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New Releases by Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is the author of The Black Echo (2024), The Law of Innocence (2020), The Night Fire (2020), Two Kinds of Truth (2017), A Darkness More Than Night (2017).

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The Black Echo

release date: Jan 01, 2024

The Law of Innocence

release date: Nov 10, 2020
The Law of Innocence
INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES THE LINCOLN LAWYER – COMING SOON TO NETFLIX Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller is back on the job in this heart-stopping thriller from a renowned #1 New York Times bestselling author. “One of the finest legal thrillers of the last decade” —Associated Press On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is immediately charged with murder but can’t post the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge. Mickey elects to represent himself and is forced to mount his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles. All the while he needs to look over his shoulder—as an officer of the court he is an instant target, and he makes few friends when he reveals a corruption plot within the jail. But the bigger plot is the one against him. Haller knows he’s been framed, whether by a new enemy or an old one. As his trusted team, including his half-brother, Harry Bosch, investigates, Haller must use all his skills in the courtroom to counter the damning evidence against him. Even if he can obtain a not-guilty verdict, Mickey understands that it won’t be enough. In order to be truly exonerated, he must find out who really committed the murder and why. That is the law of innocence. In his highest stakes case yet, the Lincoln Lawyer fights for his life and proves again why he is “a worthy colleague of Atticus Finch . . . in the front of the pack in the legal thriller game” (Los Angeles Times). A CBS The Doctors Book Club Pick A People Book of the Week Selection

The Night Fire

release date: Aug 04, 2020
The Night Fire
Now in paperback: Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch''s mentor, the man who trained him.

Two Kinds of Truth

release date: Oct 31, 2017
Two Kinds of Truth
If the truth doesn''t get him - the lies will. ''Two Kinds of Truth is as brilliant as anything Connelly has written. A super-gripping thriller'' Evening Standard * * * * * Harry Bosch works cold cases, helping out the under-funded San Fernando police department. When a double murder at a local pharmacy is called in, Bosch is the most seasoned detective on the scene. But with experience, come the ghosts of long-forgotten crimes. A death row inmate claims Bosch framed him, and that new DNA evidence proves it. The LAPD investigators say the case is watertight, leaving Bosch out in the wilderness to clear his name and keep a sadistic killer behind bars. There''s only one person he can trust to help prove his innocence: Mickey Haller, The Lincoln Lawyer... As both cases tangle around him, Bosch learns there are two kinds of truth: the kind that won''t die and the kind that kills. * * * * * CRIME FICTION DOESN''T GET ANY BETTER THAN BOSCH. ''One of the world''s greatest crime writers'' Daily Mail ''Harry Bosch: one of the finest minds in crime fiction'' Evening Standard ''Crime thriller writing of the highest order'' Guardian ''A master of the genre'' Stephen King ''Harry Bosch: one of the most iconic protagonists in crime fiction'' Irish Times ''A crime writing genius'' Independent on Sunday ''Michael Connelly''s detective Harry Bosch has been in 19 novels of exceptional quality'' The Times ''America''s greatest living crime writer'' Daily Express

A Darkness More Than Night

release date: Jul 26, 2017
A Darkness More Than Night
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch crosses paths with FBI profiler Terry McCaleb in the most dangerous investigation of their lives.

Blue on Black

release date: Sep 06, 2016
Blue on Black
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a short story featuring LAPD Detective Harry Bosch and FBI agent Rachel Walling. Two women have gone missing, and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch has a strong suspicion that an avid fisherman named Denninger is the culprit. Bosch needs something stronger than a suspicion to bring Denninger in, but all he has are a handful of photos--prior mug shots and pictures of Denninger posing with his prize fish. It''s not much to go on, and Bosch is running out of time, which is why he calls in FBI agent Rachel Walling. What she sees in these photos could blow his case wide open. "Blue on Black" by Michael Connelly is one of 20 short stories within Mulholland Books''s Strand Originals series, featuring thrilling stories by the biggest names in mystery from the Strand Magazine archives. View the full series list at mulhollandbooks.com and listen to them all!

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

release date: Jan 01, 2016
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Only Harry Bosch can uncover LA''s darkest secrets in this new gripping thriller from global bestseller Michael Connelly.

The Crossing

release date: Nov 03, 2015
The Crossing
In this "tense" thriller and #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller to track down a killer who just might find them first (Wall Street Journal). Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller''s client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it''s a setup. Bosch doesn''t want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. He feels it will undo all the good he''s done in his thirty years as a homicide cop. But Mickey promises to let the chips fall where they may. If Harry proves that his client did it, under the rules of discovery, they are obliged to turn over the evidence to the prosecution. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case. The prosecution''s file just has too many holes and he has to find out for himself: if Haller''s client didn''t do it, then who did? With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucy Soto, Harry starts digging. Soon his investigation leads him inside the police department, where he realizes that the killer he''s been tracking has also been tracking him. Thrilling, fast-paced, and impossible to put down, The Crossing shows without a shadow of doubt that Connelly is "a master of building suspense" (Wall Street Journal).

Los Angeles River

release date: Jun 17, 2015
Los Angeles River
« Il a réinventé le polar. Ni plus ni moins... Les suites sont souvent décevantes ; celle-ci fait exception. La confrontation entre Harry Bosch et le Poète est un sommet d’intelligence. » François Busnel - LireAlors qu’il enquête sur le décès de l’ex-profileur du FBI Terry McCaleb, l’ancien inspecteur des Vols et Homicides Harry Bosch en vient vite à penser que Terry n’est pas mort de sa belle mort, mais a bel et bien été assassiné par un meurtrier particulièrement retors. Les faits et les détails concordants sont très troublants, mais... aussi extravagant que cela lui paraisse, Bosch est amené à penser que l’auteur du meurtre est l’ancien grand patron du FBI, Robert Backus, dit « Le Poète ». Sauf que... le Poète est mort. À force de chercher, Bosch découvre une piste qui le remet en contact avec le FBI. Dans le même temps, l’agent du FBI Rachel Walling, ancienne protégée de Backus tout comme l’était McCaleb, et qui a été exilée dans le Dakota du Sud suite au rôle qu’elle a joué dans l’enquête sur le Poète, reçoit l’appel qu’elle redoutait depuis toujours : oui, le Poète est toujours vivant. Et il ne l’a pas oubliée.C’est donc contre leurs hiérarchies respectives que Walling et Bosch joignent leurs forces et, de Las Vegas au désert du Nevada en passant par les bas-fonds de Los Angeles, ils traquent alors un Poète qui n’a rien perdu ni de sa superbe, ni de son amour de la mort donnée avec la plus grande jouissance.

Lost Light

release date: Nov 06, 2014
Lost Light
Award-winning No.1 bestselling author Michael Connelly''s ninth Bosch book. Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch has retired from the Los Angeles Police Department - but the discovery of a startling unsolved murder among his old case files means he cannot rest until he finds the killer. 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 FBI. When the private investigation enables him to meet up with an old friend, shadows from his past come back to haunt him . . .

The Burning Room

release date: Nov 03, 2014
The Burning Room
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch and his rookie partner investigate a cold case that gets very hot . . . very fast. In the LAPD''s Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other clues are virtually nonexistent. Even a veteran cop would find this one tough going, but Bosch''s new partner, Detective Lucia Soto, has no homicide experience. A young star in the department, Soto has been assigned to Bosch so that he can pass on to her his hard-won expertise. Now Bosch and Soto are tasked with solving a murder that turns out to be highly charged and politically sensitive. Beginning with the bullet that has been lodged for years in the victim''s spine, they must pull new leads from years-old evidence, and these soon reveal that the shooting was anything but random. As their investigation picks up speed, it leads to another unsolved case with even greater stakes: the deaths of several children in a fire that occurred twenty years ago. But when their work starts to threaten careers and lives, Bosch and Soto must decide whether it is worth risking everything to find the truth, or if it''s safer to let some secrets stay buried. In a swiftly-moving novel as relentless and compelling as its hero, Michael Connelly shows once again why Harry Bosch is "one of the most popular and enduring figures in American crime fiction" (Chicago Tribune).

The Black Box

release date: Nov 26, 2012
The Black Box
In this "superb" thriller, Detective Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to the unsolved killing of a young female photographer during the 1992 L.A. riots (Wall Street Journal). 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.

The Safe Man

release date: Oct 23, 2012
The Safe Man
Read the riveting detective story that inspired the Audible dramatization featuring Jack Quaid and Titus Welliver. Like his father before him, Brian Holloway is a safe man. That is, his specialty is opening safes. Every job is a little mystery, and he has yet to encounter a lock he can''t break or a box he can''t crack. But the day Holloway gets called in to open a rare, antique safe in a famous author''s library, his skills open a door that should have remained closed. In this haunting and singular story, previously published anonymously, Michael Connelly proves once again that he is "superb at building suspense.... the reader can never be sure what sudden turns the plot may take" (Wall Street Journal). [Word count: 11,662]

Mulholland Dive

release date: Oct 04, 2012
Mulholland Dive
Three stories, brought together in one ebook, from ''crime-writing genius'' Michael Connelly In the title story, a fatal accident on Mulholland Drive turns out to be part of an ingenious plot - but is it too ingenious? In Two Bagger, a dedicated cop working for the Gang Intelligence Unit finally gets the payoff he''s worked so hard for - but it''s not what he''s expecting. In Cahoots, a team of scam artists meet for a high-stakes poker game but who is scamming who? Also including an exclusive extract from The Black Box, this collection is a must read for all Connelly fans.

The Drop

release date: Nov 28, 2011
The Drop
In his fierce search for a new case, Detective Harry Bosch discovers a killer hiding behind suspicious DNA evidence -- and a political conspiracy that could destroy the Los Angeles Police Department. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? The latter possibility could compromise all of the lab''s DNA cases currently in court. Then Bosch and his partner are called to a death scene fraught with internal politics. Councilman Irvin Irving''s son jumped or was pushed from a window at the Chateau Marmont. Irving, Bosch''s longtime nemesis, has demanded that Harry handle the investigation. Relentlessly pursuing both cases, Bosch makes two chilling discoveries: a killer operating unknown in the city for as many as three decades, and a political conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department.

Angle of Investigation

release date: Nov 01, 2011
Angle of Investigation
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch tackles three tough cases that span a legendary career in this never-before-collected trio of stories. In "Christmas Even," the case of a burglar killed in mid-heist leads Bosch to retrace a link to his past. In "Father''s Day," Bosch investigates a young boy''s seemingly accidental death and confronts his own fears as a father. In "Angle of Investigation," Bosch delves into one of the first homicides he ever worked back as a uniformed rookie patrolman, a case that was left unsolved for decades. Together, these gripping stories span Bosch''s controversial career at the LAPD, and show the evolution of the haunted, legendary investigator he would become. Utterly unputdownable, they are proof that "Connelly never stops doling out the suspense....Once it grabs you in those first few pages, it won''t let go of you" (Boston Globe).

Suicide Run

release date: Oct 01, 2011
Suicide Run
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch as we''ve never seen him before, in three never-before-collected stories. In "Suicide Run," the apparent suicide of a beautiful young starlet turns out to be much more sinister than it seems. In "Cielo Azul," Bosch is haunted by a long-ago closed case -- the murder of a teenage girl who was never identified. As her killer sits on death row, Bosch tries one last time to get the answers he has sought for years. In "One Dollar Jackpot," Bosch works the murder of a professional poker player whose skills have made her more than one enemy. Whether investigating a cold case or fresh blood, Bosch relentlessly pursues his quarry, always on the lookout for the "tell." In this first collection of Harry Bosch stories, Michael Connelly once again demonstrates that he is the master of "fast-paced, brilliantly plotted crime fiction.... Harry Bosch is back on the case, and not a moment too soon" (Chicago Sun Times).

The Fifth Witness

release date: Apr 05, 2011
The Fifth Witness
In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, after taking on a foreclosure case, defense attorney Mickey Haller fights to prove his client’s innocence—but first he must follow a trail of black market evidence to its sinister end. Inspiration for the #1 Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer.u200b Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too—and he''s certain he''s on the right trail. Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in. Connelly proves again why he "may very well be the best novelist working in the United States today" (San Francisco Chronicle).

The Scarecrow

release date: May 26, 2009
The Scarecrow
Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow''s so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent. Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poetmade his career years ago. He is tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him. Including Jack''s. Bonus materials include an in-depth interview with the author about writing "The Scarecrow" along with his exciting travel photos-plus a link to an online promotional video and links within the text to a fictitious website based on the novel and a teaser chapter from his next book, "Nine Dragons."

Crime Beat

release date: Jan 01, 2009

The Overlook

release date: May 22, 2007
The Overlook
In his first case with the Homicide Special Squad, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must follow his instincts to stop a killer who could destroy the entire city -- even as the FBI works against him. Near Mulholland Drive, Dr. Stanley Kent is found shot twice in the back of the head. It''s the case LAPD detective Harry Bosch has been waiting for, his first since being recruited to the Homicide Special Squad. When he discovers that Kent had access to dangerous radioactive substances, what begins as a routine investigation becomes something darker, more deadly, and frighteningly urgent. Bosch is soon in conflict with not only his superiors but the FBI, which thinks the case is too important for just a cop. Complicating his job even more is the presence of Agent Rachel Walling, his onetime lover. Now guarding one slim advantage, Bosch relentlessly follows his own instincts, hoping they are still sharp enough to find the truth -- and a killer who can annihilate an entire city.

Trunk Music

release date: Nov 28, 2006
Trunk Music
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.

The Narrows

release date: Oct 02, 2006
The Narrows
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 the Poet make Bosch dig deep. Arriving at a derelict spot in the California desert where the feds are unearthing bodies, Bosch joins forces with Rachel. Now the two are at odds with the FBI...and squarely in the path of the Poet, who will lead them on a wicked ride out of the heat, through the narrows of evil, and into a darkness all his own...

The Closers

release date: Jan 01, 2006
The Closers
Published for the first time under the Allen & Unwin imprint

The Lincoln Lawyer

release date: Oct 03, 2005
The Lincoln Lawyer
For defense attorney Mickey Haller, the clock is always running. With two ex-wives, four Lincoln Town Cars that he uses as offices, and dozens of guilty clients, he can''t afford to miss a trick. When he gets picked by a Beverly Hills rich boy arrested for assault, Mickey sees a franchise case: a nice, long, expensive trial with maximum billable hours--until it hurtles him into the last place he wants to be. Suddenly hustling, cynical Mickey Haller is confronted with pure evil and someone who may be truly innocent. Now, for a lawyer who has always gone for the easy score, getting justice means taking the deadliest risk of all.

The Concrete Blonde

release date: Nov 30, 2004
The Concrete Blonde
Harry thought he''d ended the nightmare when he shot the Dollmaker, a serial killer who terrorized Los Angeles. But the man''s widow sues Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man--and a new victim is discovered with the Dollmaker''s macabre signature. Reissue.

The Black Ice

release date: Jan 01, 2002
The Black Ice
When an LAPD narcotics officer is found with a fatal bullet wound and a suicide note, Detective Harry Bosch follows a bloody trail of drug murders across the Mexico border. u200bWorking the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don''t look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry''s making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border. Now this battle-scarred veteran will find himself in the center of a complex and deadly game—one in which he may be the next and likeliest victim.

Blood Work

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Blood Work
FBI Agent Terry McCaleb comes out of retirement to investigate the hit and run of the woman that gave him a new heart, saving his life. With the help of the victim''s sister he discovers that her death is not just an accident, but a calculated murder to get the organs of her rare blood group. Under pressure from the LAPD detectives, McCaleb becomes a suspect himself. He is convinced, though, that the murderer was hired by a famous figure.

The Last Coyote

release date: Jul 15, 1996
The Last Coyote
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 prostitute who happened to be his own mother. Even after three decades, Harry''s questions generate heat among L.A.''s top politicos. And as the truth begins to emerge, it becomes more and more apparent that someone wants to keep it buried. Someone very powerful...very cunning...and very deadly. Edgar Award-winning author Michael Connelly has created a dark, fast-paced suspense thriller that cuts to the core of Harry Bosch''s character. Once you start it, there''s no turning back.
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