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Summary: Quick Summer Entertainment from Connelly
Review: I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but (as a mystery reader) I had the outcome of this book figured out about 100 pages into it. I had read "Blood Work" and "Last Coyote", so was happily familiar with both Terry McCaleb and Harry Bosch as characters, and with Michael Connelly as an author.
Despite thinking ahead to the resolution, I was compelled to finish by Connelly's crisp writing about some good, solid detective work. (Even though I do feel the references to Bosch, the painter, were contrived, I guess suspending one's imaginative boundaries allows for fiction in the first place.)
For a quick summer read, people could do lots worse than Connelly. And even if you know where it's headed, there are some nice twists and turns along the way to keep you motivated.
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Summary: Connelly is Back and Better than Ever...
Review: Jaye Winston, detective with the L.A. Sheriff's office has hit a brick wall on a particularly gruesome and grisly murder case, involving a strangled, hog tied drunk with a penchant for hurting prostitutes, so she visits an old friend and collegue, Terry McCaleb, now retired from the FBI's profiling unit and running fishing charters off Catalina Island. Her hope is that he will "volunteer" to go through the crime scene video and murder book and pick up on something that she's missed. McCaleb obliges and soon is hooked, running down leads and making a startling discovery. At the same time, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is up to his ears in a murder case of his own. Movie director, David Storey, is on trial for the brutal murder of a would-be actress and then manipulating the scene so that it looked like an accidental suicide. Bosch is not only the lead detective on the case, but also the prosecution's star witness and is determined to put this guy away and see justice done. As these two separate cases move forward, the lines begin to blur and overlap and one name keeps coming to the top of the list, Harry Bosch..... Michael Connelly has brought back favorite characters from several previous novels and written a tense and gripping, fast paced mystery/thriller. A Darkness More Than Night has it all...interesting and complex characters with strong voices, a compelling and suspenseful plot with intriguing, riveting scenes and enough twists, turns and false starts to keep you off balance and turning pages to the end. Don't start reading this novel unless you have the time to finish it in one sitting, because you won't be able to put it down. Michael Connelly is back and better than ever!
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Summary: RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE LAST COYOTE
Review: A Darkness More than Night draws you in on the first page and doesn't let you go until the last. You are drawn deep into the soul of Harry Bosch to view the good, the bad, and the ugly in this haunting book. Terry McCaleb is the perfect complement to Bosch's extremely complex character. He is drawn from retirement to help solve a baffling murder and the trail seems to lead in Bosch's direction. Not since The Last Coyote has there been such an intense Harry Bosch novel.
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Summary: Bosch, Knight of Darkness?????????
Review: At least this is what an ex-FBI profiler, Terry McCaleb, believes after he starts looking at allot of art books as a result of a homicide that the someone in the LA Co. Sheriff's Dept. has brought him.......right from the start I was disappointed that Connelly dragged out this character AGAIN......he was boring enough in "Blood Work" and I was disappointed that he is featured prominently in his newest book particularly as Harry nemesis. As the book progressed I found myself leafing ahead to see how much was left of McCaleb.......I have read all of Harry adventures and like him very much despite all of the baggage that he hauls around....but that is what makes him human.....unlike McCaleb who has all the answers apparently to everything.......perhaps the most hilarious aspect of this book was at the end where McCaleb declares, when he goes to Bosch's home, that he no longer wants to be his friend!!! EXCUSE ME?????? I was never aware that they were bosom buddies......infact I think Bosch says "What?" also......if I had to depend on a friend like that I might start thinking about how I select my 'friends'.......I feel the way Bosch does about him......I hope McCaleb stays on Catalina island PERMANENTLY swallowing his bottles of pills everyday, taking out fishermen in his little boat, and sitting on his front porch.......PS: Can I give 5 stars to Bosch and 1 to McCaleb in this book??????? LOL
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Summary: A Sure-Fire Bestseller!
Review: Michael Connelly's newest book, A Darkness More Than Night, features Terry McCaleb and Jaye Winston (from Blood Work)and Harry Bosch in a thriller that will definitely keep you glued to your seat. Be prepared for the pages to seem that they they are flying through your fingers. If you liked Blood Work, you'll greatly enjoy seeing how McCaleb tries to once again see inside a horrifyingly deranged criminal mind. What he uncovers, however, will not seem possible. In typical Connelly fashion, he develops characters, both good and bad, that are very well-developed and ones you'll feel are very real. Further, his plot will keep you engrossed from first page to last. Don't hesitate to add A Darkness More Than Night to your must-read list.
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Summary: The colliding of two great characters
Review: In A Darkness More than Night Michael Connelly combines two of his greatest characters, Harry Bosch and Terry McCaleb. In this book, you're not sure who you like more.In an ironic twist of fate, Bosch is the main suspect in a murder that McCaleb is investigating as a favor for an old friend. And if that weren't enough, Bosch is in the middle of an important trial, where his testimony could make or break the case and puts the responsibility of a killer punished or set free on his shoulders. With two suspenseful stories playing out, with characters we know and love, this book proves yet again Connelly's talent for writing. As of yet, I haven't been able to guess an ending yet- he keeps you on your toes! I enjoyed this book, as I've enjoyed all that came before it from Connelly. The only thing that was a little strange, was that it seemed Connelly had a hard time juggling the two characters and giving them equal time in the book. In a book that is considered part of the "Harry Bosch" series, it really was more about McCaleb and that left a little of a bad taste in my mouth. Even though I enjoy both characters, Bosch is still my favorite and I was looking forward to a book that again, focuses more on him and I didn't quite feel I got that. However, that's the only let down, BUT surprisingly, I did begin enjoy getting to know McCaleb more and more through out this book. I do hope Connelly writes another one featuring him, I just think it might be better though to keep the two characters separate and give them each their own stage.
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Summary: a bit too clever and tidy
Review: Connelly is a good writer but, as in THE POET, the plot is a little too contrived/clever for its own good. The opening scenes of McCaleb grudgingly accepting the case were a little too reminiscent of Will Graham in the beginning of Harris' RED DRAGON. Also, McCaleb was too quick to accept Bosch as the killer of Gunn (If Bosch was the killer, why would he leave such elaborate clues pointing to himself? And why didn't Bosch, or someone else, point this out to him?). The ending wraps everything up a little too neatly and conveniently for my taste and, at 470 pages, this novel could probably have benefited from a little trimming here and there. Finally, would the real killer(s) have had the intelligence and ability to concoct such an elaborate murder scene? Not a bad novel, but not worthy of the high praise it has garnered.
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Summary: Just a good book to read
Review: This book is not the best of Michael Connelly but is a good read, but if you want you can skip the last three chapters and you will miss nothing, the part of McCaleb's investigation is much better than the trial, but this part is also good, if you are a Connelly reader don't expect to much of this book and with that in mind read it.
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Summary: Intelligent entertainment
Review: Having read the book just 3 weeks after visiting Avalon, Catalina, I found myself enjoying the book more than I would have otherwise. The book is overall very entertaining, intelligent, and very easy to read. The ending might be predictable but the way the story comes together is quite good. Except for a few minor character/plot points that were never quite explained (spoiler; i.e., why did the apartment manager take the owl to the other building?) and a somewhat over imaginative "profiling", this is definitely worth the read.
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Summary: Terrific story!
Review: I really enjoyed this! I'll definitely being reading more of Connelly's books- this was my first one.
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