The Black Box

Michael Connelly

Nov 2012 · Sold by Little, Brown

About this ebook

In this "superb" thriller, Detective Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to the unsolved killing of a young female photographer during the 1992 L.A. riots (Wall Street Journal).
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 combing through the wreckage after a plane crash, Bosch searches for the "black box," the one piece of evidence that will pull the case together.

Riveting and relentlessly paced, The Black Box leads Harry Bosch, "one of the greats of crime fiction" (New York Daily News), into one of his most fraught and perilous cases.

Ratings and reviews

This is the second Harry Bosch novel I have read, echo park was the first. The black box was very different from echo park. This was longer,it had more character development, more case investigation(more leads to follow) but less action,which I honestly didn't mind. The only real problem I had was that I pretty much figured out the case about two thirds of the way through the book,but the story was still good enough to keep my interest and make me want to finish the book

Took a while to get moving, not many surprises along the way, and ended a little abruptly. However for the most part a fun read.

Harry is very old. He is an expert detective able to uncover 20 year old conspiracies. In the beginning you witness him in the 1992 LA riots, trying to solve an obscure murder of a journalist. In fifteen minutes. He fails, whispering sorry to the white Danish girl killed in the middle of the ghetto. 20 years later, he makes gold from dust and pieces together a seemingly hopeless case. The force of his success is felt with every vital discovery, and it feels like I am the one succeeding. I still feel angry.

About the author

Michael Connelly is the author of thirty-eight previous novels, including New York Times bestsellers Resurrection Walk, Desert Star, and The Dark Hours. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, and the Renée Ballard series, have sold more than eighty-five million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels. He is the executive producer of three television series: Bosch, Bosch: Legacy, and The Lincoln Lawyer. He spends his time in California and Florida.