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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]

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.

True crime.

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.

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.

Published for the first time under the Allen & Unwin imprint

THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX''S THE LINCOLN LAWYER THE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIES Defense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - is inundated with pleas from prisoners protesting their innocence. With the help of ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch, they find a needle in the haystack: a possible wrongful conviction. A woman imprisoned for murdering her husband, a sheriff''s deputy. But the evidence doesn''t add up, the department pushed for quick closure in the killing of one of its own. But is this rushed justice - or something more sinister? As they face a David versus Goliath court battle, the secrets which could set an innocent woman free could also be worth killing for... **** PRAISE FOR RESURRECTION WALK: ''Connelly at his glittering best: full of twists and insights, it grips like a hungry python'' DAILY MAIL ''The perfect combination of courtroom drama and police procedural - Connelly''s latest masterpiece shows why he''s the crime writer all his rivals look up to'' SUNDAY EXPRESS **** READERS LOVE RESURRECTION WALK: ''Just perfect'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''A masterpiece'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Probably the best Lincoln Lawyer yet'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''A 5 star testament to Connelly''s enduring talent'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ **** CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: ''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'' IAN RANKIN ''The best mystery writer in the world'' GQ ''A superb natural storyteller'' LEE CHILD ''A master'' STEPHEN KING ''America''s greatest living crime writer'' DAILY EXPRESS ''One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH **** Michael Connelly''s RESURRECTION WALK was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 27th May 2024

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).

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...

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.

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!

« 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.

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.

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).

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, he learns that Vincent''s killer may be coming for him next. Enter Harry Bosch. Determined to find Vincent''s killer, he is not opposed to using Haller as bait. But as danger mounts and the stakes rise, these two loners realize their only choice is to work together. Bringing together Michael Connelly''s two most popular characters, The Brass Verdict is sure to be his biggest book yet.

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.

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 apparent suicide of his policeman brother sets Denver crime reporter Jack McEvoy on edge. Surprise at the circumstances of his brother''s death prompts Jack to look into a whole series of police suicides and puts him on the trail of a cop-killer whose victims are selected all too carefully. Not only that, but they all leave suicide notes drawn from the poems of writer Edgar Allan Poe in their wake. More frightening still the killer appears to know that Jack is getting nearer and nearer. An investigation that looks like being the story of a lifetime, might also be Jack''s ticket to a lonely end.