- Hardcover: 383 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (Feb 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312960859
- ISBN-13: 978-0312960858
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,957,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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It's only been in the past couple of weeks that veteran L.A. homicide detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch pushed his boss's face through the plate glass window of the latter's office. You see, Lt. Pounds - the consummate desk jockey - had interfered with one of Harry's interrogations, which resulted in the (probably guilty) suspect walking free. Now, Bosch is on involuntary stress leave with orders to see the department head doctor. To kill time between appointments, Harry unofficially re-opens an unsolved 30+ year-old murder case, that of his mother, a Hollywood hooker. Then there's his Hollywood Hills home, damaged by a recent earthquake and subsequently earmarked for demolition, to worry about. It makes for angst that would cause testiness even in the Pope. And, when Lt. Brockman of Internal Affairs brings Bosch in for the third degree regarding his tense relationship with the Lieutenant, our hero loses it:
"In one explosive move, Bosch shoved the table toward Brockman, catching him completely by surprise. It slid under his arms and crashed into his chest. His chair tipped back against the wall behind him. He kept the pressure on his end and pinned Brockman against the wall... He saw the blotches of color on Brockman's face become more pronounced as he went without air. His eyes bugged."
The fictional road to this book's conclusion is the well-travelled one through police and political chicanery, either of which I can read about in the daily newspaper if I feel the unlikely compulsion. Rather, since each of us perhaps occasionally feels that mad urge for self destruction, the fun of THE LAST COYOTE is watching Bosch be a bull in his own china shop and then clean up the shards. Even that would earn it only four stars, in my opinion, except that the completely unexpected plot twist in the last ten pages merits it the ultimate fifth. If you're still bothering to fly the nation's unfriendly skies, or you're just stuck in a long post office que, THE LAST COYOTE is the perfect distraction to numb the experience.
"In one explosive move, Bosch shoved the table toward Brockman, catching him completely by surprise. It slid under his arms and crashed into his chest. His chair tipped back against the wall behind him. He kept the pressure on his end and pinned Brockman against the wall... He saw the blotches of color on Brockman's face become more pronounced as he went without air. His eyes bugged."
The fictional road to this book's conclusion is the well-travelled one through police and political chicanery, either of which I can read about in the daily newspaper if I feel the unlikely compulsion. Rather, since each of us perhaps occasionally feels that mad urge for self destruction, the fun of THE LAST COYOTE is watching Bosch be a bull in his own china shop and then clean up the shards. Even that would earn it only four stars, in my opinion, except that the completely unexpected plot twist in the last ten pages merits it the ultimate fifth. If you're still bothering to fly the nation's unfriendly skies, or you're just stuck in a long post office que, THE LAST COYOTE is the perfect distraction to numb the experience.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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'The Last Coyote' is the fourth in the consistently excellent Harry Bosch novels by Michael Connelly. As many detective series before it, the Harry Bosch series now has its reflective novel. After 2/3 books it seems that authors often like to look deeper into the characters past and flesh them out for future adventures. This can fall flat, like Jonathon King's 'Shadow Men' but in the case of 'The Last Coyote' it works well.
Bosch has been suspended after punching his ineffectual boss. During his forced leave of absence he decides to finally look back on the murder of his mother that has gone unsolved for 30 years. The book involves a lot of soul searching but also an adventure in the present.
It is this action, caused by Bosch's medaling in the past, that drives the book on. The first third feels a bit labored but the novel picks up when people's noses begin to be put out of place. With the final third being an excellent read Connelly manages to save a struggling book from going down a mediocre route. Not the best in the series but a worthy addition. I would still advise first time readers of Connelly to read one of his first two novels to begin with.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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For me this is probably the best of the Bosch books. The first one I read took me some time to get into, but from then on I have been hooked! He gives the characters a depth that is lacking in too many thrillers, and the twists in this book are brilliantly done keeping one gripped until the end.
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Micheal connelly is one of the best fictional crime writers l have read,l have read most of his books & am looking forward to reading his Latest book.
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The Last Coyote
Bosch finally gets around to investigating the death of his mother.
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