The Black Box, Michael Connelly
The Black Box, Michael Connelly
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The Black Box

Author: Michael Connelly

Narrator: Michael McConnohie

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/26/2012

Synopsis

In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots. Harry originally investigated the murder, but it was then handed off to the Riot Crimes Task Force and never solved.

Now Bosch's ballistics match indicates that her death was not random violence, but something more personal, and connected to a deeper intrigue. Like an investigator combing through the wreckage after a plane crash, Bosch searches for the "black box," the one piece of evidence that will pull the case together.

Riveting and relentlessly paced, THE BLACK BOX leads Harry Bosch, "one of the greats of crime fiction" (New York Daily News), into one of his most fraught and perilous cases.

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

Goodreads review by Katherine on December 04, 2013

Oh, Harry. Many people when they age take up hobbies. It would appear that Michael Connelly has taken up the hobby of Harry Bosch Book By Numbers writing. Because it's all here, in on handy volume 1. Gritty LA Death 2. Gruff Harry pursues the Case Nobody Believes In. 3. "You are a Crime Tourist" view o......more

Goodreads review by James on August 14, 2019

During the course of the L.A. riots in 1992, Harry Bosch, then a young detective, was the first investigator on the scene of the murder of Anneke Jespersen. Jespersen, an attractive photo-journalist from Denmark, was found executed in a dark ally in the middle of the riot zone by national guardsmen......more

Goodreads review by Jane on September 22, 2017

Excellent story, but dislike the audiobook narrator. I had one negative with the story, a question not answered at the end: On the second to last page Connelly wrote “She would not tell Bosch why she …” did something. That bothered me. It was important. The positive: One of the things he does so well is......more

Goodreads review by Scott on February 29, 2024

1992. Los Angeles. Third night of the riots. Harry Bosch was a fledgling detective, barely out of his patrolman’s uniform. He and his partner were called downtown, amidst confused and frightened beat cops, National Guardsmen, and police officers pulled out of their comfortable precincts to watch the......more

Quotes

PRAISE FOR THE DROP:

"Connelly inherits the mantle of Raymond Chandler.... Their books share a kind of ambitious artistry that strains to reach beyond genre fiction."—Chuck Leddy, Boston Globe

"Connelly is superb at building suspense."—Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

"Bosch is one of the best detectives in crime fiction, and Connelly continues to amaze with his latest effort."—Jeff Ayers, Associated Press

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