A Harry Bosch Novel: The Black Echo (Series #1) (Paperback)

from Eyejaybee

Until about twenty years ago I used to devour American crime novels, rushing through one after another with a voracious appetite. But then something happened. I don't know what - I wish I did - but suddenly I found it very difficult ever to complete one. I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised by ...

from crazybatcow

It was nicely paced and the characters were believable. The twist in the story was a bit predictable and the IAD investigation which fills a large part of the storyline is not really explained/justified and I finished the book still unclear as to why Bosch is so "bad" that he needed to be investi...

from LisaMaria_C

I liked this one. It flowed well, sucking me in from the beginning and never letting me go, and I got more intrigued--and interested in the protagonist detective, Harry Bosch, more and more as we went along. This is a first novel, but it lays enough backstory that it feels like there were prior b...

from TherinKnite

[Cross-posted to Knite Writes] This book took me a while to get into. I think the beginning was a little slow, but I can overlook that given the quality of the book as a whole. Obviously, Connelly has been hugely successful with Harry Bosch (see: the number of books in the series), and I can unde...

from rainpebble

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly; (4*) A mystery/police procedural with a distinctive 'noirish' twist to it. The first of the Harry Bosch series, I found it to be both enjoyable and frightening. A body has been found in a reservoir pipe in Los Angeles (Harry's precinct area) and he recognizes t...