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Summary: Well done!!
Review: Exceptional work. very well done. good time line. he does it yet again.I also recommend a couple of Non Fiction books as well: Nightmares Echo (Katlyn Stewart) and I Know Why The caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou) both are very empowering
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Summary: Another great one from the Master
Review: Harry Bosch has finally done it: he has turned in his batch and retired. But even after eight months there are still a couple of unsolved murder cases that keep nagging him. He has made copies of the files and decides to work on the murder of a young woman working at a film company. When he starts digging into the case he gets more attention then he bargained for, especially from the new Anti-Terrorism Squad of the FBI. It takes all his skills and perseverance to bring this case to a good end. And what are the roles of a paralyzed ex-cop, a former DA-turned-lawyer and Harry's ex-wife? And the biggest surprise of them all is right on the last page and it makes you wonder what will happen to Harry. Another highly entertaining book by my favourite detective author.
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Summary: Excellent addition to a great series
Review: I have read all HB novels of MC. Whenever I buy and read a new book from a great author - the first question on my mind is. Will he do it again? I must confess that even great writers like Grisham have failed badly and what more the bigger their reputation the heavier is their fall. After reading Lost Light I will not even pause a second before saying - Yes, Connelly has done it again and more importantly he has raised the bar even higher. The story kicks up into high gear right from the word go and does not slow. It has great characters and Plot. One of the great assets of MC is that his plot ,though simple, is very inventive and you don't see it coming a mile away. His writing is crisp - does not get caught in too much rambling descriptive writing or too much of unwanted dialogues. Even the portion, which has no relation to the plot, is short, sweet and good. To give an example - I recently read another good book (not a great one) by Hunter with a similar title - Black Light. Mr.Hunter writes about the greatness of that man Earl Swagger every 50 pages just in case the reader forgets. This is the case with a lot of authors. This does not happen with MC - he has a story to tell and he does it like nobody else can. Now we come to my other dilemma. Has MC become one of the all-time greats from being a one of the best of his generation? I have been reading books for close to 25 years - almost always crime. I have enjoyed the works of Chandler, Ross MacDonald very much. Lehane is very good, so was John D MacDonald. Couple of Ellroy's was great. I don't like Mike Hammer. The main protagonist of the series is very important and in HB, MC has an unmatched winner, almost as good as Lew Archer. MC does not have the skill of Chandler in handling prose - but the plot in Chandler's book were never good. RMs Plot was very much family oriented and its dark secrets. MC lacks the style of Chandler but makes up with his overall smoothness. I must confess, of all current crop of writers - MC is the best by a long way With couple more like "Concrete Blonde" his place as one of the greatest ever writers of crime fiction is assured. Well done Sir - I eagerly await The Narrows.
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Summary: Bosch is back - in a dark almost nightmarish novel
Review: After two rather dissapointing (for the standards of Michael Connelly) novels, this on really ties in with his early books and will take your breath away.
Harry Bosch is bored with retirement. That changes when he starts to look into an unsolved murder. Angela Benton had been a low-level production assistant working on the latest Hollywood blockbuster when she was murdered in the foyer of her apartment building. The scene was carefully arranged to make it look like a sex crime. Too carefully; Bosch is certain it was staged. But why? And where is the connection to the million$heist at the film production? And why does the FBI warn Harry to leave this case alone?
Find out by yourself by buying this book, it is certainly worth the money, but be careful: the book is dark and takes you - at least sometimes - into the abyss of humankind. It also contains criticism of the civil liberties after September 11th and a small reference to one of the best police-action-gangster movies of all times "HEAT". The atmosphere is almost nightmarish and that gives the book the "special style", which fans of Harry Bosch are used to. There is absolutely no doubt that Connelly is a master-plotter and rightly one of the finest crime novelists in recent times. His complex character of the protagonist allows us even more insights and Harry seems to be more vulnerable without carrying the badge. The ending is - as usual - a big surprise but the good news is, there will be more of Harry Bosch in the future. The new Harry Bosch novel will be called "The Narrows" and is coming out in May, 2004. I can't wait!!
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Summary: Harry Is Back! Yea!
Review: Harry Bosch is no longer carrying a badge, but he is determined to get answers to a mystery he was never able to solve while on the job. This is a tightly woven investigative novel. At 360 pages, there is no fat and no filler. As always, Connelly's characters spring effortlessly to life without a lot of tedious background information. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It held my interest from page one until the end. I was afraid that City Of Bones was going to be the last of the Harry Bosch books. I hope there are still more coming.
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Summary: A Great Series Continues: Lost Light
Review: From his first incredible book, "The Black Echo," LAPD Detective Harry Bosch has had one mission and one mission only as he sees it-to speak for the dead. To bring justice to those who have killed and some measure of comfort, no matter how small to the victims left behind as survivors. When he retired, he took his watch and his files and thought his mission was over. Instead, while he does not have the authority of the badge any more, he realizes as time passes that the mission remains. In particular, a case from a four year old unsolved murder begins to work its way into his mind. Angella Benton, an employee of Eidon Productions, was found dead in the vestibule of her apartment building. Bosch was assigned the case and was working it days later on a movie set when the set was robbed of two million dollars during a brazen daylight robbery shootout. Bosch would wound one robber, none of whom were ever caught, and the money was never found. After the robbery and the resulting high profile glare of the media, the Benton case was pulled from Bosch and folded into the robbery investigation and given to two detectives from Robbery Homicide. Days later, while eating lunch, one of the detectives was killed and the other permanently paralyzed in a robbery at a neighborhood bar. That was a death knell for the case as cops are a superstitious lot and there are always new cases that demand immediate attention. But Bosch without a badge is just as aggressive as he was when he carried the shield. He may be retired, but he still goes at it the only way he knows how and soon seems to have antagonized his former bosses as well as other parties. Before long, old friends are annoyed, a federal terrorism task force is involved and unhappy, as well as numerous other shadowy figures. Once again, violence comes home in more ways than one, but no matter what, Bosch won't stop. As in the other novels of this enjoyable series, Connelly looks deep into the dark abyss that lurks within everyone where life is cheap and greed in the moment wins out over human decency. At the same time, by using an unexpected plot twist, one of several at the end, Harry is redeemed and temporarily at least, finds the peace and solace he has sought for in novel after novel. While this book reads like it might be the final one in the Harry Bosch series, which has had one heck of a run, I hope not. If it is, Michael Connelly has fittingly ended the series by exploring and further developing his signature character. He has done so in new and unexpected ways while adding plenty of action, an intriguing core mystery as well as additional secondary storylines, and a fine plot. This is a top notch read and proof of why he is simply one of the best crime writers in the business today.
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Summary: "Highly Entertaining"
Review: I love this writer and have enjoyed all of his novels. I love the characters and the thrilling suspense of his stories. I think you will too! (Highly Recommended!)
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Summary: Good read, but nothing original about the story
Review: Fairly entertaining, but almost a 'cookie-cutter' crime story. Having read quite a few books in this genre, I can say that while the book was not bad, it also didn't really provide anything special for the reader that he could not have gotten from a dozen other crime novels. I will give the author credit for developing the characters well, and I found the single-bullet theory to be interesting as well. Other books in this series are better, don't start with this one.
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Summary: WARNING!!
Review: Do NOT read the review from "A reader from ORegon." This person gives away a very surprising, and satisfying, ending. If you decide to read "Lost Light," you'll get more out of the story if you read other Harry Bosch stories first.
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Summary: BORING
Review: I agree with the reviewer xtc21, Connelly has deteriorated to the Sue Grafton level.
Solving old dead cases is just not compelling as you'll see if you also read Connelly's 'City of Bones'.
And Bosch turning down $100.000+ because "I'm not doing it for the money" is pure [dreck].Get real. Maybe Connelly should put Bosch on the back burner, let him cook down for awhile, concentrate the juices. Wait until he gets enough to make a decent story.
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