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Detective Harry Bosch investigates a cold case and the murder of a city councilman's son. The cases are unrelated but they twist around each other like the double helix of a DNA strand. One leads to the discovery of a killer operating in the city for as many as three decades; the other to a deep pol...

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Main Author: Connelly, Michael, 1956-
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: New York : Little Brown & Co, 2011.
Edition:Large print 1st ed.
Series:Connelly, Michael, 1956- Harry Bosch series ; 15.
Connelly, Michael, 1956- Harry Bosch Universe ; 24.
Subjects:
Bosch, Harry > Fiction.
Police > California > Los Angeles > Fiction.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Fiction.
Serial murderers > Fiction.
Political corruption > Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction.
Large print books.
Mystery fiction.
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Summary:Detective Harry Bosch investigates a cold case and the murder of a city councilman's son. The cases are unrelated but they twist around each other like the double helix of a DNA strand. One leads to the discovery of a killer operating in the city for as many as three decades; the other to a deep political conspiracy that reached back into the dark history of the police department.
Physical Description:533 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780316189231
0316189235
Author Notes:Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1956. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1980 where he majored in journalism and minored in creative writing. After graduation, he worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in the crime beat. In 1986, he interviewed survivors of a plane crash with two other reporters and the magazine story subsequently written on the crash was on the short list for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. This story led to a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times. After three years there, he began writing his first novel.

His first novel, The Black Echo, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for best first novel. He is the author of the Harry Bosch series, the Jack McEvoy series, and the Mickey Haller series. He has won numerous awards including the Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho Award (Spain).

(Bowker Author Biography)

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