Lost Light

Fantastic yet fascinating book, a retired cop with a murder case that won't go away, a strong urgency to solve the crime, after lots of investigation a gun fight at the okay coral takes off bullets flying every where yet one person, one mystery still to be solved then one more trip, shovels at the ready sadly he and the FBI solve the last piece of the puzzle.Then a trip to a loved one followed by a tearful loving surprise, great end to a great book.

As usual, Michael Connelly delivers a thoroughly readable book. Thank you giving me and your other readers so much pleasure.

Brilliant plot. Brilliant story line.Dialogue to die for for.And I won't lie ,there were tears in my eyes at the end when he held the little four year olds handsTo go back to the dialogue. Michael Connelly is a genius with words . You're right there like a fly on the wall. You can probably tell , I thoroughly enjoyed the books

What I love about the Harry Bosch series is the way Michael Connelly ensures that with each new book in the series (to date) he reveals new and different facets of Bosch's personality. Unlike earlier books in the series, this one is narrated in the first person. As a result, we see and experience events from his point of view.In my opinion this is a much more personal and emotionally engaging story than its predecessors and it is so well written one can easily forget that Bosch is not actually a real person but a fictional character in a book.In this story, Bosch has left the police force and is now a licensed private investigator. But he is haunted by one particular case from his past that had been taken from him in the midst of his investigation and reassigned to the FBI. The case, involving the murder of a young women, had been linked with a $2 million dollars robbery, money from which had been traced to a known terrorist. In post 9/11 USA this led to the involvement of the FBI and Homeland Security and the death of the young women became of secondary interest and remained unsolved. So, with time on his hands and a dogged determination to see justice served, Bosch decides to re-investigate this cold case. However, unlike the past, he now has no access to official police files. He discovers that his past achievements as a detective hold little sway with either the LAPD or the FBI, both of which resent his involvement in this case.The story is full of twists and turns and quite a few surprises along the way. Normally I read a Bosch novel over the course of a few days so I can savour every twist and turn in the story. Not so with this one. I found it impossible to put down; I just had to know how it was going to end. In my opinion, this is an outstanding story, brilliantly written and one well worth reading.

I have read all the Harry Bosch books in the series and enjoyed everyone immensely. Sometimes it seems that the book is slow in starting, or a story subject of little interest, don't give up you will not be disappointed. Michael's knowledge of the Law and procedures in applying it is second to none.For me I find it sad that his use of the English Language is Americanised but I guess many of his readers are American. One of the worst for me is the word 'Gotten', there is of course no such word in correct English. The storyline more than makes up for this. I recommend reading the books in the correct order, although they are predominately stand alone books, there is a degree of follow on.

Yet another good read from this author about this character; in fact, so good I'm now reading them all in order.

I don't always love it when Michael tells the story from a new perspective but it really works in this one. Another great Bosch book. Stop reading this review, just read the book.

A superb read from a first rate writer