- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (30 Nov 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752864645
- ISBN-13: 978-0752864648
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 251,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Closers puts Harry Bosch back in the Los Angelese Police Department, where he was meant to be, and sets him to solving old cases, which is what he always did best, alongside Kiz Rider, who was always the best of the partners fate, and Connolly, gave him. They are working on the death of a bi-racial teenager back in the 1980s, abducted from her bedroom and shot dead. The racial tensions of the time are clearly a factor - the DNA of a known racist is trapped in blood on the gun - but in a Michael Connolly novel, things are never as simple as they seem. And Bosch finds, not to his especial surprise, that he has been asked back into the LAPD as someone's weapon in the dance of departmental politics. The death of Backy Verloren was a tragedy - the investigation of her murder was a series of mistakes that left her father an alcoholic mess and her mother an obsessive trapped in the past, and someone profited by their misery. Connolly is always at his best when Harry is caught up in the problems of other people, rather than his own, and this excellent, twisty police procedural is a snappy return to form. --Roz Kaveney
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'Harry Bosch is out of retirement and back at LAPD, but this time with the "Cold Case" squad - The Closers - trying to close unsolved cases. His first case is to discover who was responsible for the murder of 16 year-old Becky Verloren in 1988. But Harry's digging seems to have uncovered a cover up from an unexpected area. Some strong language, but read brilliantly by the wonderful David Soul - the perfect Harry Bosch.' (June Davies OTTAKARS Shelf Talker reviews )
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is back in all his glory. Michael Connelly, in his eleventh novel, has brought Harry back to the Los Angeles Police Department. Harry had retired but after three years his feet were itchy to get back to his real love, LAPD. He was invited back by his old partner, Kismin Rider. She is a smart, tough but warm detective and very much respected by her peers.
Harry came back to the Open-Unsolved Unit (aka "cold case" squad). This excited him. He had so many unsolved crimes in his career, and in his mind he could picture many of them. On his first day at the squad he was obtaining coffee for his partner when his old nemesis, Deputy Chief Irvin S. Irving, gave him a warning, "Watch your step, Harry, there are many watching you!" This threat didn't bother Harry, but the fact that Irving sought him out made Harry wonder what the real story was all about. Later that day, Harry and Rizen were given their first case. Rebecca Verloren, 16, was discovered missing from her Chatsworth home many years ago, and now, there was a new DNA clue to help them solve this mystery.
Along the way Harry relies upon his skills, sometimes a bit rusty, but his "gut" is so sure that he knows what clues to look at and what is real and what is sometimes false. He gets back to his research, and the people he knew before he quit the job. Often, a long ago name or profile will surface, and we wonder how long will it be before this person shows up. A next door neighbor from Las Vegas from one of his last cases bears a remarkable resemblance to one of the people seen in a newspaper article that has a close relationship to this new case. Michael Connelly often inserts small clues about previous stories into his novels, and I find this piece of detective work thrilling. I look forward to each novel to find the most unlikely clues inserted in the most unlikely places.
Harry Bosch has arrived in this novel. He feels at home. He knows his job, he is a seasoned partner, but all the same, this is a new beginning. Harry does his best job and his best reasoning in this novel. Michael Connelly has found the heart of the man in this novel. "The Closers" is the best of the best and highly recommended. prisrob
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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We always have to wait a year for a new Bosch novel and that is my only complaint about Mr Connelly. Detective Bosch has always been one of my favorites (along with Jack Reacher) and in this novel he is back with LAPD and his partner Kiz Ryder.
The pace is fast, maybe too fast as i finished the book in three days and again i have to wait another year for the next novel. If you have not discovered Bosch then you have a lot of reading to do as there are now thirteen novels available and they are all as good as you can get. The plot unfolds beautifully and Connelly succeeds again in twisting you around his little finger.
The pace is fast, maybe too fast as i finished the book in three days and again i have to wait another year for the next novel. If you have not discovered Bosch then you have a lot of reading to do as there are now thirteen novels available and they are all as good as you can get. The plot unfolds beautifully and Connelly succeeds again in twisting you around his little finger.
I liked the introduction of a new commander, and he definately adds colour to this new novel.
So, in conclusion, go for it ! you will not be disappointed !
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After a two year retirement Detective Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD currently assigned to the cold case files. The first case out the of the chute is the killing of a highschool teen 17 years prior. the case is reopened after blood is matched to that found on the murder weapon -- DNA evidence, and the blood belongs to local white supremacist Roland Mackey (of mixed race himself black father white mother). This might all sound like an episode of CSI, but as Connelly always does he deftly takes the reader deeper into the characters and the plot finding meaning beyound just a police procedural who-dun-it. To my mind no one tops Connelly in this genre, and even those who don't normally read thrillers should take a stabe at Conelly. This book and "A Tourist in the Yucatan" have been my favorite thriller reads of 2005! Tourist is a rough little gem, check it out!
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Simply the best
I love the Harry Bosch novels, they are always a very good read, and you feel involved right from the start, and they hard to put down. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Peter Fidler
The Man Is Always Worth the Reading
"The Closers," (2005), is, I believe, the 12th in Michael Connelly's best-selling Harry Bosch series of mystery novels. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Stephanie DePue
Enjoyable but predictable ending
This is one of the good Bosch books, with a good pace and interesting characters, but the ending was easy to predict.
Published 18 months ago by B. Welch
Holmes was never the same after the Reichenbach Falls
And this also seems true of Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch, a detective on the LAPD who retired about three years ago and now, after a bit of sleight-of-hand from the Sixth Floor, where... Read more
Published 21 months ago by L. E. Cantrell
Slow going but worth it
I found this to be a great read. It does take a while to get going, and for at least the first 200 pages it is a bit of a slog, but I would recommend it. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Matthew Turner
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Harry Bosch is back on the force in another excellent Michael Connelly novel.
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Now with the Open Unsolved Unit, Bosch is back with his former partner Kiz Rider... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by Mr. Anthony Morgan
A good read
I only recently discovered Michael Connelly for myself and now keep buying his Harry Bosh books and others. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2009 by V. Hedge
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"The Closers" is Connelly's third strike for me. "The Poet" was excruciatingly slow and boring, while "The Narrows" made "The Poet" look like a rollercoaster. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2009 by Sam Quixote
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After taking a couple of years early retirement and branching out on his own, Harry Bosch finds he's missing his old department and takes the LAPD up on their offer of re-joining... Read more
Published on 18 July 2009 by Big Bertha
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I'm still working my way through the Connelly series and i've yet to come across one that will dissapoint. With The Closers nothing changes. Read more
Published on 6 April 2009 by Mr. D. J. Sutton
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