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Mas Oscuro Que la Noche (Harry Bosch #7)
by
Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)
When former FBI agent Terry McCaleb is asked by an old LAPD pal to help on a murder case whose details suggest a serial killer, it doesn't take him long to focus in on a prime suspect: LAPD detective Harry Bosch. Not only did Bosch carry a grudge against the dead man, a murderer who narrowly escaped prison six years before, but clues at the death scene implicate the detect...more
Paperback, 448 pages
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January 1st 2009
by Roca
(first published 2000)
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A Harry Bosch/Terry McCaleb police procedural.[return][return]McCaleb, in retirement from the FBI as a profiler in serial killer cases and an enthralled new father, is living on Catalina Island with his family, working a charter sports fishing business. He receives a surprise visit from LA County Sheriff s detective Jayne Winston, with whom he has worked previously. She asks him to look over the files of what may be a serial killer and to just do a brief profile on the murderer. Despite his ...more
Connelly, still one of the best mystery writers out there, has combined two of his characters in this novel. Terry McCaleb, an ex-FBI profiler, now retired and living on Catalina Island following a heart transplant — he has to take over one hundred pills a day — has been asked by an old friend in the sheriff’s department to review some material about the murder of Edward Gunn, a man who had “walked” away from a murder charge several years previously. Harry Bosch, Connelly’s other character, a...more
3 ½ stars. I had a few complaints, but the series is so good that I’m glad I read it, and I’m on to the next.
STORY BRIEF:
Two stories are being told interspersed. Gunn was found murdered in his home in an elaborate method patterned after a scene from a painting. Detective Jaye Winston is in charge of the investigation which has stalled. She asks retired FBI profiler McCaleb to help her.
The second story is a murder trial. A wealthy movie director Storey is charge...more
STORY BRIEF:
Two stories are being told interspersed. Gunn was found murdered in his home in an elaborate method patterned after a scene from a painting. Detective Jaye Winston is in charge of the investigation which has stalled. She asks retired FBI profiler McCaleb to help her.
The second story is a murder trial. A wealthy movie director Storey is charge...more
This book introduces former FBI criminal profiler, Terry McCaleb, which is why you need to read Connelly's books in order. I had already read the book where McCaleb dies of seemingly natural causes because he has had a heart transplant. Harry thinks he was murdered and investigates. That book refers to the case where McCaleb and Harry met. Now I know the full story.
The book begins with an FBI agent asking for McCaleb's help in profiling the person who murdered a serial killer who tor...more
The book begins with an FBI agent asking for McCaleb's help in profiling the person who murdered a serial killer who tor...more
This struck me as one of the tautest and best-constructed of Connelly's novels that I've so far encountered. The story positively flows along, subplots weaving and interacting, revealing details in a gradual, methodical manner that's almost maddening. This one concerns ex-FBI agent Terry McCaleb and Connelly's mainstay Harry Bosch, each working on a separate murder investigation that -- you just know this-- will each inexorably connect with the other. My experience has been that when Bosch has...more
From the beginning of this book, I was impressed with the good story line and looked forward to hearing the rest of the tale. The reading by Richard M. Davidson is well done and I liked the tone of his voice.
However, although I can tolerate three or even four bad words, as the book progresses they become so many that they get in the way of the story. Some of them even seem forced and not relevant to the situation. At the end chapters it gives the impression that everyone was swearing. I ha...more
However, although I can tolerate three or even four bad words, as the book progresses they become so many that they get in the way of the story. Some of them even seem forced and not relevant to the situation. At the end chapters it gives the impression that everyone was swearing. I ha...more
Michael Connelly- A Darkness More Than Night (Warner Books 2002) 3.75 Stars
When who got away with murdering others is found tortured and killed, Detective Jaye Winston takes on the case, but she quickly calls on retired criminal profiler Terry McCaleb to assist her on the case. McCaleb is able to find a hidden message in the murder that leads to Detective Harry Bosch coming under suspicion. Harry Bosch will now have to fight to clear his name, all the while being a star witness in th...more
When who got away with murdering others is found tortured and killed, Detective Jaye Winston takes on the case, but she quickly calls on retired criminal profiler Terry McCaleb to assist her on the case. McCaleb is able to find a hidden message in the murder that leads to Detective Harry Bosch coming under suspicion. Harry Bosch will now have to fight to clear his name, all the while being a star witness in th...more
Terrific dual plot sustains suspense right till dramatic ending!
Having discovered the fine mysteries by author Connelly about a year ago, we're catching up on his (lengthening) booklist. While "Darkness" is another entry in the LAPD Homicide Detective Harry Bosch series, it really features as protagonist ex-FBI agent Terry MaCaleb, leading man from the earlier tale "Blood Work", later turned into the Clint Eastwood movie. Terry has started life anew as a heart tra...more
Having discovered the fine mysteries by author Connelly about a year ago, we're catching up on his (lengthening) booklist. While "Darkness" is another entry in the LAPD Homicide Detective Harry Bosch series, it really features as protagonist ex-FBI agent Terry MaCaleb, leading man from the earlier tale "Blood Work", later turned into the Clint Eastwood movie. Terry has started life anew as a heart tra...more
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I am addicted to Connelly's murder mysteries that center around investigative and courtroom procedural practice. This story brings back Terrell McCaleb, from the novel Blood Work. An old friend from a Sheriff's office asks McCaleb to help on an unsolved case in which Harry Bosch was lead detective. Ex-FBI working with local loose cannon detective. I expected a good ride and got one. The first twist was McCaleb's suspicion that Bosch was the killer, having become a self-appointed executioner...more
Not a bad bit of crime procedural--if that's the right word. I've loved Harry Bosch novels for a while now, and probably have read them out of order it would seem now. This one is different as it mostly concerns a character I may have read about, Terry McCaleb, but leaves out Harry as a secondary character. Of course all the regular Harry is in effect--brash, chain smoking, and those lost eyes, plus a host of other characters from Connelly's novels--including characters from the Poet storyline...more
One of the better Harry Bosch novels and that is saying a lot. Not for those who prefer bloodless mysteries; this is hard-core police procedural. A crook is murdered and the scene is rigged to reference a Hieronymus Bosch painting, leading detectives to presume the artist's namesake Detective Bosch turned to the dark side and is now taking revenge on criminals. Connelly creates his own Hieronymus Bosch painting with this novel, which references some vicious murders and truly evil characters....more
I have been reading this book for a while. It sat downstairs on the shelf of my stationery bike. Michael Connelly is a favorite writer. I think that his character Hary Bosch ranks right up there with James Lee Burke's Dae Robicheaux. They are both interesting men--flawed but with their own sense of right and wrong. Sometimes they work well with others. This book concentrates more on Terry McCaleb, the ex-cop who is a heart transplant recepient, and who works cases sometimes, because that i...more
Another fantastic book in the Bosch series.
A murderer has been killed himself. The investigator thinks that the killer will attack again but this case is at a stand-still. She persuades former criminal profiler,Terry McCaleb to come back after his recovery from a heart transplant. McCaleb works on the case and finds the clues that lead him straight to Bosch. Has Harry Bosch finally decided to take matters into his own hands and deal out his own kind of justice?
Bosch is ve...more
A murderer has been killed himself. The investigator thinks that the killer will attack again but this case is at a stand-still. She persuades former criminal profiler,Terry McCaleb to come back after his recovery from a heart transplant. McCaleb works on the case and finds the clues that lead him straight to Bosch. Has Harry Bosch finally decided to take matters into his own hands and deal out his own kind of justice?
Bosch is ve...more
As i had promised myself to read more of Harry Bosch, i took this out from the shelves, although i found the book lengthier than usual it was only for the best. In Darkness more than night, a phrase borrowed from Connelly's inspirational master Raymond Chandler(probably every LA crime writer's inspiration) brings together two quite different protagonists and two crime cases. Michael Connelly's stint as a crime reporter comes to the fore and he presents the court case involving bosch with cinemat...more
I've enjoyed all the Michael Connelly books I've read, though some more than others.
We know there's a dark side to Harry Bosch; but how dark? Is our intelligent, moody detective dark enough to be a vigilante? Could he be judge and jury for those who have escaped justice?
I did enjoy learning something about the art of his namesake, Hieronymus Bosch. I even searched for information on the artist and his paintings.
What I most enjoy about Michael Connelly's bo...more
We know there's a dark side to Harry Bosch; but how dark? Is our intelligent, moody detective dark enough to be a vigilante? Could he be judge and jury for those who have escaped justice?
I did enjoy learning something about the art of his namesake, Hieronymus Bosch. I even searched for information on the artist and his paintings.
What I most enjoy about Michael Connelly's bo...more
This is one of the better installments in the Harry Bosch series. I liked reading a story about Bosch from another character's point of view. It was an interesting vantage point. I didn't like Terry McCaleb in the position of main character as much as I like Harry though. Something about Terry's penchant toward entitlement irked me.
One thing that struck me about this one is that I rarely find things I want to remember or quotes I want to reflect on in Connelly's novels but this one had tw...more
One thing that struck me about this one is that I rarely find things I want to remember or quotes I want to reflect on in Connelly's novels but this one had tw...more
Like most books in this series, this one is literate, accurate-sounding in its procedures, and highly entertaining. The descriptions of McCaleb’s medical regimen will quickly disabuse anyone of the idea that someone with a heart transplant can just pick up and start over as if nothing ever happen. Old characters from old cases are mentioned with the familiarity one would expect in conversation, giving this a “real life” feel. The connection between the two cases is convoluted but not enough t...more
I have really liked all the Harry Bosh novels but this one wasn't my favorite. I didn't really care for how this one unfolded and the changes of focus throughout the book. I realize that Connelly may have needed to shake things up a bit so that the books don't become indistinguishable from each other in this series. I didn't mind it overall, but I like the character of Harry Bosh and wanted the focus of the storytelling centered on him. The mystery still took all the twists that I expected a...more
This book from Michael Connelly brings together Harry Bosch and Terry McCaleb in an effort to solve a case involving a possible serial killer. (Thrown in for good measure, in a bit part, is Jack McEvoy from The Poet.) All in all, the story is OK, but Connelly tries too hard, with the whole "is it a serial killer, or not" story line. Could have used some judicious editing to tighten the story-line. In the end I wouldn't recommend intentionally skipping this book - if you are a fan o...more
To recap:
I hated The Poet, liked Angels Flight. Vowed to only read the Bosch novels and skip the rest.
So here I am, with what is nominally Bosch #7. However, it's not a Bosch novel. It's about Terry McCaleb (introduced in a novel I didn't read (see above)), who happens to believe that Bosch killed someone.
This has all of the hallmarks of a Connelly novel that I wouldn't like: serial killer, not a police procedural, doesn't feature Harry Bosch. Despite all th...more
I hated The Poet, liked Angels Flight. Vowed to only read the Bosch novels and skip the rest.
So here I am, with what is nominally Bosch #7. However, it's not a Bosch novel. It's about Terry McCaleb (introduced in a novel I didn't read (see above)), who happens to believe that Bosch killed someone.
This has all of the hallmarks of a Connelly novel that I wouldn't like: serial killer, not a police procedural, doesn't feature Harry Bosch. Despite all th...more
I've read all the books in Connelly's "Harry Bosch" series, and Connelly is my favorite crime author of all time. If you like crime fiction, DO NOT MISS this series! I always read a series in order. As the series progresses, the reader gets to know Bosch on a very personal level. Connelly takes us inside Harry's soul, and while reading these novels, one gets to know him so intimately, that it's hard sometimes to remember that he isn't real. I would get WORRIED about Harry in betwee...more
A highly interesting mix, where Bosch relinquishes the driver's seat in one of the novels co-attributed to his series. While he may not be front and centre, Bosch's person and history are certainly up for ananlysis and display.
Connelly has an excellent way of glazing over something in a book, usually at the beginning, that has happened between the previous book and the current one; a partner leaving, an incident that led Bosch into a pot of hot water, or a death. Connelly will not dw...more
Connelly has an excellent way of glazing over something in a book, usually at the beginning, that has happened between the previous book and the current one; a partner leaving, an incident that led Bosch into a pot of hot water, or a death. Connelly will not dw...more
In the latest Harry Bosch installment, Connelly, brings in characters from a couple of his other stand-alone novels. Terry McCaleb, an ex-cop from Blood Sport, has retired to Catalina to raise his family following a heart transplant. Jack McEvoy, from The Poet and The Scarecrow, also makes an appearance as a meddling journalist. This book initially tracks two separate stories. In the first, McCaleb is brought out of retirement to consult on the macabre murder of a suspect Bosch showed particular...more
I must say that there hasn't been a Harry Bosch novel that I didn't like. And this continues the theme. Although it was not a long book, it's writing grabbed hold and kept you on the edge of your seat.
Harry is involved in a murder trial, trying to convict a presumed serial killer for the deaths of 2 women and the atempted murder of another. During the proceedings another murder takes place and all clues point to Bosch. Have he gone to the other side? Become an Avenging Angel? Well, you'll ...more
Harry is involved in a murder trial, trying to convict a presumed serial killer for the deaths of 2 women and the atempted murder of another. During the proceedings another murder takes place and all clues point to Bosch. Have he gone to the other side? Become an Avenging Angel? Well, you'll ...more
A Darkness More Than Night - VG
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch, the worn, pragmatic Los Angeles police detective, protagonist of a number of Connelly's earlier books, is joined by Terry McCaleb, former FBI crime-scene profiler, introduced in Blood Work (Little, Brown, 1998). Harry is immersed in testifying at the murder trial of a Hollywood film director, Jack Storey. When McCaleb, retired and living a quiet life with a new wife and two young children, is asked by a former colleague to l...more
Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch, the worn, pragmatic Los Angeles police detective, protagonist of a number of Connelly's earlier books, is joined by Terry McCaleb, former FBI crime-scene profiler, introduced in Blood Work (Little, Brown, 1998). Harry is immersed in testifying at the murder trial of a Hollywood film director, Jack Storey. When McCaleb, retired and living a quiet life with a new wife and two young children, is asked by a former colleague to l...more
Very clever, as usual and I was pleased to see that Terry McCaleb had settled down with Graciela. However, what bugged me throughout the whole book was that I'm sure I had read a passing reference to Terry (in a Mickey Haller book, which chronologically are later than this one) that he had committed suicide. This really annoyed me - why couldn't the poor guy just be left to live his life off the pages? Anyway, apart from that, this was another good read with a white knuckle ending (although I ...more
-(#7 of the Bosch Series) This books brings McCaleb from Blood Work together with Bosch. Former FBI agent Terry McCaleb is asked by an old LAPD pal to help on a baffling murder case, the ritualistic details of which suggest a serial killer. It doesn't take him long to focus in on a prime suspect: LAPD detective Harry Bosch. Not only did Bosch carry a grudge against the dead man, a murderer who narrowly escaped prison six years before, but also clues at the death scene implicate the detective. ...more
This was a book club read for the month. I never read anything by Michael Connelly before but, I did see the movie Blood Work which was based on a book he wrote. This is actually book no. seven in the Harry Bosch series. Terry McCaleb, who was in the story Blood Work (played by Clint Eastwood) was one of the main characters in this book. Harry becomes the suspect in this book. Terry is the former criminal profiler who was called into help identify the suspect. So it is cop against cop, good c...more
This is my second Harry Bosch novel. In this one, there are a couple of different story lines that merge together at the end. Harry is a great "off-beat" detective. He's not "Dirty Harry," but he is certainly no "Joe Friday" either. Best quote from the book is Harry making an arrest of a former cop for a killing, "You are under arrest for murder, attempted murder, and general conspiracy to be an asshole." (Not exactly what they taught in police academ...more
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