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Summary: What a plot!
Review: Coming from the Harry Bosch novels I thought I would miss this remarkable character - just to see him replaced by an equally remarkable one. And what a plot! It is complex and twisted, indeed. But the reader always knows what McCaleb knows, and in opposition to most mysteries, understands what is going on, and can easily follow the main character's reasoning. Although the former FBI agent is an "exotic" character because of his recent heart transplant he is credible as a literary character and seems genuine and real. All the other persons are credible too and even the sick mind of the bad guy appears genuine and imaginable. A great book!
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Summary: Michael Connelly at his Best
Review: Terry McCaleb, ex-FBI profiler and serial killer point man in Los Angeles, is spending his days recuperating after a heart transplant by restoring the boat he lives on. Life consists of long daily walks, checking vital signs and taking anti-rejection medications. That is, until he looks up one day to see Graciela Rivers coming aboard with a request. She's read about his career and new heart in the paper and wants him to privately take on the murder case of her sister, Glory, who was shot in the head and killed during a convenience store robbery. At first, McCaleb says no, he's not in the business anymore, doesn't need the stress and has to take care of himself. But when she reveals that his new heart belonged to Glory, she was an organ donor, he rethinks his answer and decides to look into the case. As he starts to look at the LAPD paperwork and crime scene tape, one thing becomes very clear, things are not as they seem. The detectives working the case, missed some important clues and it appears that Glory wasn't just at the wrong place at the wrong time, but the actual target. And as McCaleb digs deeper, he knows his new heart will never rest easy, unless he solves the crime and finds the killer..... Michael Connelly has done it again. He's written a great mystery/thriller with enough twists, turns and false starts to keep you turning pages to the very end. This is a book that has it all...a great, fast paced, suspenseful plot, well drawn, original characters and riveting scenes that come alive on the page. This is a novel you'll definitely want to read in one sitting. So turn off the phone and lock the door, Blood Work is about to keep you up all night!
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Summary: gripping and fast-moving. A super thriller!
Review: ...This is a pageturner you will not put down once you started. The story is very involving right from the start and McCaleb, the main character, is very well drawn. He is a police detective forced to retire after receiving a heart transplant. But when a beautiful woman with a very interesting problem shows up at this home (boat, that is), he is drawn into a twisted swirl of events that leaves the reader breathless. I read a lot of suspense and was pleased that I couldn't figure this one out until the very end!
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Summary: Another good effort
Review: This was a tough act to follow after the Poet,But Connelly again proves that he is one of the best mystery writers in the game. His plot development and prose are simply ,for the lack of a better word excellent. But reader beware you will lose sleep once you start reading this one.
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Summary: Pretty good but not Connelly's best
Review: "Blood Work" is the second of Michael Connelly's novels that do not involve his usual protagonist, Harry Bosch. This time, the main character is Terry McCaleb, a former FBI agent forced to retire because of a heart disease that almost killed him and necessitated a heart transplant.After the L.A. Times prints a "Where are they now?" column about him, McCaleb gets deluged with requests from the public to solve individual tragic mysteries. He turns all of them down except one: the sister of the person whose heart he received. A person who was murdered in what appears to be a random crime. Only as McCaleb investigates more, he finds that the profile of the killer fits . . . himself. Like all of Connelly's works, "Blood Work" has a number of surprising twists that kept me guessing. In that regard, it's one of his more successful works. ("The Concrete Blonde" ranks as his best, in my opinion, though I haven't read "Void Moon," "Trunk Music," or the new McCaleb-Bosch crossover "A Darkness More than Night" yet.) But what I found ultimately a little disappointing about "Blood Work" was that there didn't seem to be much difference between McCaleb and Bosch. McCaleb has Bosch's tough, sarcastic sense of humor and even uses some of Bosch's tricks for dealing with bureaucracies.
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Summary: Tbe Absolute BEST mystery of ANY author!
Review: This book is the best suspense book I have read ... ever. It was fast-paced, and kept me reading, and reading, and reading. I just couldn't put it down. Just when I would think I was at a stopping point, something else would happen. I ended up finishing it very quickly. It is easy reading and very enjoyable. I liked the plot was beliveable, as many of today's mysteries are not. You won't be diappointed with ANYTHING about this book. It is sooooo good. The characters are ones you know in your every day life and that made the book much better, too. Get this book ... you will love it. I PROMISE! Any fan of mystery and suspense should read this book. You'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Fun and Informative
Review: I'm not sure if this was Connelly's goal but I couldn't help but be impressed with the research he seemed to have done in order to make the novel credible. The reader learns about heart transplants and computers. There's something about FBI procedure and the way bullets are linked to specific guns. It's great. Furthermore, the plot is really gripping. Sure, you might sit back a week later and think, "That was a little ridiculous, wasn't it?" but while you are in the throes, you will be enthralled. A heart transplant patient asked by the sister of his donor to solve the murder which gave him life. Never mind that the recipient is a former hotshot FBI agent and also never mind that the murder is the work of a true fiend. The novel is more morally complex than books which are equally fun to read and it is more fun to read than more books that are more morally complex.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Michael Connolly is becoming one of my favorite writers. He really knows how to connect his audience with his characters. Was really worried when starting to leave from Bosch, but would not mind seeing two excellent series running and mixing with each other. Kept me guessing for the entire time and really enjoyed the ending. Hope you buy it.
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Summary: Connelly delivers the goods - again!
Review: What a talented writer Michael Conolley is! I never tire of reading anything that he has written as he can go from his serial detective Harry Bosch in works such as Angels Flight and The Concrete Blonde, to other work involving completely different characters, like in Blood Work. This thriller centralises around ex-FBI agent, Terry McCaleb, who is investigating the death of a young lady. McCaleb had received her heart in a heart-transplant operation & as he is relaxing from his FBI job, her sister tracks McCaleb down, in order for him to investigate into the death, which McCaleb does reluctantly, as it seems to be a case of a random shooting in a deli. But, of course, there is more to the story than meets the eye and soon McCaleb is off running around searching for the killer and the motive. Although this is not one of Connelly's best, it is certainly an excellent read. He is a master of bringing new ideas into crime thrillers and is able to link other books into his work, without the reader having to have previously read them. This is a brilliant offering by Michael Connelly. I highly recommend it if you like crime/thrillers with not too many characters, easy to follow, excellent writing style and not too much time waste on the scenery! I am off to read Trunk Music now!
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Summary: Bloody Good Work
Review: Great character, great story-line. I really liked this one and have read Black Echo because of it. I can see this being made into a movie.
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