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The Overlook

13 Jun 07

Echo Park

Crime Beat: True Stories of Cops and Killers

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Closers

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Michael Connelly talks to Tangled Web

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First British Edition Orion (2007)

The Overlook
Homicide Special. If a murder comes with any sort of political, celebrity or media dimension, or if the case is just too hot for the regular LAPD to handle, this is where the case ends up.
And Homicide Special was where Harry Bosch found himself now. Anxious as a rookie, waiting in the dark for the first call.
And when it came, it wasn’t hard to see why the regular cops were steering clear.
A body had been found on the Mulholland overlook, a place with a stunning view of the city. Not exactly where you’d dump a body if you were shy of publicity. Stanley Kent was a medical physicist with access to some highly toxic substances. He also had two bullets in the back of his head.
And a quantity of a potentially deadly radioactive chemical was missing.
Suddenly Harry finds himself plunged into an investigation with a whole new and horrifying dimension. If Kent had been murdered by terrorists, they were now in possession of a weapon that could cause untold mayhem city-wide. With the clock ticking down, Harry must battle competing agencies and deal with unexpected ghosts from his past, or his first case at Homicide Special could be his last.
‘A crime-writing genius’ Independent on Sunday
‘Connelly has produced another blindingly good plot which, mixed with spellbinding action, takes us deep into a corrupt world ... This is crime thriller writing of the highest order.’ Guardian
‘All the qualities that have deservedly brought Michael Connelly a legion of readers are on display again here: brisk pacing, clever twists, artful writing and an atmosphere of complete authority on every page. Another terrific book from a terrific writer.’ Scott Turow
‘It has all the hallmarks that have rightly made his Harry Bosch books so popular: credible characters, skilful scene-setting, a gripping plot and utter authenticity.’ Evening Standard
‘There are moments of real tension, before Connelly, the master storyteller, comes up with a solution worthy of John Grisham.’ Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph
‘A pitch-perfect LA noir legal thriller that proves what I’ve been thinking for a long time now, that Michael Connelly is one of the very best writers working today in any genre. A modern Raymond Chandler for what he calls ‘the world without truth’.’ Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of The Shadow of the Wind
‘Brilliantly plotted and played out, with court scenes which winch up the tension to breaking point. Connelly writes the kind of book that dares you to put it down. Chances are that you won’t. Too much is likely to happen while you leave it unattended.’ Literary Review
‘The best crime fiction uses the extreme nature of death to examine the fragile realities of life, and Connelly is writing the best detective fiction out there.’ Spectator
‘One of the most interesting detectives in American crime fiction’ The Times

First British Edition Orion (2006)

Echo Park
In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket in Hollywood. The case was quickly elevated by LAPD commanders from the Missing Persons squad to the Homicide Division, where Harry Bosch was assigned to the case. But the young woman never turned up - dead or alive - and it was a case Bosch couldn’t solve.
Thirteen years later Bosch is in the Open-Unsolved Unit, where he still keeps the Gesto file on his desk, when he gets a call from the DA’s office. Raynard Waits, a man accused of two heinous killings, is willing to come clean in regard to several other murders in a deal to avoid the death penalty. One of those murders, he says, is the killing of Marie Gesto. Bosch is given the task of taking Waits’ confession, and of making sure the killer is not scamming the authorities to avoid a date with death.
In confirming the confession Bosch must get close to the man he has sought - and hated - for thirteen years. Bosch’s whole being as a cop begins to crack when he comes to realise that he and his partner missed a clue back in 1993 that could have led them to Waits and would have stopped the nine murders that followed the killing of Marie Gesto.

First British Edition Orion (2006)

Crime Beat: True Stories of Cops and Killers
Death is my beat.
those words, spoken by the narrator and hero of The Poet, Jack McEvoy, could also apply to Michael Connelly. He was an award winning journalist before he became one of the leading crime writers o f his generation. These true stories help to chart the development of his work as a novelist – guaranteed to make fascinating reading for any serious fan of crime fiction. Time and time again in these riveting pieces, we make the connection between Connelly the crime reporter and Connelly the novelist:

Moments. They kept coming. One morning an editor called me and told me to swing by a murder scene on my way to the office. Just like that, like I was picking up a coffee on the way to work. The murder was on Woodrow Wilson Drive in the Hollywood Hills. I went as instructed and got the story. I also got the place where I would put the home of the fictional detective [Harry Bosch] I had secretly begun writing about…’

The cops, the killers, the cases - it's all here in a collection that will a MUST for all Connelly fans and crime fiction readers alike.

First British Edition Orion (2005)

Paperback - Orion (2006)

The Lincoln Lawyer

‘I hate being inside a jail. I am not sure why. I guess it’s because sometimes the line seems so thin. The fine between being a criminal attorney and a criminal attorney. Sometimes I’m not sure which side of the bars I’m on. To me it’s always a dead bang miracle that I get to walk out the way I walked in.’

That’s Mickey Haller talking. He is a Lincoln Lawyer. They are the bottom of the legal food chain, the criminal defence attorneys who operate out of the back of a Lincoln Town Car, travelling between the courthouses of Los Angeles county to take whatever cases the system throws in their path.
Mickey Haller has been in the business a long time and he knows just how to work it, how to grease the right wheels and palms, to keep the engine of Justice turning in his favour. When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested for brutally beating a woman, Haller has his first high-paying client in years. The evidence mounts on the defence’s side, and he is sure this is going to be a slam-dunk. He might even be in the rare position of defending a client who is actually innocent.
But as Haller knows, criminal cases can turn on a dime. When his case starts to fall apart and neither the suspect nor the victim are quite who they seem, Haller quickly discovers that when you swim with the sharks, it’s easy to wind up as prey.
‘Michael Connelly is as fully at home in the world of a criminal defence lawyer as he has always been in the realm of investigators and cops. All the qualities that have deservedly brought him a legion of readers are on display again here: brisk pacing, clever twists, artful writing and an atmosphere of complete authority on every page. Another terrific book from a terrific writer’ Scott Turow

Praise for The Lincoln Lawyer
‘All the qualities that have deservedly brought Michael Connelly a legion of readers are on display again here: brisk pacing, clever twists, artful writing and an atmosphere of complete authority on every page. Another terrific book from a terrific writer’ Scott Turow
‘A legal thriller may be a new departure for Michael Connelly, but it has all the hallmarks that have rightly made his Harry Bosch books so popular credible characters, skilful scene-setting and utter authenticity.’ Evening Standard
There are moments of real tension, before Connelly, the master storyteller, comes up with a solution worthy of John Grisham.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Michael Connelly steps into the courtroom with a legal drama that is so meticulously plotted it could make John Grisham weep.’ Daily Record
‘The Lincoln Lawyer is a pitch-perfect LA noir legal thriller that proves what I’ve been thinking for a long time now, that Michael Connelly is one of the very best writers working today in any genre.’ Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of The Shadow of the Wind
‘A terrific courtroom drama . . . the twists, shocks and surprises mount... he seems totally at ease in the murky world of criminal courts.’ The Times
‘Potent, stand-alone thriller . . . Brilliantly plotted and played out, with court scenes which winch up the tension to breaking point. New territory for Connelly, author of the peerless Harry Bosch series, but immediately expert, exciting and absorbing. Connelly writes the kind of book that dares you to put it down. Chances are that you won’t. Too much is likely to happen while you leave it unattended.’ Literary Review
‘The first legal thriller from Detective Harry Bosch creator Michael Connelly is a knockout ... Oozing hard-boiled Los Angeles attitude both in the car and in the courtroom, Mickey’s a treat.’ Time Out

First British Edition Orion (2005)

The Closers
Michael Connelly follows his No.1 bestselling thriller The Narrows with a new pulse-pounder that sees Harry Bosch back in the LAPD.
After three years out of the LAPD, Harry Bosch returns ...
Working with his former cop partner, Kiz Rider, Harry is assigned to the department’s Open-Unsolved Unit, working on the thousands of cold cases that haunt the LAPD’s files. These detectives are the Closers - they put a shovel in the dirt and turn over the past. By applying new techniques to old evidence they aim to unearth some hidden killers and bring them to justice, for ‘a city that forgets its murder victims is a city lost’.
The Closers takes off like a speeding bullet and never lets up. Authentic, dark and complex, it confirms Michael Connelly’s status as a number one bestseller and a master of modern detective fiction.

About The Author
Having graduated in 1980, Michael Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida - this prepared him for the future, giving him the opportunity to observe criminal investigation, human reaction and political corruption first hand. He wrote about police and crime during the violence and murder wave that took place during the infamous cocaine wars and was part of the team that interviewed the survivors of the 1985 crash of Delta Flight 131, a story which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize. This eventually led him to land a job as the crime reporter on the LA Times covering mass murders, heat of the passion murders and 'crazy killings' - he had now reached the upper echelons of journalism.
After three years on the crime beat Michael began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymous Bosch - The Black Echo. Though not his first attempt at writing (he had scrapped two other half-finished works) it was published in 1992 and later won the Edgar Award for the best first novel by the Mystery Writers of America. This was the start of something special...
Connelly's novels have won the Anthony, Nero, Maltese Falcon (Japan), Grand Prix (France) and .38 Caliber awards. Clint Eastwood is due to start filming Blood Work in January 2001
Major movie deals are in place for all of Connelly’s novels. Paramount are currently developing three movies and are lining up Harrison Ford to play the lead. His books have sold millions. Michael Connelly is now a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller in hardback and paperback. The Narrows became an instant Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, remaining in the Top 10 for a record-breaking four months
Born in Philadelphia, Connelly still lives in LA with his wife and daughter, though he no longer pounds the crime beat in search of a good story, he instead spends his time inventing stories in the comfort of his home.

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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

The Overlook (Orion, 2007) Jun 07 (Harry Bosch)

Echo Park (Orion, 2006)

Crime Beat: True Stories of Cops and Killers (Orion, 2006)

The Lincoln Lawyer (Orion, 2005) Orion Pbk Feb 06

The Closers (Orion, 2005) (Harry Bosch)

The Narrows (Orion, 2004) (Harry Bosch)

Lost Light (Orion, 2003) (Harry Bosch)

Chasing the Dime ( 2002) Orion Nov 02 Pbk Jun 03

City of Bones ( 2002) Orion Apr 02 Pbk Nov 02

A Darkness More Than Night (Orion, 2001) Orion Pbk Oct 01

Void Moon (Orion, 2000) (Harry Bosch)

The Harry Bosch Mysteries ( 2000) Orion Pbk Sep 00

Angels Flight (Orion, 1998) Orion Pbk Sep 99 (Harry Bosch)

Blood Work (Orion, 1998)

Trunk Music (Orion, 1997) (Harry Bosch)

The Black Echo (Orion Pbk, 1997) (Harry Bosch)

The Poet (Orion, 1996)

The Last Coyote (Orion, 1995) (Harry Bosch)

The Concrete Blonde (Orion, 1994) (Harry Bosch)

The Black Ice (Orion, 1993) (Harry Bosch)