characters (and the killer) of my least favori More...
Dec 24, 2011
Kristen
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I really enjoyed the twists and turns in this book. What I appreciate the most about the Harry Bosch books are how clues with seemingly no significance are introduced early on and you can't see the value of the information until much later - it makes for a very intriguing puzzle. Again, as with The Poet, I don't agree with the romantic relationship that took place in this book, even though it wasn't as deep as with Rachel and Jack - I don't see how it contributed to the plot in any way and quite
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Oct 07, 2010
Anne
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This is really more of a 3.5 star book. Not a 3, but not quite a 4. It was quite a decent mystery story, and engrossingly written, but every once in a while something would just jar me out of it. For instance, what kind of FBI agent fires shots into the AIR? (At least 3 times, on 2 occasions, by my count.) That kind of thing not only gets people killed, it involves a whole heckofa lot of paperwork. So, it's a small nitpick, but kind of symptomatic of the... sloppiness inherent in the writi
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Jan 04, 2010
Beth
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An early Harry Bosch.
I'm also reading an early James Lee Burke and am struck by the similarity of the "heroes" (main characters) in these two series. Both are men (duh), Viet Nam Vets, haunted by nightmares, have relationship problems, are connected to the police, are articulate and moral (though each has his own code), care about justice (again in a maverick kind of way). Both have problems with addiction (Dave R.is an alcoholic, Bosch a smoker), perseverate on cases, ba More...
I'm also reading an early James Lee Burke and am struck by the similarity of the "heroes" (main characters) in these two series. Both are men (duh), Viet Nam Vets, haunted by nightmares, have relationship problems, are connected to the police, are articulate and moral (though each has his own code), care about justice (again in a maverick kind of way). Both have problems with addiction (Dave R.is an alcoholic, Bosch a smoker), perseverate on cases, ba More...
Sep 24, 2011
John
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A typical Harry Bosch story and very enjoyable. I was a bit dubious about reading this because I had read a review which said it was formulaic, which it was, but worse still actually contained advertising. For this reason I have only given it a 3 because I find that practice odious. It was a good read though and I finished it within 3 days. I had thought I would never read another one of these again as it has been a long time since I last read one and I have read quite a lot of what you might ca
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Aug 29, 2011
Marcus
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'The Narrows' was something of a letdown for me, mostly because I had such great expectations from it. You see, 'The Poet' is possibly one of top five criminal novels that I have read in recent years and I really loved its 'double-agent' concept. The thing is though that in 'The Poet' the killer really was brilliant, he outsmarted them all. In 'The Narrows' he seems somehow of his game and in the end I was disapointed by what I thought was an anti-climactic ending. One could say that I expected
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Mar 03, 2010
K
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I guess this is my fifth Connelly book? This one concludes the serial killer pursuit begun in The Poet, though it doesn't do so in a way that resonates emotionally (it stars Bosch instead of Jack McEvoy), or ties up all the dangling strings attached to the killer's motivations. I questioned why Connelly chose to make this a Bosch book, since compared to McEvoy, he has little connection to the Poet's crimes. Connelly also avoids delving too deeply into Rachel Walling's point of view, though she w
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Dec 11, 2011
Melissa
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This was a very satisfying re-read. I re-read its predecessor - The Poet - in October, ahead of attending a talk and signing by Michael Connelly. I started this one on the day of the talk, so it's taken me a while to finish it, but for the past few days I've found myself submerged in the world of Harry Bosch again, and am definitely looking forward to catching up with the most recent books in the new year. I think I was held back a little at the start by missing Jack McEvoy, the protagonist from
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Jan 01, 2010
Josh
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If you're surprised to learn I read a Harry Bosch adventure novel, I don't blame you. Normally, I wouldn't read such an effort, but I was driving home from Wisconsin late one evening and wanted something to listen to on the five plus hour trip. My mom listens to many books on CD, this being one of them, and all of her selections are adventure mysteries, written by the most prolific, most mainstream authors. I selected this one at random, having no idea it was part of a series, or even who Michae
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Jan 18, 2009
Quinn
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This was a good but not great follow up Novel to “The Poet”. The poet is back after eight years and he is killing again. Harry Bosch’s friend dies a mysterious death and his wife has asked him to check into it. Harry must unravel the clues and with the help of Rachel Walling, the FBI agent, they must stop The Poet from striking again. This was a good book, it kept my interest throughout, it was a non-stop energy ride with plenty of twists and turns. The ending however was not worthy of this
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Apr 08, 2010
Kurt
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Harry Bosch's second case as a retired LAPD detective, and his second told in first person. This time around our favorite PI is looking for the killer of his old FBI comrade.
The Narrows continues the cross-polination of Connelly's two big series' characters. Overall another excellent entry, with the same failing as the last: Connelly juggles so many balls by the end of the story, that some plot points seemed forced. But, that's one of the joys of Connelly too: You're never kno More...
The Narrows continues the cross-polination of Connelly's two big series' characters. Overall another excellent entry, with the same failing as the last: Connelly juggles so many balls by the end of the story, that some plot points seemed forced. But, that's one of the joys of Connelly too: You're never kno More...
Oct 02, 2009
Debbie
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This story involves Rachel Walling, Harry Bosch, and Terry McCaleb. Of course, Terry has just died, and Harry is investigating the death. The Poet, an ex-FBI agent, Bob Backus, turned serial killer is the event that brings Rachel and Harry together. The action centers in Vegas and LA. Harry's ex-wife and newly discovered daughter are in Vegas, as is the remains of 9 men killed by the Poet. I thoroughly enjoy reading about Harry, "everyone matters or nobody matters". I have now co
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