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Title: The Black Ice (Bookcassette(r) Edition) by Michael Connelly, Dick Hill ISBN: 1-56740-095-7 Publisher: Bookcassette Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (47 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another entertaining novel by Michael Connelly
Comment: In THE BLACK ICE, Det. Harry Bosch finds that a murder investigation he's working on is somehow tied to another detective's purported suicide. After a bit of digging, it is determined that the suicide is actually a murder and it seems to be connected to the dead detective's past in a border town near Mexico and a potent new drug that's being smuggled across the border. Bosch's investigation gets him into hot water with his superiors in the LAPD, takes him down to Mexico and has him joining forces with the DEA in a dramatic raid on a drug trafficker's compound.
I thought THE BLACK ICE was slightly more predictible than the other two Connelly books I've read, and yet I was totally surprised by one of the major twists toward the end of the book. It's a highly entertaining read and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys this genre.
Rating: 5
Summary: Bosch at his best
Comment: Michael Connelly consistently delivers exciting hard-boiled police procedurals with Harry Bosch in control. In Black Ice Bosch is cut out of an investigation of an apparent suicide of narcotics officer Calexico Moore by the bigwigs of the department. They want to do what is pc and Bosch is definitely not that. At the same time Bosch's supervisor Pound feels compelled to increase the percentages of his homicides solved so Bosch is elected to solve some cases of an out on stress leave detective, Porter. Harry realizes that Porter's case, his own and Moore's "suicide" are all tied together. As usual Bosch cuts corners and goes out on his own to make the pieces fit.
An excellent read for any fan of mystery and suspense. Connelly is always exciting and hard to put down. I am ready for a new one. For anyone unfamiliar with Connelly and Harry Bosch, read them in order and not spread out over years as I have done.
Rating: 3
Summary: NOIR AND DULL
Comment: The second harry Bosch novel, THE BLACK ICE, disappoints. Primarily because the character of Harry Bosch steps into the background. By that I mean the reader learns little new about loner, rebel cop Harry Bosch. That plus there is little action or conflict and thus little narrative tension. And the setting for the novel which is mainly in border Mexico is painted dull and drab and gray. Yawn. And I am a Harry Bosch fan. I plan on continuing in the Bosch series because I like the character and have hopes the author will do better. THE BLACK ICE does have a good bull fight scene and the mystery was logically, plausibly plotted. And one still gets the feeling we have a real working cop here in Harry Bosch. Not some fake fictional cop but the real thing. It is definitely noir but dull. Do better Connelly.
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Title: The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0312955006 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Black Echo by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0446612731 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 02 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0312958455 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Trunk Music by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0312963297 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Angels Flight by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0446607274 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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