The latest installment of the Harry Bosch series finds Harry pursuing a 20 year old murder that occurred during the 1992 LA riots. A Danish journalist was found dead in an alley a victim of an apparent execution.
While Harry reviews the information in the file he notices a small anomaly; a phone call logged 10 years after the murder inquiring about it. By pulling on this thin thread Harry starts to uncover a much larger conspiracy that dates back to Operation Desert Storm of 1990.
At first I was caught off guard from the Desert Storm twist but leave it to Connelly to develop a gripping and believable plot. I found this book to be quite the page-turner. There were a couple little leaps in faith that I had to take; actions that I was surprised Harry took.
Unfortunately I found the climax to be a bit too "cinematic" for my tastes. Like a bad TV episode, a surprising character comes to help Harry and the final chase to capture the Bad Guy made me groan in disappointment.
The novel was very good but the ending was botched, in my opinion. The best part of the book was the musical suggestions I lifted from it. I always like tracing down the music that Connelly mentions.
Check out:
Art Pepper - http://straightlife.info/
Michael Formanek - http://www.amibotheringyou.com/index.html
Danny Grissett - http://www.dannygrissett.com/
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