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City of Bones (Harry Bosch #8)

by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)

3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 · rating details · 11,906 ratings · 508 reviews

On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warni...more

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May 26, 2012 Ellie Mendez rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the 8th Harry Bosch novel and I'm happy there are more books about him. I like the character a lot, he is deep, while he slightly falls into the rogue detective stereotype, he's still bad-ass and smart. This story revolves around bones found in the woods from a body buried there 20 years before. Bosch was able to resolve the murder in the usual Michael Connelly formula of finding guilt in a suspect just to be exonerated, do that twice and by the third time Bosch will get to the real culp...more

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Dec 01, 2012 Cathy DuPont rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh, my...I admit that I have a problem, an addiction. I'm addicted to Michael Connelly. Guess there are other, worse addictions to have.

They're all, I mean in my estimation, all great reads. I don't even look to see what page number I'm on and how much more I have to read which I have a tendancy to do.

Harry Bosch had to grow on me since I read all of the Mickey Haller's first and just simply fell in love with "Mickey, Mickey, You're Sooo Fine!" (Joe Biden, you have competition!)

Harry, however,...more

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Apr 15, 2008 Mark rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

A South African mystery writer recently said this was the best crime book ever written. I have no way of verifying that, but it was very, very good. This novel seems to come in the middle of Michael Connelly's series featuring Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch. The title derives from the discovery at the outset of a set of boy's bones on a wooded hillside above a residential street, and the case resonates strongly with Bosch because of his own troubled childhood.

Through the twists and turns tha...more

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Dec 01, 2012 Harry rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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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Aug 03, 2012 Barbara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: harry-bosch-novels, i-love-la, mystery, serial-killers, social-issues

The 8th outing with dogged detective Harry Bosch deals with child abuse, which is a squicky subject. This is why so many of Jonathan Kellerman's novels that, while well written, are hard to read. Bosch fields a call from a concerned citizen that leads to the discovery of a shallow grave. The crime was committed at least 20 years ago and, as the ME puts it, "This one is bad."

As Bosch works the case, he begins dating rookie cop Julia Brasher. At first this would lead to gossip in the precinct, but...more

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Sep 21, 2011 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Okay I was given this book by my father who absolutely loved it. I cant say that I feel the same however. It started well and definitely kept me reading throughout as it was quite fast paced. I loved the main character Bosch. He was a refreshing change from the usual hardened cops in most thrillers.
He was actually kind, caring and smart! He cared about the people he was interviewing whether he thought they were guilty or not. I personally thought that was incredibly refreshing to read compared...more

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Sep 10, 2011 Jane Stewart rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-mystery

3 ½ stars. Excellent storytelling. I was engaged throughout but didn’t like the ending. I wanted more justice and revenge.

STORY BRIEF:
A boy was killed and buried in a wooded area 21 years ago. A bone expert says the boy had been consistently abused throughout his life. He lived most of his life in pain due to either healing or new injuries. Bosch and his partner talk to neighbors and take steps to get an identity.

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I hated the unknown abuser and wanted to see pain to the abuser...more 3 ½ stars. Excellent storytelling. I was engaged throughout but didn’t like the ending. I wanted more justice and revenge.

STORY BRIEF:
A boy was killed and buried in a wooded area 21 years ago. A bone expert says the boy had been consistently abused throughout his life. He lived most of his life in pain due to either healing or new injuries. Bosch and his partner talk to neighbors and take steps to get an identity.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
I hated the unknown abuser and wanted to see pain to the abuser with justice. But the plot didn’t go in that direction which was a letdown. My feelings at the end of the book were somewhat sad and empty, part due to the subject matter of child abuse, part due to the lack of a feeling of justice for the perpetrators, and part was a resignation that things can’t always be resolved in black and white. I wanted to see the perpetrator stopped, put in jail, and suffer, but I didn’t get that so I was disappointed. It was “I understand, but I don’t like it.” I had tears in my eyes at the end. I was sad for a few characters. And I was mad at a couple of cops. Although we learn “who” killed the boy, I wanted more details of exactly what happened and why.

Regarding the overall experience, it was excellent storytelling. I was engaged throughout. I enjoyed the detective work, good instincts, and satisfaction from solving the mystery. There were interesting characters with different motivations. This was still a good book just not my favorite in the series. I’m glad I read it, and I’m going on to the next one.

A secondary story has Bosch dating a rookie cop, Julia Brasher - which could be a problem within the department.

NARRATOR:
The narrator Peter Fernandez (PF) was ok, but not nearly as good as Dick Hill. I miss Dick. Dick had a good Bosch voice and a very fitting voice for Bosch’s partner Jerry Edgar (a deep black man’s voice). PFs voice for Edgar wasn’t anything like that, and I missed it. But I liked PF better than Richard M. Davidson who narrated “A Darkness More Than Night.”

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Unabridged audiobook length: 11 hrs and 6 mins. Narrator: Peter Jay Fernandez. Swearing language: strong but not frequently used. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: two, told not shown. Setting: 2001 mostly Los Angeles plus Palm Springs, and Lone Pine, California. Book Copyright: 2002. Genre: crime mystery. Ending: some sadness and resignation but the mystery was solved.(less)

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Apr 04, 2011 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bookcrossed-or-otherwise-set-free, 2005

On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills -- and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break them apart -- or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a few hard turns. Suddenly all of L.A. i...more

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Feb 21, 2011 Linda rated it 5 of 5 stars

I've loved Harry Bosch ever since I read my first Harry Bosch novel. This book is #8 in the series, but I haven't read in them in order so there is no problem in following them.

Harry is the kind of cop you hope is out there on every police force in America. He isn't concerned about making the department look good or bending situations to save his job. His concern is to find the TRUTH and let the chips fall where they may.

The story begins on New Year's Day when Harry is assigned to investigate a...more I've loved Harry Bosch ever since I read my first Harry Bosch novel. This book is #8 in the series, but I haven't read in them in order so there is no problem in following them.

Harry is the kind of cop you hope is out there on every police force in America. He isn't concerned about making the department look good or bending situations to save his job. His concern is to find the TRUTH and let the chips fall where they may.

The story begins on New Year's Day when Harry is assigned to investigate a call about a bone a dog found after playing in a wooded area. Assuming this is a bone belonging to a dead animal, Harry meets with the dog's owner who is a retired doctor. The doctor, who has examined the bone, explains to Harry that the bone is a femur from a young child and shows evidence of a break suffered before the child's death. He also tells Harry that the bone is several years old. Harry searches the area where the bone was found and discovers several other bones. The discovery of the bones pushes Harry into an investigation of the twenty year old murder of a young boy who apparently suffered severe abuse in the short time he was alive.

Harry can identify with this "disposable child" because he himself grew up in youth halls and foster homes and knows both the physical and emotional abuse this child suffered. This boy was never reported missing and apparently was allowed to just disappear by those who knew him, including his family. Harry feels it is his mission to find the child's killer. He refuses to accept the "easy" suspect, which brings him into conflict with his superiors. He doesn't always keep his partner informed of what is going on with the case, which creates a certain amount of tension between them. But to Harry, looking at the details, studying and reviewing what he knows about the case in order to find the true killer of this child is more important than anything else.

Harry is a believable character who allows us to see his struggles with his demons. He becomes obsessed with his cases which makes personal relationships difficult. But he is a good man hoping to make a difference in a crazy world.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good murder book. Characters and situations are realistic, and the plot flows smoothly. Harry Bosch novels are not necessarily fast reads, but they are good reads that make you think about and feel the emotions of what is going on.

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Feb 19, 2011 Candace Moser rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

About halfway through the 2 hour drive to my in-laws' house, I realized that I had forgotten to bring a book or 2. I figured I would find something to read at their house. I started it on Friday evening around 7, and I had finished it by early Saturday afternoon, it was a quick and easy read. It wasn't a bad story, it just wasn't a great one. It follows Hieronymus Bosch, a Hollywood detective who kind of brings to mind a slightly less jaded version of Bruce Willis' character in The Last Boyscout...more

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Jul 05, 2010 Jerry rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fine story, suble sub-plots add suspense to crime-solving...

In this eighth entry in the detective Harry Bosch series, author Michael Connelly, whose bibliography now stands at some dozen novels, brings back a fan favorite character in a story so focused on solving the crime that the book is pretty close to a classic police procedural. Shades of the fairly new forensic pathologist stories by Dr. Kathy Reichs, a dog discovers a bone and trots it home to his master, who happens to be an MD. The doc...more Fine story, suble sub-plots add suspense to crime-solving...

In this eighth entry in the detective Harry Bosch series, author Michael Connelly, whose bibliography now stands at some dozen novels, brings back a fan favorite character in a story so focused on solving the crime that the book is pretty close to a classic police procedural. Shades of the fairly new forensic pathologist stories by Dr. Kathy Reichs, a dog discovers a bone and trots it home to his master, who happens to be an MD. The doc pretty quickly recognizes a human arm bone when he sees it, though this one looks like it's old and was probably a child's. Enter the police who find the scene and discover enough additional bones that a long buried corpse seems to be the discovery of the day. In due course, Harry and his partner Jerry Edgar, proceed to identify the victim, dead some 20 years or so; locate family members and friends; and eventually solve the crime with solid and intuitive police work.

Connelly has an evocative writing style that helps us almost "see" the scenes we're reading about. His prose is economic, and therefore a lot happens in this 400-page tome that might have taken many more pages to convey. But maybe best of all, some other matters vie with the basic storyline for our attention. First, the author takes some well-deserved shots at the media and at police higher management for their handling of certain events, some with dire outcomes. Second, the motivation of the cops is on view in two cases while apprehending suspects, and we come away sometimes questioning whether everything is on the up and up. These themes, and a brief affair between veteran Bosch and a young rookie, added a great deal of thoughtfulness to a story that while entertaining, is pretty somber throughout. Even Bosch is questioning his career future at the end, making us wonder where the author takes him from here.

We wish we had met Connelly in an earlier Bosch work, as this one had a climactic feel to it for which we wish we had better background. Bosch is a likable but complex worker, who sets out on his own when necessary to explore every angle; indeed he is difficult to satisfy. We think that fans and new readers alike will enjoy this tale and this series, and we for sure mean to uncover some of the earlier entries. So might you!
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Sep 07, 2009 Sherrie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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"City of Bones" by Michael Connelly
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On New Year's Day, Detective Harry Bosch fields a call that a dog has found a bone--a bone that the dog's owner, a doctor, feels certain is a human bone. Bosch investigates, and that chance discovery leads him to a shallow grave in the Hollywood hills, evidence of a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. it's a cold case, but it sirs up Bosch's memories of his own childhood as an orphan in the city. He can't let it go. Digging through police reports and hospital records, tracking down street kids and runaways from the 1970's, Bosch finds a family ripped apart by an absence--and a trail, ever more tenuous, into a violent, terrifying world. As the case takes Bosch deeper into the past, a rookie cop named Julia Brasher brings him alive in the present in a way on one has in years. Bosch has been warned about the trouble that comes with dating a rookie, but no warning could withstand the heat between them--or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a hard turn. A suspect bolts, a cop is shot, and suddenly Bosch's cold case has all of L. A. in an uproar--and Bosch fighting to keep control in a lawless and brutal showdown.

MY THOUGHTS: This is a good detective murder book. Michael Connelly's writing is very good and keeps the suspense going through the whole book. Following Harry and Edgar, the detectives on the case, through the story line keeping all the details right out front. They follow the clues given them by the labs and track down the bones idenity of belonging to a 12 year old boy. Who was killed some 20 years ago. Then they get a call in tip from someone who thinks this could be their brother. As Harry and Edgar talk to Sheila, the sister of the victim they finally put a name to the bones found in the grave. Harry and Edgar then have to follow the clues to find the murder. As they are led on false trails of clues and a confession, Harry thinks something is wrong. He keeps searching and they finally get the real killer of the bones in the ground!
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Aug 16, 2009 Linda J rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: michael-connelly

I listened to this book. The reader was rather bland which took away from the book. Every character in the book had basically the same "voice". Jerry Edgar, Bosch's partner sounded exactly like Bosch and so on. The storyline was not one of Connelly's best and I have to wonder why he wrote this book. I've read or listened to most of Connelly's Harry Bosch books and this is the weakest one. It received bad reviews on Audible.com because of the reader, Jay Fernandez. NOTE: At some point Len Cariou...more

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Nov 17, 2009 Dana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is #8 in the Harry Bosch series and they just keep on getting better and better.

Harry is investigating a bone that a dog has found in the Hollywood Hills. It ends up being human from a cold case 20 years previously. The case becomes intense for Harry as his childhood keeps on being dredged up.

Harry in his typical persistent dogged manner starts digging through police records, hospital records and missing people reports. He just won't let it go. Bosch finds a family is disarray because of t...more

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Jan 10, 2011 Katieailene rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

City of Bones was the first book that I have ever read by Michael Connelly. I also made me a huge fan of his work. The main character is a man by the name of Harry Bosch. He is a seasoned Homicide Detective who seems to always have to go through extreme measures in order to bring justice to the victims in his investigations. This particular book is a cold case. When an old doctor lets his dog off the leash in the woods one day, said dog retrieves the bone that is later determined to belong to a...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Guillaume Jay rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Un os appartenant a un enfant est retrouvé par un chien sur une colline. Le reste du corps est vite retrouvé, et si le squelette est ancien (deux décennies), il porte des traces de maltraitance. Harry Bosch mène l'enquête, en commençant par le voisinage, et notamment un individu avec un casier judiciaire chargé.

Quand le coupable se livre a la police au deux tiers du livre, on se dit qu'il y a anguille sous roche (C'est d'ailleurs l'avantage des liseuses sur les livres papiers, la progression est...more

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Jul 21, 2011 Allison rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: readers-advisory, mystery

A dog uncovers a child-size human bone in the woods. Detective Harry Bosch is put on the case to solve this decades-old murder. He knows it is almost hopeless because the murder happened so long ago. But the case haunts him and so he follows it to the very end, through several surprising twists and turns.

Connelly crafts an excellent element of suspense in this book with an intricate plot that won't let you put the book down. It's been a long time since I read a book so fast-paced and 'can't put...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Evelyn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really did like this book but the reason I only gave three stars is because I really did not like his romance with the rookie cop Julia. I thought that was very tacky and low class. Harry is about 50 in this book and Julia is 35. I didn't find any deep meaning to this relationship and no reason to have it in the book.

Mr. Connelly has put in some of his other books romances that were almost like one night stands, why? The major romances with Syliva, Eleanor and Rachel weren't bad because he was...more

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Jul 04, 2012 Donny Stephens rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was my first Michael Connelly novel and I must say it was awesome from cover to cover. Once again, this was a book I wanted to read through in one sitting. In this intense pyschological thriller, Connelly spins a tale about a homicide detective with the LAPD named Harry Bosch who is called out on a case where a neighbor's dog uncovers buried bones...human bones. Bosch finds himself in a twenty year old case of a missing boy, a suspicious neighbor, a terrified older sister and the boy's moth...more

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Jan 08, 2011 Annette rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Yet another great story by Connelly! Unfortunately, since I've started reading Connelly, I've read his books mostly out of order. I really don't like doing that because, especially when there is a returning character I like getting a sense of his/her continuing journey. The struggles which force decisions in our daily lives really build a person, and that is how I like getting to know the characters in a story.

So, with that in mind, I probably didn't get out of "City of Bones" what I might have...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Dahl rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: policiaca-negra

Sonaba en mi cabeza el nombre de Michael Connelly como uno de los principales autores contemporaneos de novelas policiacas y, sin embargo, nunca había leído un título suyo.

Ciudad de huesos ha supuesto un grato descubrimiento para mí, pues a pesar de la reputación del autor, esperaba la típica novela policiaca; interesante, intrigante y no demasiado compleja. En definitiva, una novela policiaca más. Y lo cierto es que me ha sorprendido y maravillado a partes iguales, pues lo que se presenta como...more

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Jul 19, 2011 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

This was 6-yr hiatus re-read I didnt remember a word of, just that I liked it. I may have liked it more the first time but even the 2nd round was still worth it. This is the only Connelly and Bosh book I have ever read. This one title has urged me to purchase other books by this author but still somehow havent read any!

I think the one thing I like the most about this novel is the Pacing. Yes it's resurrected bones in the woods...generally a snore but it gets involved in more than just the histor...more

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Jan 15, 2011 Bev rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-mystery, michael-connelly

One of the last Connelly books I had left to read. Reading this one was a very strange experience because I read it on my iTouch and somehow skipped something like 15 chapters, which I didn't realize until the end of the book. I missed two huge things that happened in the middle of the book, so after I finished it, I went back and read the middle! The story concerns a bone that was discovered in the woods by a dog. This leads to the discovery of a very old burial site of a child (who turns out t...more

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May 12, 2012 Kaitlin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I like Michael Connelly for beach trash that's not too trashy - this was a good one-day read on the beach. This moved nicely and kept me guessing. With similar books I get frustrated that the inner dialogue is overused and cheesy, but Connelly is good about keeping that to a minimum. Also he doesn't feel the need to titillate and focuses on what is important to the plot.

Connelly definitely overdoes the whole "I'm a cop and I'm so dedicated to it" thing, and I haven't read any Bosch books before...more

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Nov 29, 2012 International Cat Lady rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have mixed feelings about this book. As a whodunnit, it's a great read; however, there's an Event (I don't want to give anything away) about midway through the book that's just... very strange. I didn't really see the need for it plot-wise, or quite understand the reasons why the character made the choices that were made. And the reactions to the Event were pretty muted, considering what had happened. The Event is only peripherally related to the case (although rather important to the main cha...more

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May 28, 2012 Shelley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I like books that could easily be movies, and this is one that would be a good drama to watch if a few things were changed. I always like reading the stories surrounding Detective Harry Bosch, but this one left me kind of bummed out for a variety of reasons which I won't get into for the sake of not spoiling it for anyone who wants to be kind of bummed out after finishing a book. I'll just say I needed more justice. More vindication. More TAKE THAT, YOU FUCKERS!

The main story revolves around a s...more

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Jun 09, 2011 Jeanette rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved this book. So many twists and turns. I'm a fan of Connelly and always enjoy his books. This one was really well done. Bones are found on a hillside and they appear to have been there at least 20 years. Harry Bosch wants to investigate as the bones are identified as belonging to a young boy who had been repeatedly abused. He doesn't get great support from his department as it is an old case without much chance of finding the killer. Bosch buys some time and perseveres, but tragedy upon tr...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Noora rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dekkarit

Takakansi antaa kirjasta täysin toisen vaikutelman kuin kirjan lukeminen. huono copywriter vai kuka ne kannet kirjoittaakaan... kirja alkoi aika töksähtäen, eikä missään vaiheessa päässyt yhtä hyvään vauhtiin kuin aiemmat Connellyn kirjat. Bosch ei enää ole yhtä stereotyyppinen etsivä kuin aiemmin ja on samalla menettänyt osan hohdostaan. Kirjojen juonikaava käy myös selväksi, alussa kaikki näyttää selvältä, sitten Bosch vain tietää ettei kaikki olekaan näin ja alkaa tutkia juttua uudelleen. yll...more

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Aug 28, 2011 Marcus rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Read on its own, 'City of Bones' is a quite weak murder mystery. However, put into the context as the continuation of the Harry Bosh saga, it's a must read for all the fans of the series. No, the murder mystery isn't very interesting nor engaging, but I suspect that it isn't supposed to be. But it's fascinating to watch as this mundane case grinds on Bosh and finally makes him make a major change of course in his life. At the same time I am slightly irritated at Connelly, because he is really to...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Wieta rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Aku suka awal ceritanya, aku suka alur pemecahan teka tekinya, hanya aku tidak suka endingnya. Mengapa? Karena kejadian yang sebenarnya 20 tahun yl tidak dapat dengan jelas diungkapkan, hanya pembaca dapat mengira2 apa yang sebenarnya terjadi lewat bukti2 yang sudah dikumpulkan. Tersangkanya sebenarnya itu2 saja berputar disekitar kehidupan A.D. (Arthur), anak laki2 umur 12 tahun yang tulangnya diketemukan setelah terkubur bersama dengan beberapa barang bukti yang mostly sudah dalam keadaan hanc...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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