18 books like The Reversal

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Trunk Music Michael Connelly · 1997 · ★ 4.4 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But his first case is a little more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

Lost Light Michael Connelly · 2003 · ★ 4.4 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate When he left the LAPD, Bosch took a file with him: the case of a production assistant murdered four years earlier during a movie set robbery. The LAPD thinks the stolen money was used to finance a terrorist training camp. Thoughts of the original murder victim were lost in the federal zeal, and when Bosch decides to reinvestigate, he quickly falls foul of both his old colleagues and the… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

The Concrete Blonde Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.2 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his female victims. Now with a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thinks he has ended the city's nightmare.But the dead man's widow is suing Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man-- an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

City of Bones Michael Connelly · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Moderate On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break them… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

The Black Ice Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The Black Ice is the second novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. It is the second book in the Harry Bosch series, preceded by The Black Echo and followed by The Concrete Blonde. Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

The Black Ice Michael Connelly · 1993 · ★ 4.1 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate LAPD detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch returns in a procedural thriller set in and around the drug-trafficking underworlds of inner-city Los Angeles and the wastelands of Mexico. Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

The Black Echo Michael Connelly · 1992 · ★ 4.2 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The Black Echo is the debut novel by American crime author Michael Connelly. The story follows on a centered on Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Harry Bosch. It is the first book in the Harry Bosch series, and was followed by The Black Ice. Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

Nine Dragons Michael Connelly · 2009 · ★ 4.4 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Moderate LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life. Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

The Concrete Blonde Michael Connelly · 1994 · ★ 4.5 · 403p · ≈ 13h · Moderate They called him the Dollmaker-the serial killer who stalked Los Angeles and left a grisly calling card on the faces of his female victims. With a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thought he had ended the city's nightmare... But then the dead man's widow sues Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man-an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is discovered with the… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

The Night Fire Michael Connelly · 2019 · ★ 4.5 The Night Fire is the 33rd novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the 22nd novel featuring Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch. It is the third to feature Renee Ballard. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2019. Shares: Bosch, Los angeles

The Reversal Michael Connelly · 2015 · ★ 4.2 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The Reversal is the 22nd novel by American author Michael Connelly and features the third major appearance of Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Haller. Connelly introduced Haller in his bestselling 2005 novel The Lincoln Lawyer and then paired him with LAPD detective Harry Bosch, his half-brother, in 2008s The Brass Verdict. In 2009s 9 Dragons, Haller was a secondary… Shares: Bosch, Los angeles

The Last Coyote Michael Connelly · 1995 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Last Coyote is the fourth novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. It was first published in 1995. The novel won the 1996 Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Shares: Bosch, Los angeles

The Burning Room Michael Connelly · 2014 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The Burning Room is the 27th novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the 17th novel featuring Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company on November 3, 2014. Shares: Bosch, Los angeles

The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly · 2016 · ★ 4.5 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The Wrong Side of Goodbye is the 29th novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the 19th novel featuring Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch. It was published in 2016. Shares: Bosch, Los angeles, Police, Investigation

The Brass Verdict Michael Connelly · 2008 · ★ 4.5 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time,… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

The Last Coyote Michael Connelly · 1995 · ★ 4.5 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Harry Bosch's life is on the edge. His earthquake-damaged home has been condemned. His girlfriend has left him. He's drinking too much. And after attacking his commanding officer, he's even had to turn in his L.A.P.D. detective's badge. Now, suspended indefinitely pending a psychiatric evaluation, he's spending his time investigating an unsolved crime from 1961: the brutal slaying of a… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

The Narrows Michael Connelly · 2004 · ★ 4.5 · 410p · ≈ 13h · Moderate FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous crimes--and apparently he has not forgotten her. Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too--from the widow of an old friend. Her husband's death seems natural, but his ties to the hunt for… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles

The Drop Michael Connelly · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, Detective Harry Bosch wants cases more fiercely than ever - and in one morning he gets two. DNA from the 1989 murder matches that of a twenty-nine-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer, or has something gone terribly wrong in the Regional Crime Lab? When a city councilman's son jumps - or is dropped - from a window at the… Shares: Harry Bosch, Bosch, Los angeles, Police

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