Angle of Investigation Quotes

“Passion was the fuel that kept his fire burning.”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“When the effort failed, nobody wanted to see it. The curtains were opaque. Harry Bosch looked like a ghost as he approached and then split them to enter. He stepped into the enclosure and stood somber and alone with the dead. The boy’s body took up less than a quarter of the big metal bed. He had worked thousands of cases but nothing ever touched Bosch like the sight of a young child’s lifeless body. Fifteen months old. Cases in which the child’s age was still counted in months were the most difficult of all. He knew that if he dwelled too long he would start to question everything—from the meaning of life to his mission in it.”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“There’s a black leather glove under the case. I don’t know if it’s a match but it is a glove.” Bosch got down on his hands and knees so he could look underneath the display case. He reached under and pulled out the glove. “Looks the same,” he said. “If it does not fit, you must acquit,” said Edgar. Bosch looked at him. “Johnnie Cochran,”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“and then slipped them on. He adjusted his position and tried to roll the body a little bit to check for wounds and the missing glove. He didn’t see anything but he didn’t want to roll the body completely over until after photos were taken and the medical examiner’s investigators surveyed the scene. “So how did this guy die?” The question was rhetorical but he looked up at Servan just as he said it. It seemed to take the shop owner by surprise, as if he had been accused of something. Servan spread his hands and shook his head. “I don’t know this,” he said. “I come to shop, unlock, he is dead right there.” Bosch nodded and looked around the counter area. He noticed Edgar was no longer there. He looked at Braxton. “Brax, why don’t you take Mr. Servan to one of the patrol cars so we can work in here.” While Braxton took Servan outside, Bosch went back to the body and”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“wrap the investigation”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“arrests in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s but no address and nothing that gave a clue to his current whereabouts.”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“Harry, get an ambulance.”

I stood up and stepped back from the scene. I felt my chest growing tight, a clarity of thought coming over me. In all my years I had spoken for the dead many times. I had avenged the dead. I was at home with the dead. But I had never so clearly had a part in pulling someone away from the outstretched hands of death.

And in that moment I knew we had done just that. And I knew that whatever happened afterward and wherever my life took me, I would always have this moment, that it would be a light that could lead me out of the darkest of tunnels.”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“He knew that passion was a key element in any investigation. Passion was the fuel that kept his fire burning. So he purposely sought the personal connection or, short of that, the personal outrage in every case. It kept him locked in and focused. But it wasn’t the Laura syndrome. It wasn’t the same as falling in love with a dead woman. By no means was Bosch in love with June Wilkins. He was in love with the idea of reaching back across time and catching the man who had killed her.”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“collected this myself.” “You have my word.” “And you have mine.” Vance nodded and there did not seem to be anything else to say.”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“time. He also discovered that the burglar was still inside. It was this discovery that ultimately brought Detective Harry Bosch and his partner, Jerry Edgar, to the Three Kings Pawnshop.”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“Hollywood Boulevard had been victimized by a burglar three times in two years. The criminal methods of each break-in were similar and so it was suspected by the Los Angeles Police Department that the same thief was responsible each time. But the thief was careful never to leave a fingerprint or any other clue to his identity. No arrests were”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation

“Knowing that the instrument could produce a sound that echoed all the sadness and hope of humanity gave him pause.”
― Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation