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Michael Connelly (Author)
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Publication Date: 11 Jun 2009

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 ...

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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (11 Jun 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1409116875
  • ISBN-13: 978-1409116875
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 56,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Michael Connelly
A former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Connelly is the author of Harry Bosch thriller series as well as several stand-alone bestsellers, including the highly acclaimed legal thriller, The Lincoln Lawyer, selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club.
Michael Connelly has been President of the Mystery Writers of America. His books have been translated into 31 languages and have won awards all over the world, including the Edgar and Anthony Awards.
He lives in Tampa, Florida, with his family.

Here are the Harry Bosch novels in series order:

The Black Echo
The Black Ice
The Concrete Blonde
The Last Coyote
Trunk Music
Angels Flight
A Darkness More Than Night
City of Bones
Lost Light
The Narrows
The Closers
Echo Park
The Overlook
The Brass Verdict
Nine Dragons

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The Closers puts Harry Bosch back in the Los Angelese Police Department, where he was meant to be, and sets him to solving old cases, which is what he always did best, alongside Kiz Rider, who was always the best of the partners fate, and Connolly, gave him. They are working on the death of a bi-racial teenager back in the 1980s, abducted from her bedroom and shot dead. The racial tensions of the time are clearly a factor - the DNA of a known racist is trapped in blood on the gun - but in a Michael Connolly novel, things are never as simple as they seem. And Bosch finds, not to his especial surprise, that he has been asked back into the LAPD as someone's weapon in the dance of departmental politics. The death of Backy Verloren was a tragedy - the investigation of her murder was a series of mistakes that left her father an alcoholic mess and her mother an obsessive trapped in the past, and someone profited by their misery. Connolly is always at his best when Harry is caught up in the problems of other people, rather than his own, and this excellent, twisty police procedural is a snappy return to form. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Harry Bosch is out of retirement and back at LAPD, but this time with the "Cold Case" squad - The Closers - trying to close unsolved cases. His first case is to discover who was responsible for the murder of 16 year-old Becky Verloren in 1988. But Harry's digging seems to have uncovered a cover up from an unexpected area. Some strong language, but read brilliantly by the wonderful David Soul - the perfect Harry Bosch. (June Davies OTTAKARS Shelf Talker reviews) --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars At long last Bosch is back !!! 1 Jun 2005
By Markus Ronald
Format:Hardcover|Verified Purchase
We always have to wait a year for a new Bosch novel and that is my only complaint about Mr Connelly. Detective Bosch has always been one of my favorites (along with Jack Reacher) and in this novel he is back with LAPD and his partner Kiz Ryder.
The pace is fast, maybe too fast as i finished the book in three days and again i have to wait another year for the next novel. If you have not discovered Bosch then you have a lot of reading to do as there are now thirteen novels available and they are all as good as you can get. The plot unfolds beautifully and Connelly succeeds again in twisting you around his little finger.
I liked the introduction of a new commander, and he definately adds colour to this new novel.
So, in conclusion, go for it ! you will not be disappointed !
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars connelly just gets better and better! 17 May 2005
By "brier151"
Format:Hardcover
After a two year retirement Detective Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD currently assigned to the cold case files. The first case out the of the chute is the killing of a highschool teen 17 years prior. the case is reopened after blood is matched to that found on the murder weapon -- DNA evidence, and the blood belongs to local white supremacist Roland Mackey (of mixed race himself black father white mother). This might all sound like an episode of CSI, but as Connelly always does he deftly takes the reader deeper into the characters and the plot finding meaning beyound just a police procedural who-dun-it. To my mind no one tops Connelly in this genre, and even those who don't normally read thrillers should take a stabe at Conelly. This book and "A Tourist in the Yucatan" have been my favorite thriller reads of 2005! Tourist is a rough little gem, check it out!
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Open-Unsolved Unit- aka Cold Case 24 Jun 2005
By prisrob TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE VOICE
Format:Hardcover
Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is back in all his glory. Michael Connelly, in his eleventh novel, has brought Harry back to the Los Angeles Police Department. Harry had retired but after three years his feet were itchy to get back to his real love, LAPD. He was invited back by his old partner, Kismin Rider. She is a smart, tough but warm detective and very much respected by her peers.
Harry came back to the Open-Unsolved Unit (aka "cold case" squad). This excited him. He had so many unsolved crimes in his career, and in his mind he could picture many of them. On his first day at the squad he was obtaining coffee for his partner when his old nemesis, Deputy Chief Irvin S. Irving, gave him a warning, "Watch your step, Harry, there are many watching you!" This threat didn't bother Harry, but the fact that Irving sought him out made Harry wonder what the real story was all about. Later that day, Harry and Rizen were given their first case. Rebecca Verloren, 16, was discovered missing from her Chatsworth home many years ago, and now, there was a new DNA clue to help them solve this mystery.
Along the way Harry relies upon his skills, sometimes a bit rusty, but his "gut" is so sure that he knows what clues to look at and what is real and what is sometimes false. He gets back to his research, and the people he knew before he quit the job. Often, a long ago name or profile will surface, and we wonder how long will it be before this person shows up. A next door neighbor from Las Vegas from one of his last cases bears a remarkable resemblance to one of the people seen in a newspaper article that has a close relationship to this new case. Michael Connelly often inserts small clues about previous stories into his novels, and I find this piece of detective work thrilling. Read more ›
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Connelly - The Closers 28 Jan 2006
By RachelWalker TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
After a 3 year hiatus, Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD, largely thanks to his ex-partner Kizmin Rider. Now they’re back working together, in the Open-Unsolved department of homicide, hoping to apply new techniques to old, near-forgotten cases in order to catch perpetrators who have so far escaped the reach of justice. The first case they’re dealt is the unsolved, 17-year-old murder of teenager Becky Verloren, taken from her bed and shot dead in the hills above her home.
It’s a case, with uncomfortable political and racial undercurrents, that sees Harry Bosch back in his element, and Connelly writing close to the top of his game.
Let’s face it: Bosch is always at his best when he’s getting down and dirty righting wrongs, fighting for justice for those who can no longer get it for themselves. He is, unfailingly, at his most compelling in the thick of a case, usually one that has lain cold for a long time. Connelly is at his best, too, with these kinds of cases, and he is even more able to render the keen and sharp sting of injustice when it’s a state of affairs that has stood for a long time. He’s at his best when race is an issue, too, even a tangential one as here. The Closers is near his best, then? Without a doubt, in my opinion.
While The Narrows was a great thriller, it wasn’t really such a great detective novel. Seems that way a year later, anyway. Looking back, the impression is that it went very fast, seemed to be over almost too quickly. Enjoyable and high-class fiction, indeed, a thrilling thriller indeed also, but lacking that vital something which makes a good Bosch novel an absolutely great one, which this new one is. Back in LA, back in Homicide, Harry is where he really belongs, and you feel it. Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars
As usual Michael Connolly delivers . Could not put this book down. Never predictable, detective Harry Bosch gets his man and on the way keeps me turning the pages. Read more
Published 21 hours ago by christina tagg
5.0 out of 5 stars The Closers
Another fascinating plot with Harry picking through the evidence to bring justice to the victims in the forgotten 'unsolved cases', and bringing closure to all of those touched by... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lynda Lowe
5.0 out of 5 stars another brilliant work by this author.
There was nothing to dislike about this book. I am almost near the end of the Harry Bosch series of books and I have not been disappointed by the character and the story lines. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Well crafted plot kept you guessing up to the end. Hope Bosch can keep going a bit longer, will miss him when he finally retires
Published 1 month ago by An excellent product, so comfortable, I am waiting for a hip replacement and it is great support
3.0 out of 5 stars OK
I enjoyed "The Lincoln Lawyer" very much but this is nowhere near as entertaining. Excessive use of US police slang makes it quite hard to understand as an English speaker... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs Denise Davey
5.0 out of 5 stars the closers
Ireally enjoyed reading this Michael Connelly bookand think it is a good idea to sometimes buy used books.

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Published 1 month ago by ann bell
5.0 out of 5 stars RECOMMENDED READING
This was an excellent read. Started slowly and built up to an exciting climax. Couldn't put it down! as the final revelations were made. Well worth a read. Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars Connelly on form
I am steadily reading through the life of Harry Bosch and this instalment is quite as good as what ha gone before.

A great read!
Published 2 months ago by Alan Willmott
5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific Harry Bosch story
A great novel. Complex, gripping, with twists and turns all the way: one of Connelly's best. The thing that sets all his novels apart is the characterisation - all the players are... Read more
Published 3 months ago by PR22
5.0 out of 5 stars A thilling read
A good solid read. It will keep you interested until the end. He is a master and keeping the suspence going to the end
Published 3 months ago by Michael Puttick
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