The Black Box (2012)
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 photojournalist 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 into one of his most fraught and perilous cases.
Named one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2012,
Praise
“Harry is such a compelling character largely due to his fundamentally antiestablishment personality, which leads to chaos as often as to triumph,”
—Booklist * starred review
“Connelly draws on all his resources—his thorough knowledge of police work, his ability to fashion a complex tapestry of plot, and his ever deepening characterization of Bosch—to craft a mystery thriller sure to enthrall fans and newcomers alike.”
—Publishers Weekly * starred review
“Connelly’s excellent 18th Harry Bosch novel”
—Publishers Weekly * starred review