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Un homicidio de rutina. Un descubrimiento intrigante. Una amenaza terrorista se cierne sobre Los Ángeles.Un doctor con acceso a una peligrosa sustancia radiactiva es asesinado en un observatorioen las colinas de Hollywood. Durante la investigacion, el detective Harry Bosch descubre que una cantidad considerable de cesio radiactivo fue robada poco antes de la muerte del doctor. Con el cesio en manos desconocidas, Bosh teme que el asesinato sea parte de un complot terrorista para envenenar a una ciudad entera.

Harry Bosch finds himself yet again in charge of a case that no one else will touch. This time his job is to nail the killer of hot shot black lawyer Howard Elias. Elias has been found murdered on the eve of going to court on behalf of Michael Harris, a man the LAPD believes guilty of the rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl. Elias had let it be known that the aim of his civil case was not only to reveal the real killer but to target and bring down the racist cops who beat up his client during a violent interrogation. Now it''s all down to Bosch - and he''s got to take a long, hard look at some of his colleagues in a police department that is rife with suspicion and hatred.

Michael ConnellyTHE NARROWS: Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and as a new father. Then he gets a call from the widow of a friend who died recently. A friend who worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet, which makes his death doubly suspicious. Now Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered...THE CLOSERS: Three years after leaving the LAPD, Harry is back, working with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. Assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, Harry and Kiz are immediately thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a DNA match connects a white supremacist to the 1988 murder of a mixed race 16-year-old girl. But there are some people who want the case to remain unsolved...ECHO PARK: In 1993, Harry Bosch was assigned the case of a missing person, Marie Gesto. The young woman was never found and the case has haunted Bosch ever since. Thirteen years later, a man accused of two heinous killings is willing to confess to several other murders, including that of Gesto. Bosch's whole being as a cop begins to crack when he comes to realise that he missed a clue that could have led him to the killer and prevented the nine murders that followed...

Una de las novelas esenciales de la reconocida trayectoria literaria de Michael Connelly.A Mickey Haller le han asignado uno de los casos de Jerry Vincent, compañero de profesión, a raíz de su asesinato. Debe defender el famoso productor de Hollywood Walter Elliot, acusado de matar a su mujer y al amante de esta. Para Haller se trata de una gran oportunidad, dada la importancia del caso, y esta dispuesto a casi todo a pesar del riesgo que implica, ya que el asesino de Vicent puede estar tras sus pasos. Lo que Mickey no sabe aun es que tendra que colaborar en la investigacion Harry Bosck,otro lobo solitario con el que debera aliarse para poder dar luz a este siniestro caso.Connelly recibio el Premio Pepe Carvalho 2009, otorgado por el Institut de Cultura de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona dentro de la BCNegra.

When Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case, he suspects he´s being set up. Why should one of the hottest defense lawyers in the business agree to sw

Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his career. Then another lawyer, Vincent, dies, and Haller gets an unexpected windfall: he inherits all Vincent's clients - putting his stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent had taken on a high profile and potentially lucrative murder case. It'll be a trial that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight - and if Mickey can win against the odds, he'd really be back in the big leagues. The only problem is the detective handling the case - a certain Harry Bosch - is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent's clients. Suddenly Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to successfully defend a client who might just be planning to murder him.

Antes de convertirse en un novelista superventas, Michael Connelly fue reportero de sucesos. Sus vívidos artículos, recogidos en este volumen, trasladaban a sus lectores más allá de los precintos policiales. Gracias a este trabajo, Connelly obtuvo material de primera mano para sus novelas. Los devotos de la ficcion de Connelly disfrutaran descubriendo que muchas de sus tramas tienen una base real.

Da'Quan Foster, ex-membre de gang accusé du meurtre de Lexi Parks, élue locale de West Hollywood, est défendu par Mickey Haller. Privé de Cisco, son partenaire habituel, Haller persuade difficilement son demi-frère, l'inspecteur Harry Bosch, désormais retraité, de l'aider a disculper son client. Les preuves accablent Foster et les deux frères n'ont que six semaines avant le procès.

Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border. Now this battle-scarred veteran will find himself in the center of a complex and deadly game-one in which he may be the next and likeliest victim.

Meet Michael Connelly's brand new detective...***** CRIME NEVER SLEEPS. Los Angeles can be a dangerous city - never more so than in the dead of night. Detective Renee Ballard, once one of the department's young hotshots, now works 'The Late Show', the notorious graveyard shift at the LAPD. It's a thankless job keeping strange hours in a twilight world of tragedy and violence, handing over her investigations as the sun rises, never getting closure. Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet. Two cases: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspect. Ballard knows it is always darkest before dawn. But what she doesn't know is how deep her dual investigation will take her into the dark heart of her city, her department and her past...***** 'One of the great crime writers' Daily Mail 'A master of the genre' Stephen King 'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian 'The consistency of his excellency is remarkable' LA Times 'The greatest living American crime writer' Mirror 'A crime writing genius' Independent on Sunday