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The Black Ice (Harry Bosch #2)

by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)

3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 · rating details · 16,440 ratings · 608 reviews

The "New York Times" bestselling author's second novel featuring LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is reissued for the first time in a decade. Harry investigates the case of a missing narcotics officer rumored to have been peddling a new drug called Black Ice. Martin's.

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Published January 1st 2002 by Little, Brown and Company (first published January 1st 1993)

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

Shelves: detective-mystery, favorites

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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Jul 29, 2008 Brooke rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2008, mystery

All my concerns about the unnatural dialogue in Michael Connelly's first Harry Bosch novel, The Black Echo, are completely cleared up for his second outing. Bosch's supervisor, Pounds, has some sentences that could use some contractions to make them more natural, but he doesn't spend enough time talking for it to matter.

Again, Connelly provides a twist in the end that I did not see coming, and the whole mystery was very well done. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series more now than I w...more

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Apr 20, 2010 Joyce Lagow rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Harry Bosch returns in the second in the series.[return][return]On Christmas Day, Bosch, who is on call, notices on the police scanner that a call about a dead body has been routed to Central detective dvision. Given that the body was found in a motel in the Hollywood district, Bosch can not understand why he did not receve the call. He decides to visit the scene; the body turns out to be that of a Narcotics officer, Cal Moore, with whom Bosch had been working on the death of one of his informan...more

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Mar 18, 2013 Liz rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read the first book in this series, The Black Echo, about 8 months ago. The series centers around LA detective Harry Bosch who is a bit of a loner, maverick detective. In this book, a fellow police officer, Calexico Moore, is found dead in a motel on Christmas Day in what appears to be a suicide. Harry inserts himself into this case much to the disdain of Assistant Chief Irving who has a history with Harry and doesn’t like him. Harry starts to probe around into the life of Moore and discovers...more

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Nov 30, 2012 Eileen Granfors rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: drug-use-intervention, environment, men, mystery, police-procedural-mystery

Michael Connolly's intrepid detective, Hieronymus Bosch, (Harry) seems on the brink of extinction from the LAPD in every volume. His feuds with the top brass are legendary. No matter if he's wounded or on desk duty or threatened, he cannot resist a case.

So it is with "Black Ice." Harry is handed a manila folder marked "Give to Harry Bosch." So somebody knows something. The problem is that somebody is either dead by suicide or one of the murder victims that has turned up near a local diner.

The pl...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Dlora rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure-action, detectives

I enjoy Connelly's writing and the Harry Bosch character. Harry is a dogged police detective who won't let go of an investigation until all the facts are uncovered, even when it is dangerous to his safety physically or career-wise. Actually, one characteristic I don't like is his sarcastic mouthiness to his superiors when he feels they are dishonest or covering up in the interests of political maneuverings. Harry is true to himself and his instincts, kind to women and the downtrodden, and willin...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Vicki rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Can't believe I haven't come across this series sooner. Connelly just might be the best crime fiction writer I've ever read. Despite that it is a slower, deliberate pace which I sometimes get impatient with, it is dense and requires careful attention to detail, and the pace creates a closer intimacy to the character, the unfolding is less removed than faster pacing can be. and the character is not a hero, he is a real person and very interesting to learn to know him as the cases unfold.

The writ...more

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Jul 07, 2012 Dale rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Not the best Bosch book, which means that it is merely very, very good and not excellent

Read by Dick Hill.
11 hours, 11 minutes.

Connelly's Heironymous (Harry) Bosch is named after a Renaissance painter who specialized in fanciful and gruesome visions of hell from high above and detailed looks at the tortures that it holds for its residents. Heironymous Bosch is designed to be our guide through the modern hell of Los Angeles - at least that's the way it seems to the Hollywood Homicide Division.

Fit...more

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Jun 19, 2012 Best Crime Books rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I decided a while ago that I wanted to tackle the Harry Bosch series of books by Michael Connelly in order. I read his first novel a long time ago but it had been so long that I figured I should just start again at book 2 and try to read one every few weeks. Michael Connelly is a very successful author like many other crime greats such as Peter James, James Patterson and Lee Child but his writing style is not necessarily the same. Yes there are parallels in the majority of the crime genre books...more I decided a while ago that I wanted to tackle the Harry Bosch series of books by Michael Connelly in order. I read his first novel a long time ago but it had been so long that I figured I should just start again at book 2 and try to read one every few weeks. Michael Connelly is a very successful author like many other crime greats such as Peter James, James Patterson and Lee Child but his writing style is not necessarily the same. Yes there are parallels in the majority of the crime genre books but that is to be expected. The one thing that is instantly noticeable for me is his attention to detail. This may not be favourable for some people but for me it makes a refreshing change. The other advantage to the detail is the advantage of getting to know why characters make the decision they do, especially when you know that this is an ongoing series.

The main character is Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch who is an ex-Vietnam soldier who is now on the force. Harry is a great character who is your typical cop who is strong willed and does things his way. People may complain about stereotypical `cop characters' but lets be fair, who wants to read about a cop who wants to play by the rules? Nothing would ever happen if that were the case.

Harry is quite a loner but he knows what's what and he smells trouble with a capital T when he sees Cal Moore dead in a motel room. The story itself did take a bit of time to gain pace but when I was about halfway through all the threads in the story seemed to come together and I was glad of all the detail.

Michael Connelly excels at describing the scenery and places that Harry visits and I could picture the dusky Mexican city that he ended up in. The great thing about this book was that although it may not have been as fast paced as some others I have read recently there was a great story behind it. The characters were well written and he added in a fantastic twist at the end which I admit I didn't see coming.

I regularly check out review stats on various websites and can see that Michael Connelly's earlier Harry Bosch books were not as popular. All I can say is that if that is the case I can't wait to carry on with the series. (less)

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Mar 07, 2012 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In Connelly’s second novel to feature demoted detective Heironymous “Harry” Bosch, Harry investigates the death of a fellow cop, as well as two other murders that seem strangely connected to the import of a new drug, Black Ice. From L.A. to the Mexican border, Harry follows the clues and uncovers a set of relationships that strangely parallel his own experience. Also, he gets more play than most other middle-aged cops I’ve known.

Harry’s lone wolf persona and dogged pursuit of the truth, usually...more

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Jan 18, 2012 Alison rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What does a cop's apparent suicide, a day laborer from Mexicali, and a drug runner from LA have in common? Read "Black Ice" and find out. The story begins with Cal Moore, LAPD, having been found dead in a motel bathroom with his head blown off (no spoiler here, you read this in the beginning). Harry Bosch, Detective, should have been the first on the scene; instead the higher ups wanted to take control of the investigation and how the suicide is portrayed to the media and world. Enter Harry, a d...more

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Jun 15, 2011 Manugw rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

HARRY BOSCH...ONE OF A KIND...MADE IT RIGHT

After reading the black echo, I found the black ice a more consistent story, far more interesting and credible. This time Harry is driven down to the US- Mexican border in his quest to solve a drug related crime of an anti-narcotics unit cop who apparently crossed to the bad side of the line. Harry, stubborn, bright and cunning makes his own decisions, shows a little quota of contempt and rebels himself against his bosses making him an example of self d...more

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Dec 17, 2009 K rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysterycrime, more-by

LAPD Homicide detective Harry (short for Hieronymous) Bosch refuses to accept the verdict of suicide in the shotgun-to-the-head death of a narcotics officer and associate, Calexico Moore. And what could be the meaning of the suicide note found in Moore's back pocket?

I found out who I was

Kept imagining Connelly going through various rounds of editing, trimming fat from all sentences. He includes just enough to get the point across. Great depth of theme, mood, and insight into human psychology. F...more

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Oct 25, 2009 Tony rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Harry Bosch is hunting down the clues on a case that wasn’t his, but somehow is connected to his own cases. So far he has one dead cop and dangerous drug ties which lead to more deaths and the life of Bosch could be shortened greatly. Can Bosch stop the killer before the killer stops him?

Once again Connelly has done a great job. I enjoyed this mystery as Bosch was taken across borders for The Black Ice, which meant that I got to see a little bit of Mexico. Connelly has a way of creating a very i...more

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Oct 12, 2012 J rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. I DON'T HIDE OR PROMOTE MY REVIEWS, which are for my own reference. (I tend to forget book titles, characters' names).

In fact, I read this so long ago that I'm already forgetting details.

Connelly's Harry Bosch is one of my favorite cops, along with Rankin's John Rebus and T. Jefferson Parker's Charlie Hood.

This was OK, I guess. Not my favorite Bosch book, though. A lot of the action happens in Mexico, which is not Bosch's home turf. There were plot reasons for this, but it...more

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Oct 15, 2011 Simon rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

After being blown away with the introduction of cop detective Harry Bosch in The Black Echo, I just can't help but feel that the author is experiencing the "sophomore slump". The story in The Black Ice screams mediocre and it does the reader no good when the author writes at such a snail pace. There is literally nothing going action wise even when you're 3/4 into the book. The end does get a bit intense but by that time, you're probably too exhausted to care anymore about what happens and just w...more After being blown away with the introduction of cop detective Harry Bosch in The Black Echo, I just can't help but feel that the author is experiencing the "sophomore slump". The story in The Black Ice screams mediocre and it does the reader no good when the author writes at such a snail pace. There is literally nothing going action wise even when you're 3/4 into the book. The end does get a bit intense but by that time, you're probably too exhausted to care anymore about what happens and just wish the story would end. That is never good for any book when you just want it to end so bad. At the core, The Black Ice is another classic whodunnit mystery but something just felt missing here. It seems as if you don't care for the characters at all and that even at times apply to our main detective, Harry Bosch.

I really wanted to like this book but I'm not going to lie to myself. Although I don't hate it particularly, this book makes me not want to continue reading another Harry Bosch novel for a long time. While the story itself is pretty easy to follow, it just feels stagnant and again, I blame this toward the slow pace of the book. As for the characters, there's not much to go on here. If you've been introduced to Harry Bosch already, then you'll be glad to know that he's more or less the same person and that's a good thing. However, I would really hate it if the author continues to pit him together romantically with a new female character in every book. The author spends time reminding us of how meek and lonely his life is but with him getting to bed 2-3 women every book, I somehow don't believe that picture anymore. Obviously I want him to be happy but it's going to get pretty irritating if he's going to be one of those dude who can't help but be attracted to every victim's wife or girlfriend.

With the book moving at such a slow pace, many a times I wondered if it would have been better if the author wrote in another characters point of view rather than just focusing on Bosch the entire book. I mean let's face it. Bosch is definitely a likable character but he's hardly the most exciting to read about. Reading The Black Ice felt just like Bosch getting hints and clues throughout the most part of the boook and then BAM! The author finally throws in the action sequences and the book ends. It also doesn't help the book that it has the typical cliche ending.

All in all, I felt disappointed with reading The Black Ice. After coming off with such a great introductory book, this sophomore effort just fell short. It's not memorable in any way, had characters you didn't care about, sparse action sequences and a ending that was not worth all the reading you've done to get to that point. I definitely don't feel like this book was a page turner and can't really imagine how anyone could say that of this book. I'm sorry but unless you have a syndrome like me who have the need to read every book in a series chronologically, I definitely would advise you to skip this one and move on to the next. I doubt you'll be missing much.(less)

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Aug 16, 2011 Jane Stewart rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-mystery

3 ½ stars. Police procedural crime solving mystery with a happy ending. It kept my interest.

STORY BRIEF:
This is the second book in the Harry Bosch series. So far there are 17 in the series. Bosch is a Los Angeles Homicide detective – very smart at his job. He always solves the mystery and finds the killer. His biggest problem is his superiors. His immediate boss, former bosses, internal affairs, and others whom he has to work with never seem to like him and cause problems. He doesn’t play politi...more 3 ½ stars. Police procedural crime solving mystery with a happy ending. It kept my interest.

STORY BRIEF:
This is the second book in the Harry Bosch series. So far there are 17 in the series. Bosch is a Los Angeles Homicide detective – very smart at his job. He always solves the mystery and finds the killer. His biggest problem is his superiors. His immediate boss, former bosses, internal affairs, and others whom he has to work with never seem to like him and cause problems. He doesn’t play political games to win their favor.

In this story a fellow homicide detective Moore is found dead in a hotel room – an apparent suicide. Harry was on call that night and at the scene, but his superiors tell him not to investigate, they will handle it. Another detective Porter is quitting the force. Bosch is asked to go through Porter’s group of unsolved cases and pick one to work on. As a result, Harry discovers that Moore was murdered (not a suicide), and that there are links to two other murders. All of these are linked to the designer drug called “Black Ice.” Harry travels to Mexico to investigate the drug lord Zosia whom Bosch believes is behind the murders.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
This was better than the 1st book, but not as good as the 5th book (the only others I’ve read so far). The first book had too many unlikeable characters. This was a little better in that regard. It’s very much a police procedural. Bosch is slowly uncovering clues. I prefer a little more relationship development or interesting characters to pull me in. This book is missing those, but it was a good story. I wasn’t bored. Many interesting things happen. The plot and events were well done. The ending is happy for those I am pulling for. It’s very acceptable as an audiobook, keeping my mind occupied as I do other things. I like it enough to do all the books in the series. I think this could be read as a stand-alone.

When Bosch did an illegal break-and-enter to investigate, I liked what he did so that the evidence would stay where it was until he could legally enter later with a warrant. He did some other impressive things as well.

CAUTION SEMI-SPOILER:
Something interesting: In book 1, Bosch cared about a woman who committed a crime. He insisted she turn herself in. He put the law above his feelings for her. In book 2, Bosch cared about a woman who was innocent. Bosch kept a secret about someone else’s actions in order to help her. Bosch did not follow the law which would have meant exposing the secret.

NARRATOR:
The narrator Dick Hill was pretty good here. In two other books he used an “effeminate gay guy voice” for females which annoyed me. His voice for females in this book was better. And his voice for male characters was very good.

DATA:
Unabridged audiobook length: 11 hrs and 11 mins. Narrator: Dick Hill. Swearing language: occasional use - strong. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: two, told not shown. Setting: 1992 Los Angeles and Calexico, California, and Mexicali, Mexico. Book Copyright: 1993. Genre: crime mystery. Ending: It’s a feel good ending. The good guys win.(less)

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Jul 14, 2011 Brian rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Very entertaining if you like your cops to hardboiled. They don't come any harder than Harry Bosch. In The Black Ice Bosch ends up involved investigating a series of seemingly unrelated drug murders which. of course, end up being related. Along the way he smokes a lot of cigarettes, fights with the LAPD brass, and essentially does things his own way. He even ends up in a short bullfight.

It's a fast paced tale with plenty of subplots. A real page turner with a surprise ending that this reviewer d...more

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Aug 23, 2012 Dyana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It's Christmas Day and Harry Bosch is listening to a police scanner, hears that a suicide at a seedy motel has been discovered; and wonders why he, as the on-call detective, has not been called. He ventures to the crime scene and is told to go home - that a high-ranking officer will be on the case. He wonders why and finds out that the victim, Calexico Moore, is a LAPD narcotics police officer. Later his chief askes him to clear a couple of cases of an alcoholic officer who is about to be dismis...more

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Oct 15, 2011 Brian rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So this was my first introduction into the Harry Bosch series and overall, the second book in the series. While guilty of a couple cliche's and contrived plot points, the writing itself was strong enough to overcome these shortcomings and in the end, the story ends up being a pretty enjoyable detective procedural/mystery. Harry himself is a fairly enjoyable character who at times was refreshingly different for a cop, but also falls victim to some of the cliche's of the genre with his chain smoki...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Steve rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, crime-mys-suspense

LA Detective Harry Bosch deals with murder, the Mexican drug trade and potentially dirty cops. This is the second of Connelly's Bosch series I've done on audio. So far I like them, but don't love them.
Find the print edition @ the Orion Library or download the audiobook from OverDrive.

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Apr 15, 2012 Cathy DuPont rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another winner, in my book, in the Harry Bosch series. Number two and learned more about Harry background.

Loved the mystery and it didn't wind up until the end and it was a surprise to me. Unfortunately, I'm not real good at finding solution to the mystery until the end, usually when I read it. But in this one I was totally clueless and surprised until the very end.

Harry's based in L.A. but here he makes a side trip to Mexico which was a fun ride. Connelly describes places in such a way as to m...more

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Mar 02, 2012 Bob rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

I am still not sure about my 4 star rating of "The Black Ice." I loved the mystery of it. I am really starting to like Bosch. I think there are going to be many great things about this series that I am going to enjoy. But this one...I'm just not sure. The first half of this book was great. Tight and tactical. Then Bosch decides to take the investigation to Mexico. And while I am happy/satisfied with the end result there was (in my humble opinion) a lot of filler in the last 75-85% of the book. M...more

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Aug 27, 2011 Connie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

THE BLACK ICE by Michael Connelly was a GREAT book. I loved every minute of this one. Harry is not your normal police detective, or at least for me he isn't. He normally works by himself and really seems to like that. He does like women and they do seem to like him, but I feel sad at times because he appears to be such a loner but still needs that closeness too.

In this book we learn more about his father and his mother and how he came up through the foster care system. In the first book I don't...more

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Mar 03, 2010 Jan C rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Cop commits suicide on Christmas ... or does he?

Harry Bosch doesn't believe it was suicide. Of course the bosses don't want him anywhere near the case. Then there is this other cop who has climbed into the bottle and Harry's boss wants him to clear up a case of his. The case crosses back to the dead cop. Even though the bosses don't want him near it.

Great ending. Connelly never disappoints on the endings.

I had certain misgivings about this book - black ice cna be a couple of things. Those of us...more

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Jan 02, 2013 Audel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Tout d'abord, je tiens à remercier le site Livvradict et les éditions Points pour ce partenariat.

On entre directement dans l'intrigue avec la mort d'un officier de police que notre héros connaissait. Le rythme est donc dès le début assez rapide et intense. Cependant, il ralenti vers la moitié du livre pour mieux nous plonger au coeur de la police de Los angeles : On découvre ce qu'est vraiment la vie de flic, c'est-à-dire une vie solitaire, hanté par le passé.... mais également le fonctionnement...more

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May 28, 2012 Eric rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Fans of Michael Connelly/Harry Bosch

Shelves: detective-mystery, michael-connelly

I've read most of the later Harry Bosch books -- The Narrows through The Drop -- and while they are still entertaining and worth reading, they are just not as good as the books at the beginning of the series. Maybe detective anti-heroes are better when they aren't burdened with too much history or family, or maybe Michael Connelly just used up his most brilliant stories early on. Either way, I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series, The Concrete Blonde, and seeing how far the...more

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Apr 03, 2011 Writerlibrarian rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, re-read, read2007

We find Harry Bosch still at the Hollywood division, still being ostracize by the LA PD brass. A narcotic's cop of the Hollywood division turns up dead in a motel room on Christmas night. Suicide, murder? The cop was under investigation by Internal Affairs. Bosch is on call but doesn't get called but shows up anyway at the crime scene. He knows the cop Calexio Moore somewhat from an on going investigations of a drug carrier Bosch is working on. Very soon Bosch turns up information the brass does...more

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Feb 04, 2012 Jenn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Maybe I should have read the Bosch novels before the Lincoln Lawyer novels. Most folks I talk to prefer the Harry Bosch, but I'm thinking I'm strictly in the Mickey Haller camp. Don't get me wrong, I do like Bosch, however I find him to be a little too rogue for me. I've read quite a few Brit thrillers/suspense/police procedurals where the main DI is a roguish, standoffish character and is more likeable to me than Harry. Perhaps I just got used to him after he'd been in the business for 20 years...more

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Sep 09, 2011 Michael rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is one of the early books in Michael connelly's Harry Bosch series that I must have overlooked but it came to my attention at the library as I was scanning for new e-book titles.
It was interesting to catch up on some of the early history between Harry and his nemesis Asst. Chief Irving Irvin.
Michael Connelly's style as a gritty crime writer first grabbed me after I read City of Bones. This book for the most part lived up to expectations, but it did loose me a little at the ending as the twi...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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