"home. The story continues from there. Trunk Music (novel) Trunk Music is the sixth novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the fifth featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus ""Harry"" Bosch. A body found in the trunk of a Rolls Royce seems to have connections with the mob and leads Bosch and his investigation to Las Vegas. It's Harry Bosch's first case after being transferred to the Homicide table. The car was found by a beat cop near the Hollywood Bowl. Harry arrives during a concert. Fireworks are scheduled after the concert. At the encouragement of Fire Chief, and"
"brought together Bosch and Haller for the first time. He followed that with ""The Scarecrow"" (May 2009), which brought back McEvoy as the lead character. ""9 Dragons"", a novel taking Bosch to Hong Kong, was published in October 2009. ""The Reversal"" (October 2010), reunites Bosch & Haller as they work together under the banner of the state on the retrial of a child murderer. The Haller novel ""The Fifth Witness"" was published in 2011. ""The Drop"", which refers in part to the ""Deferred Retirement Option Plan"" that was described in the novel ""The Brass Verdict"" (2008), was published in November"
"usually one love interest per book. He has a daughter, who, as of ""9 Dragons"", is living with him. She had lived with her mother, Harry's ex-wife Eleanor Wish (a former FBI agent, ex-con and professional poker player, whom Bosch met in ""The Black Echo"" and married while on a case in Las Vegas. Wish left Bosch in "" Angels Flight"", and was killed in Hong Kong. Recent stories find Bosch linked in a close relationship with FBI agent Rachel Walling. The liaison formulated in ""The Narrows"" and heightened romantically during ""Echo Park"", but Walling broke off the relationship at"
"guard, Sun Yee, who was also her boyfriend. She was killed during an attempt to rescue Maddie from Chinese thugs (detailed in ""9 Dragons"" from 2009). Subsequently, Maddie lives with her father in Los Angeles. After his return from Vietnam and an honorable discharge from the Army, Bosch joined the LAPD and rose to the rank of Detective III, a position which entails both investigative and supervisory duties and is the LAPD equivalent of Detective Sergeant. While in the LAPD, Bosch worked in the prestigious Robbery Homicide Division (RHD) for five years, but was drummed out by an Internal Affairs"
"down the victim. As a result, Bosch heads to Hong Kong in an effort to rescue her. The name of the most populated region of Hong Kong, Kowloon, means ""nine dragons"" in English. Harry Bosch is still back in homicide (no closer duty for him) and during a slow night he is asked to investigate a shooting in a ""rougher"" section of L.A. Harry and his partner (Detective Ignacio Ferras) grudgingly take the assignment that would normally be handled by a gang-related crimes unit, and learn that a Chinese-American convenience store owner was murdered behind his own counter. The case"
"Lost Light Lost Light is the ninth novel in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series. It is the first Bosch novel to be narrated in first person; all prior Bosch novels had utilized an omniscient third-person style. ""Lost Light"" is the first novel set after Bosch retires from the LAPD at the end of the prior story. Having received his private investigator's license, Bosch investigates an old case concerning the murder of a production assistant on the set of a film. The case leads him back into contact with his ex-wife Eleanor Wish, who is now a professional poker player in"
"by Bosch's nemesis Irvin Irving to cover up the ties of a ranking officer's son with a neo-Nazi group. Most striking of all, in developments that give this novel astonishing moral force, the pair explore the ""ripples"" of the long-ago crime, how it has destroyed the young girl's family—leaving the mother trapped in the past and plunging the father into a nightmare of homelessness and alcoholism—and how it drives Rider, and especially Bosch, into a deeper understanding of their own purposes in life. Harry Bosch: Harry Bosch is the lead detective in the story. Bosch returns to LAPD after a"
"out of Open-Unsolved and into Homicide Special during the time between ""Echo Park"" and ""The Overlook"". During his time in the LAPD as covered in the novels, Bosch was in Hollywood homicide and worked with Frankie Sheehan (Bosch's partner in RHD, who was later murdered in ""Angels Flight""), Jerry Edgar (his longest serving partner) and Kizmin 'Kiz' Rider, the other members of Bosch's team in Hollywood homicide. The 2004 Limited Edition DVD that was available with ""The Narrows"" included an excerpt of a speech real-life LAPD Chief William Bratton made at the Police Academy, in which he publicly asked Harry"
"that."" ""Publishers Weekly"" said that ""Grimwood does sustain interest with a premise that could have fallen flat in lesser hands."" 9tail Fox 9tail Fox is a 2005 novel by Jon Courtenay Grimwood. The plot centres on Bobby Zha, a Sergeant at the fictional SFPD Chinatown station in San Francisco. The claimed shooting of a burglar by eleven-year-old Natalie Persikov conflicts with Zha's intuition on the matter, but before he has a real chance to investigate he is shot himself. After meeting the ""Jinwei hu"" (the nine-tailed fox of the title) while dead, Bobby wakes up in a hospital. However, there"
"Division (IAD) investigation involving Bosch's shooting of a suspect (The Dollmaker) who was later linked to nine murders. Following the IAD investigation, which was conducted by Detectives Pierce Lewis and Don Clarke, Bosch was sent to Hollywood Division and assigned to the homicide desk. Lewis and Clarke also investigated Bosch in ""The Black Echo"". At one point, Bosch left the LAPD and worked as a private investigator for three years. He left retirement and returned to the LAPD at the conclusion of ""The Narrows"". After his return, Bosch was assigned to RHD's Open-Unsolved Unit, a cold case squad. Bosch transferred"
"used by the intruders to pressure Stanley Kent to steal the cesium from the hospital. ""Jack Brenner"", Rachel Walling's FBI partner and superior and the lead FBI agent on the case. His primary concern is dealing with the terror threat associated with the stolen cesium. To him, Bosch's homicide investigation is a secondary concern. ""Cliff Maxwell"", an FBI agent working on the case, with whom Bosch has two violent encounters. The Overlook The Overlook is the 18th novel by American crime writer Michael Connelly, and the thirteenth featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus ""Harry"" Bosch. The novel first appeared in"
"Los Angeles Police Department Detective Hieronymus ""Harry"" Bosch, a man who, according to Connelly, shares few similarities with the author himself. Connelly named Bosch after the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, known for his paintings full of sin and redemption, such as the painting ""Hell"", a copy of which hangs on the office wall behind Connelly's computer. Connelly describes his own work as a big canvas with all the characters of his books floating across it as currents on a painting. Sometimes they are bound to collide, creating cross currents. This is something that Connelly creates by bringing back characters from"
"""Dirty"" Harry Callahan -- the police officer played in a series of films by Clint Eastwood. Besides the Connelly series, Harry Bosch has made cameos in several other authors' books. Bosch has appeared in books by Paula Woods, Joe Gores, and Robert Crais. Likewise, during an October 16, 2008 book-signing in San Mateo, California, to promote ""The Brass Verdict"", Michael Connelly informed the audience that Bosch also appeared in a cameo without identification in Connelly's novel ""Chasing the Dime"". With two exceptions the Bosch novels are narrated in third-person, initially focused entirely on Bosch's point of view. Later novels include"
"Michael Connelly Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus ""Harry"" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. Connelly is the bestselling author of thirty-one novels and one work of non-fiction. With over 60 million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into forty foreign languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. His very first novel, ""The Black Echo"", won the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. In 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and"
"Pseudonymous Bosch Pseudonymous Bosch is the pen name of Raphael Simon, the author of ""The Secret Series"" and ""The Bad Books"" series of fictional children's books. He has released 9 books. Bosch had long been suspected to be the author Raphael Simon. However, this had been disputed by the author. On May 8, 2016, however, it was explicitly stated in ""The New York Times"" that Bosch is, in fact, named Simon. The pseudonym plays off that of the artist Hieronymus Bosch. Though Bosch, in real-life, is openly gay, he has stated that his pseudonymous form is not necessarily so. The"
"terrorists. Relying on instinct and experience, Bosch pursues his line of inquiry, ultimately succeeding in solving the murder and recovering the cesium. The principal players in the story are: ""Harry Bosch"", the lead detective on the case, who is the principal protagonist of this and twelve previous Harry Bosch novels. ""Rachel Walling"", who was romantically involved with Harry in a number of previous Harry Bosch novels. In this story, while Harry has hopes of re-connecting with Rachel, their relationship is strained, owing to conflicting views on how the investigation should be carried out. ""Ignacio ""Iggy"" Ferras"", Bosch's young partner. Iggy"
"to Pete Gordon, the man who was killing mothers and children whom Boxer was tracking. PattyaDailyNews.com reviewed the book, saying ""Although this book may not be Pulitzer material, if you are looking for a read that is full of suspense and a fast moving plot, then this is the book for you."" The 9th Judgment The 9th Judgment is the title for the ninth book in the Women's Murder Club series featuring Lindsay Boxer by ""New York Times"" Bestselling author James Patterson and was released in 2010. SFPD sergeant Lindsay Boxer and her squad are tracking down a man who"
"Las Vegas, and Bosch learns at the end that he and Eleanor have a young daughter. The poem referenced in this work is from Ezra Pound's ""Exile's Letter:"" <poem> What is the use of talking, and there is no end of talking, There is no end of things in the heart. </poem> ""Lost Light"" is distinguished by the inclusion of a soundtrack CD to accompany the first hardback edition, featuring jazz music that Harry Bosch would have been listening to, including music of Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. Lost Light Lost Light is the ninth novel in Michael"
"and the other the death of a politically-connected power broker in a fall from a hotel balcony. The book was mentioned in a February 2011 interview, where Connelly explained that Bosch would be ""handling two cases at once, a cold case that turns hot and the politically charged investigation into the death of a city councilman's son. The city councilman happens to be Harry's old nemesis, Irvin Irving."" Bosch and his partner David Chu are working in the Open-Unsolved unit of the LAPD's homicide squad handling cold cases. Based on a new analysis of old physical evidence, they are assigned"
"Award) for best historical mystery of 2010. ""City of Dragons"" was selected as one of the five finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Shamus Award, for Best First Private Eye Novel, the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award for Best Historical Mystery of 2010, awarded at Left Coast Crime in March, 2011, and the RT Book Reviews Readers Choice award for Best Historical Mystery of 2010. ""Nox Dormienda"" won the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award for Best Historical Mystery of 2008, awarded at the mystery conference Left Coast Crime in March, 2009. ""Nox Dormienda"" was also"
"In ""The Burning Room"", Bosch is carrying a Glock 30, .45 ACP caliber, semi-automatic pistol, and using the Kimber as his backup gun. In ""Dark Sacred Night"", Bosch carries a Smith & Wesson Model 15 Combat Masterpiece .38 Special. It is referred to as the revolver he carried as a patrol officer in the past. The S&W Combat Masterpiece was standard issue to LAPD officers for many years. In February 2015, Amazon Prime showed the series ""Bosch"", based on the novels. The ten-episode series starred Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch, with Annie Wersching and Jamie Hector co-starring as Officer Julia"
"were assigned to ghostwriters. Two subsequent novels (""Casca 23: The Liberator"" and ""Casca 24: The Defiant"") were written by Paul Dengelegi. The current author, Tony Roberts, has written all the novels since 2006, excluding ""Casca 29: Immortal Dragon"" and ""Casca 33: The Outlaw"", which were written by Michael B. Goodwin. In April 2013, ""Casca 29: Immortal Dragon"" was removed from the list of books on casca.net due to alleged plagiarism, and shortly afterwards his other novel in the series, ""Casca 33: The Outlaw"", was removed for the same reason. There is another story, in the form of an unauthorized audiobook,"
"Unit. Ultimately, he is caught breaking into the Robbery Homicide Division offices as part of the Merced investigation and is placed on indefinite suspension pending an investigation. With less than a year until his retirement, he leaves Open-Unsolved knowing that he may never return. The Burning Room The Burning Room is the 27th novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the seventeenth novel featuring Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company on November 3, 2014. Harry Bosch and his rookie partner Lucia Soto are assigned the case of Orlando Merced,"
"to Cass or Yo Yoji, or anyone else. He says that the Secret itself is a secret that opens up more secrets and warns the reader not to let anyone give away the ending. You Have to Stop This You Have To Stop This is a book by the author Pseudonymous Bosch. It is the fifth book in ""The Secret Series"", and it is a sequel to ""This Isn't What It Looks Like, This Book Is Not Good for You, If You're Reading This, It's Too Late"", and ""The Name of this Book is Secret"". This book is based on"
"of in an office. However, during ""The Fifth Witness"", Haller temporarily rents an office on a one-year lease. With the influx in foreclosure clients at that time, Haller has hired an associate, Jennifer ""Bullocks"" Aronson, a new graduate of Southwestern Law School, which is located in the former Bullocks Wilshire. In ""9 Dragons"", Haller makes a short cameo as Harry Bosch's lawyer; a murder suspect even states that Matthew McConaughey was his alibi. He later suggests that their daughters (Harry's Maddie and Mickey's Hayley) should get together; their daughters would later meet during the events of ""The Reversal."" Later on"
"Connelly, his ""real"" job is to write about Bosch, and his purpose in bringing McCaleb and Bosch together in ""A Darkness More Than Night"" was to use McCaleb as a tool to look at Bosch from another perspective and keep the character interesting. Every character in the list below, with one exception, has appeared in a Harry Bosch book. All of Michael Connelly's novels occur in the same fictional universe and character crossovers are common. Each of these characters has appeared in at least two novels of Connelly's. Michael Connelly Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author"
"Holly become friends and she joins him on later cases. Dragon Detective Agency The Dragon Detective Agency is a series of children's books written by Gareth P. Jones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. The first book, called 'The Case of the Missing Cats', was published in 2006. It involves a girl called Holly Bigsby who has lost her cat Willow. She calls the Dragon Detective agency but she does not know that there's a dragon on the other end called Dirk Dilly. Dirk thinks it is an investigation that he does not need to solve but he finds out there"
"Bosch (TV series) Bosch is an American police procedural web television series produced by Amazon Studios and Fabrik Entertainment. It stars Titus Welliver as Los Angeles Police detective Harry Bosch. The show was developed for Amazon by Eric Overmyer and the first season takes its inspiration from three of Michael Connelly’s novels: ""City of Bones"", ""Echo Park"", and ""The Concrete Blonde"". It was, together with ""The After"", one of two drama pilots that Amazon streamed online in early 2014, and viewers offered their opinions about the pilot before the studio decided whether to place a series order. The show was"
"in his youth, was too mechanistic. James Ellroy has described ""Red Dragon"" as 'the best pure thriller I've ever read' and cited it as an influence on his own novel ""Killer on the Road"". Red Dragon (novel) Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to investigate a serial killer nicknamed The Tooth Fairy, who is murdering entire families. The novel introduced the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to whom Graham turns for advice. The title"
"Harry Bosch series written by Michael Connelly and the Shane Scully series written by Stephen J. Cannell. Parker Center and its closure is also mentioned in the Joseph Wambaugh novel ""Hollywood Hills"". Perhaps the most popular, and most filmed/photographed, example is the 1983 movie Blue Thunder. O.J. Simpson was questioned by police at Parker Center following the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in 1994. Parker Center Parker Center was the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1954 until October 2009 and is located in downtown LA at 150 N. Los Angeles St. Often called ""The"
"To the Nines (novel) To the Nines is the ninth novel by Janet Evanovich featuring the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Written in 2003, it's the second book in a row that doesn't revolve around a criminal bond, and the first to take Stephanie out of New Jersey and into the neon glitz of Las Vegas. ""To the Nines"" appeared on the ""USA Today"" list of 150 best-selling novels for 17 weeks, peaking at number 2. Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter and amateur detective, who with a combination of luck and intuition usually gets the job done (though often by"
"2011. The next Bosch novel was ""The Black Box"" (2012). Connelly's subsequent novel, a legal thriller, was a return to Haller: ""The Gods of Guilt"" (2013). His next book returned to Bosch in ""The Burning Room"" (2014), and then Connelly used Haller as a main supporting character in the Bosch novels ""The Crossing"" (2015) and ""The Wrong Side of Goodbye"" (2016). Connelly has won nearly every major award given to mystery writers, including the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, ""Los Angeles Times"" Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon"
"a banner at the police station that reads ""Welcome Back Thelma!"", an obvious reference to the parole officer's injuries. The injured parole officer appears again in ""The Closers"" (2005) during one of Bosch's investigations, and Bosch recognizes Cassie's mugshot in a newspaper article in her cubicle. Void Moon Void Moon is the ninth novel by American crime author Michael Connelly. It was released in the UK in 2000 and was the third of Connelly's books not to follow the character Harry Bosch. It was also his first novel to feature a female protagonist, Cassidy ""Cassie"" Black, and a protagonist who"