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Michael Connelly's world-weary cop Harry Bosch gets another outing in City of Bones, torn apart by having to investigate the long-ago killing of a much abused boy and by his doomed affair with a much younger woman cop. This is not the best or the most ingenious, but is the gloomiest and perhaps most thoughful, of Connelly's thrillers about Bosch, thrillers which take the assumptions of the police procedural and makes them part of the creation of a mood in which to investigate is to struggle with the tragic forces in life. Connelly is especially good on the more positive aspects of canteen culture, that real desire to protect the innocent and serve society that Bosch calls "the blue religion"; when, as here, a paedophile witness is outed to the press or a suspect shot in dubious circumstances, it is not just good standards of policework, but something more important that is being betrayed. If City of Bonesturns out to be the last of Connelly's books about Bosch, or the last in which he is controlled and constrained in his mission of justice by his role as a police officer, it will not be a dying fall to one of the more impressive thriller series of our time. --Roz Kaveney
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'A crime writing genius... his Harry Bosch stories are genuine modern classics' - Independent On Sunday
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49 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Still recovering from the events of "A Darkness More than Night", LA detective Harry Bosch is confronted with a nightmare. The partial skeleton of a child is discovered on a hillside. A forensic anthropologist is called in and his examination of the remains reveals a harrowing tale of prolonged abuse. Harry swears he will catch the culprit, and once again enters the darkest recesses of human cruelty.
Based on a real murder (in which the perpetrator was successfully prosecuted, thank God!) this is yet another brilliant work from Connelly. Bosch is a wonderfully crafted protagonist, and as usual the writing is first rate. The description of injuries given by the anthropologist is disturbing reading, all the more so considering that it is based in fact, yet the subject is treated sensitively and in no way appears voyeuristic. The rest of the story (I won't give it away!) flows beatifully.
Connelly is a fine author and this book would grace any crime fan's collection. Thoroughly recommended.
Based on a real murder (in which the perpetrator was successfully prosecuted, thank God!) this is yet another brilliant work from Connelly. Bosch is a wonderfully crafted protagonist, and as usual the writing is first rate. The description of injuries given by the anthropologist is disturbing reading, all the more so considering that it is based in fact, yet the subject is treated sensitively and in no way appears voyeuristic. The rest of the story (I won't give it away!) flows beatifully.
Connelly is a fine author and this book would grace any crime fan's collection. Thoroughly recommended.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd recently been introduced to Harry Bosch, the LA detective featured, by my father. This was only the second novel, with him as lead, that I'd read. It's well plotted, with several wrong turns, and "you think you know who done it and you're wrong" twists....and you really care for this flawed character, who suffers a loss midway, and suffers for his compulsion at the end. It's not a perfectly happy ending, nor should it be, yet it's uplifting enough that he kinda catches who did it, and why, against the odds. But only after he's paid a meaningufl price for what he's learnt. Characters, even the incidental ones are carefully drawn, and the dialogue is compelling, and not cliched. Well worth a few pounds, and a few hours of your time.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's not the most violent,action packed harry Bosch story but it's interesting and the more the case unravels, the more you feel sorry for our hero. The bones found belong to a 12 year old boy that's been missing some 25 years. The more Bosch finds out the more 'haunting' the case becomes. There's a couple of stereotypical sub plots(conflict with bosses, troubled romance) but these just keep the story ticking along. I enjoyed it and it was a little different in it's approach.
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replacement to lost book
Bought as a replacement to 'lost' book, arrived safely and in good condition.
Connelly as ever on top form, if you don't know the author do yourself a favour, discover... Read more
Connelly as ever on top form, if you don't know the author do yourself a favour, discover... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Roy Walker
One of the Finest of the Bosch Series
"City of Bones," (2002), is the eighth novel in the American crime author Michael Connelly's best-selling, prize winning LAPD Inspector Harry Bosch series. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Stephanie DePue
HARRY BOSCH - COOLEST DETECTIVE BY FAR!
HIERONYMUS 'HARRY' BOSCH IS THE DETECTIVE YOU DO NOT WANT ON YOUR TRAIL. UNORTHODOX, ILL DISCIPLINED, UNCOMMUNICATIVE AND DOWN-RIGHT UNLUCKY AT TIMES, THIS GUY TAKES YOU ON A... Read more
Published 15 months ago by RedAlFire
One of the weakest of a great series
Throughout the years i ve read a lot of Michael Connelly books and loved most of them; The Poet, A Darkness More Than Night and The Concrete Blonde being amongst the most... Read more
Published 20 months ago by L. Bezzina
Plot is a bit thin
I've now read over half off the Michael Connelly books and this is the first time I've been motivated to say anything negative. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ajoneill
Another winner for Michael Connelly
I have to confess to being a major fan of Michael Connelly's books, as soon as I finish one I look forward to reading the next. Read more
Published 23 months ago by superscribe
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A very good story with many twists and turns. What on earth was that all about with the rooky cop. It spoilt the storyline for me and stalled the the tale for a while . Read more
Published on 4 April 2010 by N. A. Parry
Dark, haunting yet compulsive reading
This is my second Michael Connelly book I've read and the first involving the LAPD detective Hieronymus Bosch. I have to say that I was not disappointed in this book. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2009 by Matthew Turner
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When a dog appears from the woods with a human bone from a child, Harry Bosch is the duty Detective and despite their best efforts to keep it from the press the media latch on to... Read more
Published on 12 May 2009 by Big Bertha
My First Connelly!!
The book was driven by great characterisation and an underlying theme which gives you the value of two stories in one. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2008 by Mavi
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