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    City of Bones
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    City of Bones

    Written by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Len Cariou

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    On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break them apart--or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a few hard turns. Suddenly all of L.A. is in an uproar, and Bosch, fighting to keep control, is driven to the brink of an unimaginable decision.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateNov 1, 2005
    ISBN9781594833861
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    City of Bones
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    Michael Connelly

    Michael Connelly 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. His books have been translated into 36 languages and have won many awards. He lives with his family in Florida.

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    • 5/5
      excellent read, couldn't put it down, start to finish
    • 5/5
      Discovery of a child's bones from two decades ago on a LA mountaintop lead to more unearthed secrets. Harry Bosch's relationship with a rookie really stands out as he also juggles the grim task of looking for a child's killer.
    • 3/5
      good story but depressing ending; youngi boy murdered 20 years before and they find bones
    • 4/5
      Harry Bosche is on the hunt for the killer and abuser of a child whose bones where found buried in the hills above the city. A 20 year mystery is soon uncovered in a quick read.
    • 4/5

      A good crime fiction read !

    • 5/5
      Good read over the Atlantic from Paris. Fast moving. When I got home bought first of series: Black Echo.
    • 4/5
      Wow, another great Harry Bosch story. Connelly is bringing the development of Harry along nicely now and the storyline was great as well. Maybe a bit predictable in spots, but I still wasn't sure until the end and there was a great surprise twist as well as a didn't see it coming ending. Can't wait for the next one.
    • 3/5
      Very interesting plot. I like Bosch as a character and look forward to reading the rest of the Bosch books that led up to this one. This one really hits home with the discovery of a boy's remains and the search for his killer.
    • 4/5
      I have not read all the books in the Harry Bosch series, but enjoyed this one very much and will go back and pick up the rest of the series. The bones of a 12-year-old boy are found in a shallow grave on a wooded hillside. The bones bear signs of long term abuse, as well as murder, and have been there 20 or more years. This was an excellent police procedural, and Harry is an introspective and empathetic character. I look forward to reading his earlier books.
    • 4/5
      When a dog returns to its waiting owner with a human bone clutched in its jaws, Detective Harry Bosch inherits one of the coldest of cases, the 20-year-old murder of a young boy who was never reported missing. Bosch has seen everything during his long career with the LAPD but he is still capable of feeling a sense of outrage about the murders he investigates for the city. And what he learns about the short life of this young murder victim will hit him particularly hard. It soon becomes obvious that the boy lived not just a short life, but a very painful one. There is evidence of numerous breaks in the bones recovered by the police and some of the fractures appear to have been suffered when the boy was only two years old. Bosch knows there is a killer out there who believes that he will never be caught - and that the killer is likely to be one of the boy's parents. What he does not know is the boy's name or who his parents are. There can be no doubt that Michael Connelly is a master of the police procedural and much of "City of Bones" is textbook police procedural. The reader is intimately exposed to the time-consuming and tedious process that is a police investigation, including the dozens of false leads that have to be worked before the real ones can be followed. Detective Bosh and his partner, Jerry Edgar, are determined that, against all odds, they will bring this boy's killer to justice and, as one piece of the puzzle after another slowly begins to fall into place, they seem to be getting there. But at what cost to the boy's family and to the detectives, themselves? "City of Bones" is a superb procedural but what saves it from the possibility of becoming tedious are side-plots involving two women well known Harry Bosch. One is the egotistical coroner he is forced to work with, a woman so determined to become a national celebrity that she has her own documentary cameraman follow her around from case to case. The other is an overage police rookie who manages to attach herself to both Bosch and the case he is working. Between these complications, the internal politics of the LAPD and the 20-year-old murder case, Bosch has plenty on his plate. What longtime Harry Bosch fans will remember most about "City of Bones," however, is likely to be the revelation Harry makes at the very end of the story. Reader, beware: Don't go there first. Rated at: 3.5
    • 4/5
      Detective Heironymus (Harry) Bosch is at it again. This time falling into a murder that occured twenty-some odd years before the bones of a young boy were discovered. Bosch has to battle through a love affair of his own and a tormented past of the boy, all while playing on his orphanage upbringing to close the case. Enough twists and turns to keep the seasoned reader involved but not too many to dull the effect of the revelations. Presented every bit as well as you'd expect form Connelly.Some elements of the story could have been tied together better and some of the character development on the minor characters (who end up playing big roles) could have been a little more in-depth but it was very entertaining and overall a very good book.
    • 5/5
      This was an excellent book which had many twists and turns.The remains of a young boy are found in a remote woodland area which sets off a harrowing investigation for Harry Bosch and everyone else involved including an innocent suspect.To complicate matters Harry meets a 'boot' - rookie cop - who he decides attracts him and he has high hopes of a lasting relationship. He brings her into the investigation and all seems to be going well until he realises there is more to the girl than meets the eye. Disastrous consequences ensue.
    • 4/5
      This is the first of the Harry Bosch series I've read (there I go, jumping into the middle of a series again). It was great! Usually I'm pretty good at figuring out what direction a book is going in, but this one had 2 or 3 surprising twists that I really enjoyed. And it seems that it may have come at a turning point in the series. Now I need to find the earlier books...
    • 4/5
      My new favorite police character is Harry Bosch.
    • 3/5
      I like this style better than the elaborate plots. Just good, tenacious, police work.
    • 5/5
      Another excellent offering from Michael Connelly. Bosch catches a cold case: a boy's skeleton found on a hillside. The search for the killer takes a couple of convincing twists, and culminates in a satisfying ending. Bosch also has a new love interest.
    • 4/5
      Read during trip to India and Singapore. Good, quick mystery.
    • 5/5
      I love Bosch! He's a smart detective and I'm always on the edge of my seat.
    • 4/5
      another good to great Harry Bosch detective novel. The discovery of a boys bone opens up a case with plenty of twists to keep it interesting. SPOILER - no idea what the point was in including the female rookie cop. Bosch has to have a doomed romance in every book, I guess. Her death is odd and a WTF moment. UNSPOILER. Overall a good book and the procedural detective work is great in laying out how detective work can lead you down the right as well as the wrong path.
    • 5/5
      Excellent read, in-depth characters, unexpected twists and multi layered plot! This is one of my new favorite authors
    • 2/5
      It was barely able to get excited about the book.
    • 1/5
      Keep me interested though the hole story great plot thanks
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed listening , well narrated and good story as well
    • 4/5
      A solid Bosch mystery w not a lot of action. One of the Bosch TV seasons was based on this book. The big difference was that Connelly killed ff the love interest in the book. Still very well written.
    • 5/5
      Harry Bosch is back in another wonderful book by Connelly. This time he's on the case of bones found - bones of a young boy - the bones had been in the woods for more than 20 years. Who was he? Who did it? It's a classic Bosch.
    • 4/5
      Good work Bosch
    • 4/5
      Harry investigates the 20 year old murder of a young boy who was horribly abused. This brings up feelings in him about his history in the system and an orphanage. I really like how almost all of Harry's cases have some sort of link to his own psychology. Our flawed hero nearly always learns something about himself in the process of investigating the crime and more of his back-story and character is revealed to the reader. There's also plenty of intrigue and suspense, if you're into that kind of thing.
    • 4/5
      Digital audio narrated by Peter J Fernandez. Book eight in the popular Harry Bosch detective mystery series. When a man’s dog returns from exploring a wooded hillside bearing a human bone, Harry gets called to investigate. The bone is not recent, and once more of the skeleton is recovered, the medical examiner notes signs of continued abuse, including multiple healed fractures. Who is this child? And who was the murderer?I really like this series, partly because I really like Harry Bosch. He’s a great detective, and does his best to circumvent the political minefield of a big-city police department and political interests that seem to interfere with investigating and discovering the truth. The action is fast paced and Connelly gives the reader enough red herrings to keep anyone guessing. Peter J Fernandez does a fine job narrating the audiobook. He moves along at a good clip, and does a pretty good job of voicing the women characters as well as the men.

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    • 4/5
      Michael Connelly’s series of novels featuring Hieronymus ‘Harry’ Bosch seems to go from strength to strength, and City of Bones is a powerful addition to the canon. There are plenty of trademark characteristics from a Bosch novel, such as Bosch clashing with the upper echelons of the police hierarchy and a run in with Internal Affairs, but there is nothing formulaic about these novels.Connelly has a business-like prose style. There are no distractions, and no poetic flights of fancy. Instead he lets the story unfold in a straightforward way. All too often that approach goes hand in hand with two dimensional characters who lack any empathy or plausibility. Connelly never falls into that trap. His characters are always well defined with clear and consistent personalities. He also benefits from retaining a central core of characters from one novel to the next, and the consistency of the interactions between them convey a deeper verisimilitude.This novel opens on New Year’s Day, with Bosch working alone and receiving a call to a property in the Laurel Canyon area of LA, where a resident’s dog has uncovered what appears to be an old but clearly human bone. Further investigation leads to the (literal) uncovering of the skeleton of a young boy hat had apparently been buried for several years. The age of the corpse and the lack of ready identification of the victim are not the only obstacles that Bosch has to overcome. There are more than enough current homicides to keep the LAPD busy, and Bosch knows that if he can’t make some headway quickly, the boy’s death will become just another cold case, with no hope of resolution.

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    • 4/5
      An enjoyable police-procedural thriller.

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