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Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch #15)

by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)

3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 · rating details · 10,484 ratings · 1,148 reviews

LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life.
Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer.
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Published October 13th 2009 by Little, Brown and Company (first published 2009)

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Oct 19, 2009 Jeanette rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: all-fiction, cops-and-pee-eyes, five-star-fiction, suspense-thriller

My Plan was to make this book last at least four days. HA! Who was I foolin'?!
Day 1: 135 pages
Day 2: 190 pages
Day 3: 50 pages
End of story. I just couldn't help myself!

Connelly cranks up the interest and excitement in this one by taking Bosch to Hong Kong for a big chunk of the book. And with his own daughter as the kidnapping victim, he's prone to tunnel vision and poor judgment calls he wouldn't otherwise make.

I loved the Hong Kong venue for a nice change. I got to learn a little about tha...more

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Apr 12, 2010 J rated it 3 of 5 stars

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.

Harry Bosch gets entangled in a crime investigation that draws in his own daughter and ex, who are supposedly living safely half a globe away in Hong Kong.

Ironically Harry himself accidcentally draws the daughter in, by sending her a cell-phone photo of Chinese-character tattoos he wants translated for an LA homicide. He has no idea that the young teen daughter will not only show the pghotos around, but stage an abduction photo of herself qnd send it to Daddy in hopes she wi...more

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Dec 12, 2010 William Bentrim rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Harry Bosch is once again on the ropes with his peers. Harry seldom plays well with others. There is a murder, Harry takes is personally. The results involve Harry and his family, the cities of LA and Hong Kong and a diverse cast of characters.

Connelly always does a nice job setting the stage. Bosch is a hero who is hard to like. Prickly doesn’t begin to describe him. Harry’s passionate love of his daughter is one of his few redeeming characteristics. I found my sel...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Kara Jorges rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was my first introduction to Harry Bosch, though not my first Connelly. For the uninitiated, this series is a typical police procedural with a tough guy in the lead, and there are a lot of those. Connelly’s fine writing comes through, though and the plot twisted and turned until the very end.

It starts when homicide detective Harry Bosch gets called to the murder scene of a liquor store clerk in a bad neighborhood. It looks like a routine robbery, but Harry finds evidence that a Chinese tria...more This was my first introduction to Harry Bosch, though not my first Connelly. For the uninitiated, this series is a typical police procedural with a tough guy in the lead, and there are a lot of those. Connelly’s fine writing comes through, though and the plot twisted and turned until the very end.

It starts when homicide detective Harry Bosch gets called to the murder scene of a liquor store clerk in a bad neighborhood. It looks like a routine robbery, but Harry finds evidence that a Chinese triad is involved when they find video of a bagman collecting payment from the victim at the same time of day and the same day of the week as the murder. Then, just as Harry gets the triad thug in his sights, he receives a frightening video of his daughter, who lives in Hong Kong with her mother. Maddie Bosch has been kidnapped to warn Harry off the case. Her kidnappers know nothing about her father’s tenacity, though, and Harry immediately books a flight to Hong Kong.

Once there, he meets up with his ex-wife and her new love, and the three of them tackle the seedy underworld, following a trail of murder and mayhem to return Harry’s daughter to safety. Her release comes at a high price, and once home, Harry still has a murder to solve. Some new evidence kicks everything into high gear and before long, Harry has his man.

I was all set to enjoy a satisfying conclusion to an exciting novel, but apparently the book had reached its page limit because the fantastic ending I had expected fell flat. Instead of an exciting climax, it’s as if someone ripped the last couple chapters out of my book and replaced them with a lame summary of what happened instead. The book I had been so eagerly reading disappointed me in a flash. Honestly, I don’t know why an author or a publisher thinks a reader who picks up a crime thriller wants a Danielle Steel ending, but that’s what we got. I’m sure eventually I’ll be able to forgive and read Connelly again, but not until I get this bad taste out of my mouth, and even then it will be done with more wariness than anticipation. This book was a 4-star read until the last few pages, but a bad ending can ruin an otherwise good book.
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Dec 01, 2012 Harry rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: detective-mystery

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

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Oct 13, 2012 Barbara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventure, harry-bosch-novels, i-love-la, romance-sort-of, social-issues, thriller

This is one of my favorite entries in the Harry Bosch series, primarily for the hair-raising climax dubbed "The 39 hour day". The book starts out as most others do, with Bosch trying to solve a murder; in this case, a liquor store owner has been shot to death in his store and his distraught family is afraid of mob involvement.

Now, this isn't Cosa Nostra. Connelly introduces us to triads, gangs of mobsters who do "business" freely in China and other parts of the Far East as well as in L.A. When t...more

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Sep 20, 2012 Dana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Harry Bosch, L.A. homicide detective is sent to Fortune Liquors to investigate the death of John Li, the owner. What initially looks like a robbery gone bad turns out to be a lot more complicated. Li has been paying protection money to a Chinese triad. Just as Bosch is closing in on the triad member he suspects, he receives a threat to stop or there will be consequences. Of course, he doesn't stop.

The triad member tries to leave the country with Bosch capturing him at the last moment. Then he re...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Karah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I listened to this book on CD and found it really interesting. It's only the 2nd book I've ready by Michael Connelly, but I think I'll check out more as I really seem to enjoy them.

This book revolves around Harry Bosch, an LA detective who has been assigned a murder case involving the owner of Fortune Liquors. The case appears to be a straight forward triad murder in an Asian community, but of course, looks are always deceiving.

As Harry is investigating the murder, he receives a video from his...more I listened to this book on CD and found it really interesting. It's only the 2nd book I've ready by Michael Connelly, but I think I'll check out more as I really seem to enjoy them.

This book revolves around Harry Bosch, an LA detective who has been assigned a murder case involving the owner of Fortune Liquors. The case appears to be a straight forward triad murder in an Asian community, but of course, looks are always deceiving.

As Harry is investigating the murder, he receives a video from his daughter in Hong Kong (she is living there with her mother). It appears as though she has been abducted and Harry believes her abduction and the murder case are intertwined. As a result, Harry boards a plane to Hong Kong to find his daughter immediately.

Once landing in Hong Kong, Harry, his ex-wife, and her boyfriend somehow piece together tiny clues to get close to his daughter. While they are crazily looking for his daughter, he keeps tabs on the case back in LA and the pieces never really fell into place. Harry was always having a tough time figuring out how these two situations were exactly related.

Of course, by the time the book ends, we know that the stories really were not related-- his daughter cooked up an elaborate scheme to get her father to come to Hong Kong and take her back to the US-- but that plan went terribly wrong when her "abductor/ friend" ended up really abducting her to try to sell her organs on the black market. And the liquor store owner was not murdered by a triad gang member but rather set up by his own children to get out of the liquor business.

I knew that Connelly would have some twists in the book, but I wasn't prepared for the owner's kids to be the guilty party. I'm also realizing that Connelly isn't afraid to kill off his characters. I was surprised when his ex-wife was fatally wounded during the pursuit of their daughter and I was equally surprised (and more than a bit disappointed) when he found his partner (and father of three small children) dead on the floor of the liquor store on the day of the arrest.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was a fun, quick-paced read that made me want to reach for another Connelly book. But the next one I think I'll avoid getting so attached to the characters--afterall, they might get killed of at any moment. (less)

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May 09, 2012 Rob Kitchin rated it 2 of 5 stars

I’m a Michael Connelly fan. I own a copy of just about all of his books. They are generally superior fare amongst the bestseller lists, but Nine Dragons, I felt, was one of his weaker offerings. The story felt rushed, with prose that was workmanlike and flat. And the plot was weak, feeling like two shorter stories jammed together. The part of the book set in Hong Kong, in particular, seemed to lack life, depth and credibility. There was a particular event that happens that is described as if it...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Carol rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read the German edition called "Neun Drachen":

Michael Connelly nimmt uns mit auf detaillierte Ermittlungen, mitten hinein in die kriminellen Machenschaften der chinesischen Triaden, als da wären Rauschgiftschmuggel, Organ- und Menschenhandel. Seine Tochter in den Fängen solcher skrupelloser Verbrecher zu wissen, würden wohl jeden Vater in den Wahnsinn treiben. Ein ihm auf dem Handy zugesandtes Video läßt diesen Alptraum für den Protagonisten, Detective Harry Bosch, Wahrheit werden. Dieser ermi...more

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Nov 17, 2011 Cecilia Quick rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Who was this Harry Bosch? Not the one I've come to know and love over the years. This guy was a hamhanded bumbler who made rookie mistakes and got a small squadron of people killed because of it. It wasn't until almost halfway through, when Harry finds a key clue hidden by a murder victim, that he stops being inept and starts being the smart, canny, soulful guy we know him to be.
Pluses: Finally, idiot ex wife gets bumped off. Stupid character; never made sense and their love affair was never bel...more Who was this Harry Bosch? Not the one I've come to know and love over the years. This guy was a hamhanded bumbler who made rookie mistakes and got a small squadron of people killed because of it. It wasn't until almost halfway through, when Harry finds a key clue hidden by a murder victim, that he stops being inept and starts being the smart, canny, soulful guy we know him to be.
Pluses: Finally, idiot ex wife gets bumped off. Stupid character; never made sense and their love affair was never believable. Thank God she's gone.
Liked the references to his tunnel rat days; always found that aspect of him fascinating.
Liked that the author did not shy away from making Harry slightly racist. A realistic flaw, and I liked that Harry struggled with it.
Liked the resolution as to who did it and why.
Liked his relationship with his daughter, and how they ended up. Opens interesting future possibilities.
Liked his awkward relationship with his brother, who he likes more than he admits.
Liked Sun Yi. Can't figure out a way to bring him back, but I hope we see him again. And I also liked David Wu and hope he reappears.
Liked Len Cariou narrating (I listed to a book on tape).
Didn't like: Harry smashing and barreling his way through people and places with no plan, no thought, and no consequences.
Didn't like: the resolution with his partner.
Didn't like: much of the plot was a ripoff of 'Taken'.
Didn't like: that he lept to wild conclusions on the thinnest wisp of a suggestion. One of the things that has always made Harry a favorite of mine was his ability to think things through and plan and counterplan.
Didn't like: the rushed ending. We slog through pages and pages of a pointless and tedious digression through China, and then he's back in LA in less than 24 hours and a few pages later-oops, resolved.
Didn't like: that key plot threads were resolved suddenly, and off-screen.
I did get a laugh out of Matthew McConnaghy (sp) serving as a witness.
I'd like to see Harry take up sax lessons again. Maybe Maddie will be good at music and it will be something they can do together...
Mr. Connelly-I'll le t you slide once (ok-after that terrible Dime book let's make this twice) but don't let it happen again.(less)

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Oct 04, 2011 Jane Stewart rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-mystery-suspense, 4-plus-star-other

4 ½ stars. Weak on character development but entertaining and engaging. More action/adventure than previous books.

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This book does not have enough character development for the villains and Bosch’s sidekicks (his LA semi-partner Chu and his Hong Kong helper Sun Yee). It reads more like a movie script than the previous Bosch books – lots of action and suspense. Some of the things I loved in the previous books were Bosch’s thinking and actions, unexpected and unusual...more

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Sep 06, 2011 David rated it 5 of 5 stars

After catching the title of "9 Dragons" and glancing over some negative reviews, I began this book with deep suspicions. I wondered if Connelly had run out of "L.A." ideas and was moving Detective Harry Bosch somewhere else to come up with some new scenario. I was worried that Bosch would turn into a world travelling secret agent, like Steve Martini's lawyer turned action hero, Paul Madriani. In short, I was ready to slog through this one to get to the next Connelly book, "The Reversal".

I was pl...more After catching the title of "9 Dragons" and glancing over some negative reviews, I began this book with deep suspicions. I wondered if Connelly had run out of "L.A." ideas and was moving Detective Harry Bosch somewhere else to come up with some new scenario. I was worried that Bosch would turn into a world travelling secret agent, like Steve Martini's lawyer turned action hero, Paul Madriani. In short, I was ready to slog through this one to get to the next Connelly book, "The Reversal".

I was pleasantly surprised at first, and then began to realize this was a really gripping thriller. It begins with the shooting of a man Harry has met. Specifically, they meet in the final pages of "Angel's Flight", another great Connelly novel. The man is an Asian liquor store owner, who gave Harry a cigarette years ago as riots took place. He is the victim in this book, and Harry is soon on the trail of Asian crime organizations.

True, Bosch does turn into a bit of an action hero here, but for good reason. The plot motivates the actions that he takes, and they all flow logically from the story. Harry is racing around Hong Kong for good reason. There is a family connection. The action sequences -- not usually Connelly's bread and butter -- are really good.

Hong Kong is portrayed vividly, and I actually did a few Google searches to visualize Chunking Mansions and the view from the Peak. The festivals, living conditions and people of the city are described in ways that add to the story. The reader feels like they are along for the ride in a new and interesting city. It should be noted that only about a third of the book occurs overseas.

As for the mystery of who shot the storeowner, there are some nice twists to the plot. I was able to guess part of the story, but not all. Bosch is always driven, but here is emotional, and his emotions lead him to make some wrong guesses. The book ends with a new life situation for Harry that should prove interesting. There is an appearance by Mickey Haller and references to Jack McEvoy as well. After taking us on a wild ride, Connelly goes the extra mile and leaves us ready for more.

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Jun 05, 2011 Sidna Bookout rated it 4 of 5 stars

Once again we are taken back to an earlier case. In a very early book, Harry took refuge during the LA riots in a store called Fortune Liquors. As this book begins, the owner of the store, a Chinese man, is killed during an apparent robbery.

Harry assures the man's family that he will find the killer. The store owner was paying protection money to Chinese thugs from a triad and it looks as though they killed him because his store was losing money and he could not afford to keep paying.

Harry was m...more

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Sep 21, 2010 Jenn rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mystery, novel, read-2010

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Not as good as the Bosch books of earlier years, this is still a solidly entertaining Connelly work. I skipped ahead in the series mostly because I ran out of books on a travel weekend and had to go to a NYT best-sellers stand. It's a little troubling to see that Bosch hasn't grown particularly as a character by the time this book comes around -- and some of the stasis seems to have the hands of the writer all over it, instead of actual character truth. The plot of his life has certainly gone fo...more

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Jun 16, 2010 Razzed rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've read a lot of the Harry Bosch series and while I find them entertaining, I realize that I find Connelly's writing slightly hard to digest. His endless descriptions of the L.A. driving routes (maybe interesting if you live in L.A.) and his way of describing, exactly, what the characters are thinking at times becomes stilted and doesn't grab the way I like novels to.

And I also realize that after reading 3-4 of the Bosch series I neither like the protagonist, nor do have a good picture of him...more

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May 09, 2010 Melissa Railey rated it 5 of 5 stars

In Michael Connelly's latest Harry Bosch novel, Harry faces his most emotional case ever. While investigating the murder of a Chinese store owner, Harry brings in a local Chinese gang member as his suspect. At the time he brings the suspect, his daughter is kidnapped all the way over in Hong Kong where she lives with her mother. Harry rushes to Hong Kong to chase down his daughter and bring her home.

I love the Harry Bosch books and have been reading them for a long time. Each year I look forward...more

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May 09, 2010 Kelly Hager rated it 4 of 5 stars

It's the latest Harry Bosch mystery and I really liked it. (I was a little worried because I've read some bad reviews, but I think it was solid.)

Bosch is a police detective, one of three recurring characters Connelly is writing about now (the other two being Mickey Haller and Jack McEvoy). He's also my favorite of the three. :)

In this one, he's working a murder case, one that looks like a robbery gone bad. A liquor store owner was found dead (shot) behind the counter. But then it turns out that...more

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Mar 28, 2010 Chris rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

LA police detective Harry Bosch works the case of a murdered Chinese convenience store owner. Security camera footage and help from Asian Gang Unit Detective Chu lead him to the Triad, an extortion gang rooted in ancient Chinese tradition. But as Harry closes in, he receives a threat to back off and a video email attachment from his daughter, apparently kidnapped in Hong Kong where she lives with Harry's ex-wife (and forever love) Eleanor. In Hong Kong, Harry frantically pieces together clues wi...more

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Feb 12, 2010 Kathleen rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Feb 10, 2010 Deborah Sloan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Detective Bosch working the murder of a South L.A liquor store owner is thrust into the world of Chinese Triad gangs, something completely new to him, although he and Mr. Li the store owner and deceased have met once years before. Determined to find the killer detective Bosch must seek the aid of another detective from the Asian Gangs Unit, but can he be trusted? Someone on the inside is leaking information, but who? When Bosch's daughter is kidnapped while living with her mother in Hong Kong, B...more

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Feb 09, 2010 Steven Kent rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: light-reading, stuff-that-s-good-to-konw

Nine Dragons begins with a murder mystery--an Asian convenience store owner is found shot to death in his store in one of the worst neighborhoods in L.A. Tracing down the threads of the murder bring L.A.P.D. detective Harmonious Bosch in contact with the Chinese underworld.

This first part of the novel moves along smoothly enough, but it quickly becomes evident that the case in L.A. is sort of an introduction, a transition that enables Connelly to transport readers to Hong Kong, where sets out on...more

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Jan 04, 2010 LJ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: california, china, contemporary_post_1945, male_author, mystery, police_procedural, so_cal_la

First Sentence: From across the aisle Harry Bosch look into his partner’s cubicle and watched him conduct his daily ritual of straightening the corners on his stacks of files, cleaning the paperwork from the center of his desk and finally placing his rinsed-out coffee cup in a desk drawer.

Harry Bosch and his partner are called out to the murder of a Chinese shop owner who gave Harry his last cigarette and a book of matches many years before. The murder appears to be the work of a Chinese Triad m...more First Sentence: From across the aisle Harry Bosch look into his partner’s cubicle and watched him conduct his daily ritual of straightening the corners on his stacks of files, cleaning the paperwork from the center of his desk and finally placing his rinsed-out coffee cup in a desk drawer.

Harry Bosch and his partner are called out to the murder of a Chinese shop owner who gave Harry his last cigarette and a book of matches many years before. The murder appears to be the work of a Chinese Triad member hitting the owner up for protection money. They arrest someone who is trying to escape to Hong Kong but can only hold him for the weekend as they don’t have enough evidence for an arrest.

Then Harry gets a call from his ex-wife living in Hong Kong; their 13-year-old daughter has disappeared and the police won’t do anything. Harry is off to Hong Kong to rescue his daughter.

If there is one thing Connelly knows how to do, it is tell an exciting, action-packed story. At the same time, he balances that with excellent details of police investigative forensics and procedures.

Although his sense of place may not be as strong as I’d have liked, particularly when he was in China, he still conveys the sense of how different everything is. “He knew he was in a world beyond his understanding.” I did appreciate the historical and cultural information on Hong Kong.

The characters are not the primary focus of his books, but still have a good sense of them. It’s nice to see Harry back working active cases and working well with his commander. I also enjoy the cross-appearances of Mickey Heller, as Bosch’s attorney, and the mention of journalist Jack McEvoy as it gives a sense of continuity to his books.

What brings me back to read Connelly again and again is the plot and the plot twists; the action and the suspense.

This may not be a great literary book, but it’s a very good read for a Sunday afternoon.

9 DRAGONS (Pol. Proc-Harry Bosch-Los Angeles/China-Cont) – VG
Connelly, Michael – 14th in series
Little, Brown and Company, 2009, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780316166317
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Dec 03, 2009 Jennifer (JC-S) rated it 3 of 5 stars

‘Bosch knew a fresh kill was coming.’

Harry Bosch and his partner Ignacio Ferras are assigned a homicide call in South L.A. They are called to Fortune Liquors, where the Chinese owner has been shot to death behind the counter in a robbery. Working with members of the department's Asian Gang Unit, Bosch investigates the killing. A suspect, a Los Angeles member of a Hong Kong triad, is quickly identified.

Harry then finds out that his young daughter Madeline, who lives in Hong Kong with her mother,...more

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Dec 01, 2009 Tony rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Harry Bosch is sent to investigate what appears to be a routine robbery gone wrong, when he discovers that he has met the victim in one of his previous cases. Looking into the matter he determines that it was not a robbery, and it certainly was not routine. The more he digs the more tangled the weaving web becomes. After discovering evidence leading to the Hong Kong Triads the case steps up a notch on the danger meter. Suddenly...more Michael Connelly- 9 Dragons (Little, Brown and Company 2009) 5 Stars

Harry Bosch is sent to investigate what appears to be a routine robbery gone wrong, when he discovers that he has met the victim in one of his previous cases. Looking into the matter he determines that it was not a robbery, and it certainly was not routine. The more he digs the more tangled the weaving web becomes. After discovering evidence leading to the Hong Kong Triads the case steps up a notch on the danger meter. Suddenly his life is thrown into turmoil. His daughter goes missing and a video is sent to him from her phone, now he is not only investigating a murder, but he must fight to get his daughter back and fight he will. Taking the first flight to Hong Kong he cuts a deadly swath across Hong Kong all in the hopes of getting his daughter back safely, in a manner the Triads can understand despite the language barrier. The world is about to find out just how tough and deadly Harry Bosch can be.

Wow! Yes 9 Dragons is as good as it sounds. This was probably my favourite in the Harry Bosch series yet. We see Bosch’s soft side as well as his brutally tough side. I was impressed by just how deep the characters were. I loved the fact that 9 Dragons took Bosch across the globe into a world completely unknown to him as it gave the readers a chance to see how Harry Bosch handled strange situations and foreign language barriers. We also get to see how he deals with his many mistakes. The setting was described wonderfully, even when in some of the raunchiest areas of Hong Kong. Twist after twist keeps this storyline fast-paced and works to run your mind in circles. Just when you think you have everything figured out Connelly flips the case upside down, and Bosch doesn’t just magically figure out the answers, he has to work to the point of insanity to find any ounce of truth/evidence. It was a wonderfully created plot and I look forward to seeing more from Connelly.

I recommend 9 Dragons to Connelly fans and anyone who enjoys mysteries/thrillers.

For more of my reviews check out my website, www.tonypeters.webs.com

Tony Peters
Kids on a Case: The Case of the Ten Grand Kidnapping
http://authortonypeters.blogspot.com/

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Nov 28, 2009 Sandie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009-books, contemporary-lit, thrillers-and-mystery

In NINE DRAGONS we meet an older, but not necessarily wiser, Harry Bosch whose life is a tangled web of problems both personal and professional. First, he is working hard to fulfill a promise made to the family of convenience shop owner named John Li and find the person or persons who killer their father. From all appearances it looks like the culprit may be connected to a Chinese Triad. Second, Harrys’ most recent partner, Ignacio has been dogging it on the job since being shot in the line of d...more

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Nov 23, 2009 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, series, thriller

LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is back in Michael Connolly's latest, Nine Dragons, and he is as intense as ever. While investigating a robbery and murder in a liquor store, Harry and his partner Ignacio Ferras that the crime may be linked to a Chinese triad extorting money from small business owners. With a suspect in custody, Harry receives a video message from his teenage daughter Madeline, showing that she has been abducted and is being held somewhere in Hong Kong, where she lives with her mother...more

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Nov 12, 2009 Tony rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: thrillers

Connelly, Michael. 9 DRAGONS. (2009). ****. Here’s another fast-paced thriller from the dean of thrillers featuring his popular protagonist, Harry Bosch. The plot’s a little shop-worn, but Connelly gives enough new twists and wrinkles to keep you reading on. It all starts with the shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner during what seemed initially to be a robbery. Later, it is learned that thugs from a Triad might be involved, and that this might be a gang-related killing. Bosch is assigned to...more

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Nov 07, 2009 Morris rated it 4 of 5 stars

When a liquor store owner is gunned down inside his own store, L.A. Police homicide detective Harry Bosch is assigned the case. What seems like a cut and dry triad payoff gone wrong turns into a nightmare when Harry's daughter Madeline is kidnapped. Now Harry must fly to Hong Kong to save his daughter and return in time to solve the murder.

Michael Connelly delivers another thrilling episode in the life of Harry Bosch. This book is a perfect hard boiled detective novel. The Harry Bosch series doe...more

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Oct 26, 2009 Kathleen Hagen added it

Shelves: 2009-audio-books, 2009-mysteries

Nine Dragons, by Michael Connelly, B-plus. Narrated by Len Carriou, produced by Hachette Audio, downloaded from audible.com.

This is Harry Bosch, now assigned to an elite crimes unit. I guess he’s out of retirement. He is brought in on a case where a liquor store owner is killed, John Li. He has met the man once and likes him and promises his family he’ll find the killer. His diligence at trying to find the killer backfires, and his daughter, now living in Hong Kong with his former love, Ellinore...more

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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 Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads' database with this name. See this thread for more information.

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 teachers was novelist Harry Crews.
After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. In 1986, he and two other reporters spent several months interviewing survivors of a major airline crash. They wrote a magazine story on the crash and the survivors which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. The magazine story also moved Connelly into the upper levels of journalism, landing him a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest papers in the country, and bringing him to the city of which his literary hero, Chandler, had written.
After three years on the crime beat in L.A., Connelly began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo, based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America. Connelly has followed that up with 18 more novels.
Connelly's books have been translated in 35 languages and have won the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), and Premio Bancarella Award (Italy).
Michael was the President of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 2003 and 2004. In addition to his literary work, Michael was one of the creators, writers, and consulting producers of Level 9, a TV show about a task force fighting cyber crime, that ran on UPN in the Fall of 2000.
Michael lives with his family in Florida.

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