The Overlook, Michael Connelly
The Overlook, Michael Connelly
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The Overlook
A Novel

Author: Michael Connelly

Narrator: Len Cariou

Unabridged: 6 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2007

Synopsis

In his first case since he left the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security. A doctor with access to a dangerous radioactive substance is found murdered in the trunk of his car. Retracing his steps, Harry learns that a large quantity of radioactive cesium was stolen shortly before the doctor's death. With the cesium in unknown hands, Harry fears the murder could be part of a terrorist plot to poison a major American city. Soon, Bosch is in a race against time, not only against the culprits, but also against the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI (in the form of Harry's one-time lover Rachel Walling), who are convinced that this case is too important for the likes of the LAPD. It is Bosch's job to prove all of them wrong.

About Michael Connelly

Author Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia PA in 1956. His genre of choice are crime fiction and thrillers. The term "detectiveis used to describe many of his works, such as those featuring LAPD Detective HieronymusBosch or criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. Most every reader is familiar with those characters. A fun fact is that Connelly recreated a lot of publicity when President Bill Clinton was exiting a bookstore carrying the Connelly novel, "The Concrete Blonde "Harry novels

Connelly wrote which was adapted to film with Cline Eastwood as director and playing the lead actor as character FBI agent Terry McCabe. The book and movie were based on the "survivorsthat a person has after a heart transplant. s interest in the world of crime investigation come when he was 16 and one night on his way home from working as a dishwasher, he witnessed a man throwing an object into a hedge. Curious, he retrieved the object which ended up being a gun wrapped in a flannel shirt. A great happening for a future fictional crime novelist.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Maria Carmen on 2009-07-03 22:48:06

The beginning and middle were awesome: fast-paced, engaging, imaginative. The end was disappointing.

Goodreads review by James on July 01, 2018

I first read this story when it was serialized in the New York Times Magazine. Following that, Connelly expanded the story and published it as a novel. I remember enjoying the serialized version, but, as one would expect, the novel winds up being a fuller and richer experience. As the story opens, De......more

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma on January 07, 2025

4.5★ “To the librarian who gave me To Kill a Mockingbird” That’s Connelly’s dedication, and I’d like to add my own Hear Hear for the librarian. Think of all the readers who would have missed getting to know Hieronymus Bosch, who is so dedicated to seeking justice in his city of angels, Los Angeles. Har......more

Goodreads review by Jonetta on March 22, 2017

Harry Bosch now works in the Robbery-Homicide Division in the Homicide Special unit follow the events of Echo Park. He's got a new partner, Ignacio Ferras, and their first case is the murder of a medical physicist. Because the case also involves the theft of some radioactive materials, the FBI and o......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 23, 2021

That was very fast paced. And a record solve of a murder in 12 hours. Harry is always posturing and getting himself into trouble but he is also a dog with a bone and won’t stop until he has it all figured out. Enjoyable as always!......more

Goodreads review by Paul on June 30, 2024

A "hot" Harry Bosch thriller! Having begun life as a 16 part serial for the New York Times, THE OVERLOOK has a dramatically different flavour than the preceding 12 novels in the continuing, exciting Harry Bosch canon with which Connelly has thrilled his legion of fans. Less grim and foreboding, less......more

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