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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

« Connelly ne se contente pas d’histoires ficelées, de réflexions sociales bien amenées, il possède une écriture fluide, subtile, et se glisse fraternellement dans la peau de son héros avec ses doute

Harry Bosch, retraité du LAPD malgré lui, tente de tuer le temps en remontant une vieille Harley lorsque Mickey Haller, son demi-frère avocat de la défense, lui demande de l'aide. Il ne voit en effet que Bosch pour l'aider a innocenter Da Ouan Foster, un ex-membre de gang accusé d'avoir battu a mort la directrice adjointe des services municipaux de West Hollywood. Même si la preuve est accablante, Haller en est sûr, son client est innocent.? Dilemme pour Harry ! Passer du côté de la défense quand on a travaillé avec passion pour la police de Los Angeles toute sa vie ? Tout simplement impensable.

Michael Connelly enfrenta a sus dos personajes más populares, Harry Bosch y Terry McCaleb.Harry Bosch participa como testigo en un juicio en el que se acusa a un director de cine del asesinato de una actriz. Mientras tanto, el ya retirado agente del FBI, Terry McCaleb, investiga un homicidio complejo. Su primer examen del escenario del crimen le lleva en pos de un asesino metodico con un gusto por los rituales y la venganza: junto al cadaver de la victima han sido halladas la figura de una lechuza y un extraño mensaje en latin. A medida que McCaleb desentraña las claves de este escabroso asesinato, Bosch cobra mayor protagonismo en el juicio del que esta pendiente toda la ciudad de Los Angeles. Sorprendentemente, las piezas de uno y otro rompecabezas empiezan a solaparse.

Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a white supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed race girl. The police department has changed, but one thing hasn't - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtually meaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a 'retread'. He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry will make a mistake ..

C''est devenu une obsession : tous les six mois, Bosch ressort le dossier Gesto. En treize ans d''enquete, il n''a rien pu trouver : ni indice, ni suspect, pas meme le corps de la jeune victime. Un jour enfin le coupable passe aux aveux, mais Bosch se mefie : pour lui, l''homme n''est rien d''autre qu''un imposteur talentueux double d''un bouc emissaire ideal. Une derniere fois, Bosch reprend l''enquete...

Meet Mickey Haller, a cynical defense attorney whose one remaining spark of integrity may cost him his life... A Richard & Judy Book Club selection from the award-winning No.1 bestselling author.They''re called Lincoln Lawyers: the bottom of the legal food chain, the criminal defence attorneys who operate out of the back of a Lincoln Town Car, taking whatever cases the system throws in their path.When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested, Mickey Haller has his first high-paying client in years. The evidence mounts on the defence''s side, and Haller might even be in the rare position of representing a client who is actually innocent.But when his case starts to fall apart, Haller quickly discovers that when you swim with the sharks, it''s easy to wind up as prey.

La vida parece haberle dado un respiro al abogado Mickey Haller tras varios años de reveses. A raíz del asesinato de Jerry Vincent, un conocido compañero de profesión, Haller ha heredado un caso que este llevaba. Se trata de la defensa del famoso productor de Hollywood Walter Elliot, acusado de asesinar 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 este implica, ya que es mas que probable que el asesino de Vincent pueda ir a por el. Cuando Harry Bosch interviene en la investigacion del crimen, Haller y el, dos lobos solitarios, no querran colaborar entre si, pero no tendran mas opcion que aliarse cuando las cosas se tuerzan.

«Lo que eleva el cuento hasta más allá del simple miedo y al reino de lo genial es que Poe previó la oscuridad de generaciones que estaban muy lejos de la suya. La nuestra, por ejemplo.» Stephen King

Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she''s been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her. Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and as a new father. He gets a call, too, from the widow of a friend who died recently. Previously in his FBI career, the friend worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet. This fact alone makes some of the elements of his death doubly suspicious. And Harry Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered...

El ya conocido detective Harry Bosch se enfrenta a uno de los casos más complejos de su carrera.Harry Bosch tiene la oportunidad de reabrir un caso en el que trabajó en el pasado y que había quedado sin resolucion; se trata del asesinato de Marie Gesto, una joven desaparecida años atras. Bosch tuvo siempre el presentimiento de quenunca la encontrarian con vida y cuando las circunstancias le forzaron a cerrar el caso, se quedo con la desagradable sensacion de haber dejado escapar al culpable. Por ello recibe, entre esceptico y aliviado, la confesion de un hombre que alega estar detras del asesinato de la joven. Las circunstancias que envuelven el caso son atipicas dado el interes de un politico por llegar a un pacto con el presunto culpable. Arguye que resultaria beneficioso para ambas partes: el detenido detallaria que paso con otros casos irresolutos cuya autoria se atribuye, evitando asi la pena de muerte. A Bosch no le gusta la propuesta, pero no puede reprimir su deseo de cerrar un caso que le ha inquietado durante años.

En su primer caso tras abandonar la undiad de Homicidios de la Policía de Los Ángeles, Harry Bosch debe investigar el asesinato de un doctor que tiene acceso a peligrosas sustancias radioactivas; el caso puede tener consecuencias para la seguridad nacional. Tras reconstruir los últimos pasos de la víctima, Harry descubre que una gran cantidad de cesio radioactivo fue robada poco antes de la muerte del doctor y que ahora puede suponer un ingrediente clave en un posible ataque terrorista.

The pulse-quickening new thriller from master of suspense Michael Connelly sees Harry Bosch plunged into the dangerous world of international terrorism. When a physicist is murdered in LA it seems the killer has no fear of publicity, leaving the body on The Mulholland overlook, a site with a stunning view over the city. And when it''s discovered that the victim turned over a quantity of a lethal chemical to his killer before he died, Harry knows he has more than just a single death to worry about. Alongside the forces of Homeland Security, Harry realises he must solve the murder or face unimaginable consequences.

When down-at-heel lawyer Mickey Haller gets the news that his old colleague Jerry Vincent has died, he also gets an unexpected windfall. Jerry had left instructions that Mickey should inherit all of his clients - putting Mickey''s stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent was about to go to bat for Walter Elliott, the Hollywood mogul accused of brutally slaying his wife and her lover, in a trial that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight. If Mickey could find the magic bullet and win that one against the odds, he''d really be back in the big leagues. The only problem is that Vincent was murdered, shot at close range in his office garage. And the detective handling the case - a certain Harry Bosch - is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent''s clients. Suddenly Jerry Vincent''s legacy is beginning to look more like a poisoned chalice, and Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to successfully defend a client who might just be planning to murder him.

From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-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 CentralA", an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have chosen for their retirement. In Alafair Burke''s WinningA", a female officer who is attacked in the line of duty must protect her own husband from his worst impulses. Other authors in the collection include the acclaimed Laurie R. King; Edgar winners Edward D. Hoch and Jon L. Breen; Dagger winner and bestseller John Harvey, as well as the bestselling Peter Robinson. Most important, there''s Michael Connelly himself as editor. His own contribution, an original Harry Bosch story, crowns this outstanding collection.

Connelly, MichaelEdgar Award Gewinner Michael Connelly wartet mit einem neuen Harry Bosch Thriller auf, der den letzten an Spannung noch uberbieten wird. With The Lincoln Lawyer and The Brass Verdict Michael Connelly has proved himself the master of the legal thriller, and appeals to legions of fans well beyond the crime market. The latest thrilling installment in the Harry Bosch series.

Michael ConnellyForced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent. Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poet made his career years ago. He is tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him. Including Jack's.