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Summary: Another Excellent Harry Bosch Novel
Review: TRUNK MUSIC finds Harry investigating an apparent mafia hit on a small-time movie producer. The victim has been found in the truck of his car with two bullets in his head. He was shot from behind at very close range. Of course, Connelly provides plenty of twists before you get to the end. Some will surprise you even if some don't. But between Harry's personal travails and the difficulties of unraveling the case, there is plenty to keep the pages turning. Besides a convoluted plot, Connelly also provides characters of depth and lots of rough edges.This is Connelly's fifth Harry Bosch story and it's the fifth one I've read. I've thoroughly enjoyed each one and I recommend them to anyone who likes gritty police procedurals. It's not really my favorite genre, but these are exceptional. Harry has developed steadily throughout the series, however, and there are elements that crop up from previous books, so if you haven't read any Harry Bosch stories before, I advise going back and starting from the first. I highly recommend TRUNK MUSIC, along with each of its four predecessors.
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Summary: Another Bosch page-turner, but pc to the nth degree.
Review: Very well plotted. Twists and turns to marvel at. Detective Harry Bosch is terrific. Boy, what a tough guy. You can't believe he is saying or doing THAT! Yet it makes sense, and, of course, he's one of the good guys to cheer for. Atmospherics also good. Subtleties of character interactions, conversations, etc., are exceptional. However, I'm personally not sure I will read another in the series, which would be my third. Underneath all of the toughness and seeming realism is political correctness to the nth degree, which almost becomes humorous. Except for the heroic main character (and by implication the author) and his love interest, you can almost predict the nobility and reasonableness of the characters by what demographic group they fall into. Guess who the biggest villain turns out to be? Don't worry, I won't tell, and you will probably never guess. Michael Connelly is a very good writer --but he should forget about trying so hard to advance social progress through hard-boiled detective fiction and just concentrate on telling his wonderful Bosch stories.
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