The Black echo : Harry Bosch mysteries #1 / Michael Connelly.

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Title:

The Black echo : Harry Bosch mysteries #1 / Michael Connelly.

Author:

Connelly, Michael, 1956-

ISBN:

9781538744406

Edition:

First trade paperback edition.

Physical Description:

xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Series:

Harry Bosch Mysteries #1

General Note:

Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company in January 1992.

Abstract:

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal ... because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit. Pitted against enemies inside his own department and forced to make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, Bosch goes on the hunt for a killer whose true face will shock him.

Subject Term:

Bosch, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

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An LAPD homicide detective must choose between justice and vengeance as he teams up with the FBI in this "thrilling" novel filled with mystery and adventure ( New York Times Book Review ).

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal . . . because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit. Pitted against enemies inside his own department and forced to make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, Bosch goes on the hunt for a killer whose true face will shock him.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Connelly transcends the standard L.A. police procedural with this original and eminently authentic first novel, featuring Hieronymus (aka Harry) Bosch, a former hero cop exiled to the small-time Beverly Hills force. In July, Little, Brown will publish a sequel, Black Ice . (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved