Michael Connelly
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a short story featuring LAPD Detective Harry Bosch and FBI agent Rachel Walling.
Two women have gone missing, and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch has a strong suspicion that an avid fisherman named Denninger is the culprit. Bosch needs something stronger than a suspicion to bring Denninger in, but all he has are a handful of photos—prior mug shots and pictures of Denninger...
Two women have gone missing, and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch has a strong suspicion that an avid fisherman named Denninger is the culprit. Bosch needs something stronger than a suspicion to bring Denninger in, but all he has are a handful of photos—prior mug shots and pictures of Denninger...
2) Switchblade
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In this original short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch seeks justice for the forgotten
NOTE: This file includes a preview of Michael Connelly's novel The Crossing.
In "Switchblade," an anonymous tip puts Bosch on a case that has remained unsolved for decades, the vicious stabbing of a teenage boy whose body was found in an...
NOTE: This file includes a preview of Michael Connelly's novel The Crossing.
In "Switchblade," an anonymous tip puts Bosch on a case that has remained unsolved for decades, the vicious stabbing of a teenage boy whose body was found in an...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2011
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LAPD Detective Harry Bosch as we've never seen him before, in three never-before-collected stories.
In "Suicide Run," the apparent suicide of a beautiful young starlet turns out to be much more sinister than it seems. In "Cielo Azul," Bosch is haunted by a long-ago closed case — the murder of a teenage girl who was never identified. As her killer sits on death row, Bosch tries one last time to get the answers he has sought for years. In "One...
In "Suicide Run," the apparent suicide of a beautiful young starlet turns out to be much more sinister than it seems. In "Cielo Azul," Bosch is haunted by a long-ago closed case — the murder of a teenage girl who was never identified. As her killer sits on death row, Bosch tries one last time to get the answers he has sought for years. In "One...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2011
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LAPD Detective Harry Bosch tackles three tough cases that span a legendary career in this never-before-collected trio of stories.
In "Christmas Even," the case of a burglar killed in mid-heist leads Bosch to retrace a link to his past. In "Father's Day," Bosch investigates a young boy's seemingly accidental death and confronts his own fears as a father. In "Angle of Investigation," Bosch delves into one of the first homicides he ever worked back...
In "Christmas Even," the case of a burglar killed in mid-heist leads Bosch to retrace a link to his past. In "Father's Day," Bosch investigates a young boy's seemingly accidental death and confronts his own fears as a father. In "Angle of Investigation," Bosch delves into one of the first homicides he ever worked back...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2012
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Three never-before-collected short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly
In "Cahoots," a backroom poker game turns deadly when a cheater is exposed. In "Mulholland Dive," a man who deciphers the hidden codes of accident scenes investigates a fatality off L.A.'s most fabled roadway. In "Two-Bagger," an obsessed cop tails an ex-con he believes is about to carry out a contract killing.
Together these gripping,...
In "Cahoots," a backroom poker game turns deadly when a cheater is exposed. In "Mulholland Dive," a man who deciphers the hidden codes of accident scenes investigates a fatality off L.A.'s most fabled roadway. In "Two-Bagger," an obsessed cop tails an ex-con he believes is about to carry out a contract killing.
Together these gripping,...
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 6
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Little, Brown and Company
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2003
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The Last Coyote: LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is suspended from the force for attacking his commanding officer. Unable to remain idle, he investigates the long-unsolved murder of a Hollywood prostitute. Trunk Music: Harry returns to the force to investigate the murder of a movie producer with Mafia ties. Up against both the LAPD's organized crime unit and the mob, Harry follows the money trail to Las Vegas, where the case becomes personal....
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Nach längerer unfreiwilliger Dienstpause darf Harry Bosch endlich wieder ermitteln und bekommt prompt einen besonders heiklen Fall auf den Tisch: Ein Pornofilmproduzent wurde ermordet in Hollywood aufgefunden, im Kofferraum eines weißen Rolls-Royce, zwei Kugeln stecken in seinem Kopf. Handelt es sich um einen Auftragsmord? Schnell wird klar, dass eine ganze Menge Geld im Spiel gewesen sein muss. Bosch folgt der Spur des Geldes bis nach Las Vegas,...
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The #1 New York Times–bestselling author brings you into the world of the LAPD's Harry Bosch, and the history that shaped him.
In this short work, Michael Connelly delves into the origins of his famed police detective,-how he faced down the horrors of his childhood (a background story that was based on the life of another renowned crime writer); his past as a tunnel rat in Vietnam; and why jazz is his soundtrack. Connelly also shares the story...
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The #1 New York Times—bestselling author tells the origin story of LA defense attorney Mickey Haller.
In this concise, absorbing account, Michael Connelly reveals the work, and the strokes of luck, that contributed to his creation of the character Mickey Haller, the subject of multiple bestselling novels as well as the hit Netflix series. He reveals the lawyers, both fictional and real-life, who played a role in shaping the sharp-witted attorney...
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The novel One Batter, One Pitch is a sequel to An Informal Boston Education, which chronicled the chaotic, frenetic, and hilarious career, social, and romantic missteps of quirky, wisecracking, ballplaying, weightlifting, and beer-drinking young Boston CPA Rocky Collins. With the help of a good woman and promising new job, he finally gets his life under control. But now he's approaching middle age, frustrated with limiting age-related physical issues...
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Amayehli is a story of America set in the not so distant future. It is a story of the American people who suddenly find themselves having to fight for the fundamental freedoms that they have always cherished and often taken for granted. It is a story of treachery, espionage, treason, tragic loss, and tremendous valor by the diverse people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Ultimately, it is a story of people who risk everything for liberty....
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Ein Drogenfahnder des Los Angeles Police Department liegt tot in einem heruntergekommenen Motel in Hollywood. Anscheinend hat sich Cal Moore selbst in den Kopf geschossen. Einen Abschiedsbrief gibt es auch. Doch Detective Harry Bosch hat Zweifel an der Selbstmordthese, und auch das Verhalten von Assistent Chief Irvin Irving, der ihn um jeden Preis aus der Sache heraushalten will, kommt Bosch seltsam vor. Cal Moore hatte zuletzt in einem Fall ermittelt,...
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In the mid-1970s, the city of Boston entered a period of upheaval on both its historic cobblestone streets and its legendary parquet basketball court. The Boston Celtics' long dominance of the NBA came to an abrupt end, and the city's image as a hub of social justice was shaken to its core. When the federal courts declared, in 1974, that the city was in violation of school desegregation rulings and would need to institute a busing program, Boston...
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Mitten in der Nacht an den Schauplatz eines Verbrechens gerufen zu werden, das ist Harry Bosch gewohnt. Doch als der Detective erfährt, wer das Opfer ist, weiß er: Das hier ist kein Routineeinsatz. Howard Elias liegt erschossen in der berühmten Standseilbahn von L. A.: Angels Flight. Der schwarze Staranwalt und Bürgerrechtler führte seit Jahren einen Kreuzzug gegen das LAPD, überhäufte Beamte mit Klagen wegen Amtsmissbrauchs, Polizeigewalt...
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Jack McEvoy ist Polizeireporter bei den Rocky Moun tain News in Denver. Als er vom Tod seines Zwillingsbruders Sean, Detective bei der Mordkommission, erfährt, gerät sein Leben vollkommen aus dem Gleichgewicht. Die Polizei geht von Selbstmord aus: Jacks Bruder soll sich in seinem Auto erschossen haben. Einen Abschiedsbrief habe er auch hinterlassen, auf der Windschutzscheibe: Out of space. Out of time. Ein Zitat von Edgar Allan Poe. Jack glaubt...
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117 years Strong...and Counting!
This all-new edition, which follows the Boston Marathon into the 21st century and through the tragedy of the 2013 race, is a colorful and moving portrait of what it feels like to run the world's oldest annual marathon, escorting the reader through the past, present, and bright future of the race.26.2 Miles to Boston is a rich, vibrant, and inspiring history of the Boston Marathon and of the men and women of varying...
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Suspense! Baseball! Here are two tales that combine both, written by master storytellers Michael Connelly and Elmore Leonard.
In "Two Bagger," a pair of detectives follow a recently released felon who has been hired to make a hit at an LA Dodgers baseball game-and the suspenseful cat and mouse games begin.
In "Chickasaw Charlie Hoke," a retired professional baseball player is looking for employment and telling stories-but are the stories true?
These...
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From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post frontier Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves.In T. Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central," an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic...
19) The black box
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 16
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In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots. Harry originally investigated the murder, but it was then handed off to the Riot Crimes Task Force and never solved. Now Bosch's ballistics match indicates that her death was not random violence, but something more personal, and connected to a deeper intrigue. Like an investigator...
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INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES THE LINCOLN LAWYER – THE #1 TV SHOW ON NETFLIX
The bestselling legal thriller has charismatic defense attorney Mickey Haller taking on a slam-dunk court case involving a Beverly Hills playboy — but as it spirals into a nightmare, he finds himself in a fight for his life. Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln...
The bestselling legal thriller has charismatic defense attorney Mickey Haller taking on a slam-dunk court case involving a Beverly Hills playboy — but as it spirals into a nightmare, he finds himself in a fight for his life. Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln...