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Summary: One of Michael Connelly's best
Review: I have read all of Michael Connelly's published work and The Last Coyote is one of my favorites. Harry Bosch is a realistic, believable character. Connelly's characterization's get better with each book. (Bloodwork is also great!) I wish that more authors would have this sense of drama and realism in their characters.
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Summary: A page turning read!!
Review: I have read most, if not all of the Harry Bosch books by this author, although not in sequence. I felt that this one gave me as good an insight into Harry's character as one is likely to get. Harry has been suspended from duty for assaulting his commanding officer. Of course, being Harry, he had a good reason. The guy who has little or no field training completely ruined an important interrogation in which he had no business meddling in. That is the sort of thing which gets Harry's attention and coupled with his lack of respect for the man as one who should be commanding detectives, he sort of takes things into his own hands.This gets Harry some time off and while he is contemplating his past conduct with the help of a psychologist, Harry decides to use the time to try and solve a very old open murder case. The murder happens to be of his own mother. Harry's Mom was a prostitute/call girl whose body was found in a dumpster. Harry was eleven at the time and living as a ward of the state. With his detective skills Harry starts to stir into the past and in doing so numerous possibilities arise as to who his mother's murderer is and some of them are people in high places. This is a whodunit which will keep you up and reading, longer than you might care to and I guarantee that the answer will be only part of the surprises that await the reader. This is a fine read!
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST IN THE SERIES SO FAR
Review: I just discovered Michael Connelly and am excited about the books I have left in this seris to read. I've read in a week, Blood Work, The Black Echo, The Concrete Blonde and finished The Last Coyote. I decided to post my review and my feelings for his work up to this point. Connelly is a refreshing writer and an author I waited too long to read. What I enjoy about the series so far is his protagonist, Harry Bosh, a flawed, lonely cop who has a standard for his job that he sticks by: everybody counts or nobody counts. Another strength of the series is the focus on solving the case, the politics within the police department and the level of violence in his novels are not as bad as some of the writers I've come across. In THE LAST COYOTE, Connelly starts off with slowly, with the decision by Harry to investigate a case that is personal to him. As he slowly goes over the case and starts asking questions, he stirs up a hornet's nest of trouble. I love Harry Bosch. He only wants to do what is right. This book started off slow and picked up speed after the first three or four chapters. The ending was a complete surprise. Bosch was warned that the case would do more harm that good and it does cost Bosch emotionally. If I had to describe this installment in the series, it would be haunting. If you haven't tried Connelly yet, this is not where you want to start. I usually don't read books in order but with the Harry Bosch series, I highly recommend that you do read them in order. My grade, A. Thank You Mr. Connelly. You are an excellent author. So far, THE LAST COYOTE is the best of the series thus far.
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Summary: Connelly continues to excel
Review: I loved this book. The Bosch series just gets better and better. I have come to really like Harry. He is so real. He is a great cop but he makes mistakes. The interesting thing is, he realizes it and always tries to improve on it while he continues to fight the demons that haunt him from his past and present.
My advice is, if you are going to read the Bosch series, start from the beginning (Black Echo). Each book pulls from the previous ones regarding characters and story lines. That's what makes these books so good. This series ties everything in and gives closure at the end. It makes you want to read the next one...right away.
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Summary: Connelly continues to excel
Review: I loved this book. The Bosch series just gets better and better. I have come to really like Harry. He is so real. He is a great cop but he makes mistakes. The interesting thing is, he realizes it and always tries to improve on it while he continues to fight the demons that haunt him from his past and present.
My advice is, if you are going to read the Bosch series, start from the beginning (Black Echo). Each book pulls from the previous ones regarding characters and story lines. That's what makes these books so good. This series ties everything in and gives closure at the end. It makes you want to read the next one...right away.
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Summary: Harry Bosch at his best
Review: I really enjoyed this book! I began my Michael Connelly journey with Concrete Blond, then Blood Work, then Trunk Music. Then I decided to start at the beginning. This book is one of my favorite Connelly books! I really like Harry, and "feel his pain." I'm about to read The Poet, which I understand is not a Harry Bosch book. But, neither was Blood Work, and I enjoyed it very much. After The Poet, I guess I'll have to wait for his next novel. Hope it's soon!!
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Summary: I thought the book was outstanding.
Review: I really like the main character Bosch. It encourages me to buy others. I just don't know what to read next. I bought Trunk Music. Im looking forward to Blood Work. This book was so good that I finished this book real quick, considering how long it was.
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Summary: Strangely familiar...
Review: I really liked this book, and I have been reading the Bosch books all along and was eagerly anticipating Bosch facing this skeleton. However-- awhile back I read James Ellroy's "My Dark Places," which is the real life story of the murder of his mother when he was young, and how he tried to catch the killer years later. I couldn't help but notice how similiar the plots were, so if you're intrested you might want to pick up the real thing that doesn't end so neatly.
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Summary: A Pearl Among Diamonds
Review: I recommend reading Michael Connelly in the order the books were written. I love most of them, and The Last Coyote is one of my favorites. Although Harry Bosch has wrestled with his past before, it's in this book that Bosch confronts it. This is an awesome read. And the scene in Florida when Bosch meets McKittrick may be one of the best I've ever read in all of crime fiction. It's that good. The setup, the dialogue, everything. I highly recommend this novel.
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Summary: A New Harry Bosch Fan
Review: I was just a page or two into The Last Coyote when I knew that I would be reading a lot of Michael Connelly this summer. After reading all of the Travis McGee and Matt Scudder books, I was looking for a new character that I could relate to. Harry Bosch is that guy, and I will be going back to the first three in the series asap. The plotting is nicely crafted, the pacing perfect, the dialogue real, and the LA setting is almost surreal. I was reminded of Ellroy's LA Confidential, one of my favorites. For those of you who especially enjoy getting to know a character in a continuing series, there is a lot to know about this hard boiled LAPD detective. If you don't know Harry Bosch, this book is a great place to start.
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