The Black Echo (A Harry Bosch Novel)
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I've read a number of the Hieronymous Bosch series but I figured I should start with the first one. My niece gave me a gift certificate to McNally Robinson for Christmas 2013 so I thought I would indulge my wish.
It's hard to believe that Michael Connelly had a number of rejections before this book got published. But that's what James Lee Burke, another of my favourite writers, says in the foreword to this book. Apparently Burke also had trouble finding a publisher for his first book but his agent kept shopping it around and Burke was very thankful for his persistence. He praised his agent when his book finally was published, Connelly read that book and approached the same agent who saw in Connelly's writing the same thing he had seen in JLB's. Many books later for both these writers I am also thankful for the agent because I have enjoyed everything they have written.
This is the first book in the Harry Bosch series by Connelly. I've read a number of the later books in the series but this one sets everything in motion so I thought it would be important to read it. Bosch is called out late one night because a body has been found in a culvert near the LA reservoir. The body belonged to a junkie and at first glance it looked like he had overdosed but Bosch took more than a glance and realized that he knew the victim. It was a man he had been in Vietnam with who had been a tunnel rat, like Bosch. Bosch thought the man had been killed elsewhere and left in the culvert. On examining the victim's apartment he found a pawn ticket and when he went to the pawn shop he found that the shop had been burgled the night before. One of the items taken was the necklace that had been pawned. The pawn shop owner had a picture of the necklace however and Bosch was able to ascertain that it had been taken in a spectacular bank heist a number of months back. This particular bank job had occurred on the Labour Day weekend. The thieves had tunnelled underneath the safety deposit vault, blown a hole in the bottom of the vault and opened many safety deposit boxes over the long weekend. Nobody had been caught and none of the items taken from the boxes had ever shown up before now. The FBI had jurisdiction over the bank case so Bosch went to see them. There he met special agent Eleanor Wish with whom he would go on to investigate the case. As they are tracking down the bank robbers (who probably also killed the murder victim) Bosch and Wish start to fall in love. A loner like Bosch and with some baggage dating back to the Vietnam war, Wish would seem to be an ideal partner. However, by the end of the book Bosch is alone again.
This is a terrific start to a terrific series.
This is the first book in the Harry Bosch series by Connelly. I've read a number of the later books in the series but this one sets everything in motion so I thought it would be important to read it. Bosch is called out late one night because a body has been found in a culvert near the LA reservoir. The body belonged to a junkie and at first glance it looked like he had overdosed but Bosch took more than a glance and realized that he knew the victim. It was a man he had been in Vietnam with who had been a tunnel rat, like Bosch. Bosch thought the man had been killed elsewhere and left in the culvert. On examining the victim's apartment he found a pawn ticket and when he went to the pawn shop he found that the shop had been burgled the night before. One of the items taken was the necklace that had been pawned. The pawn shop owner had a picture of the necklace however and Bosch was able to ascertain that it had been taken in a spectacular bank heist a number of months back. This particular bank job had occurred on the Labour Day weekend. The thieves had tunnelled underneath the safety deposit vault, blown a hole in the bottom of the vault and opened many safety deposit boxes over the long weekend. Nobody had been caught and none of the items taken from the boxes had ever shown up before now. The FBI had jurisdiction over the bank case so Bosch went to see them. There he met special agent Eleanor Wish with whom he would go on to investigate the case. As they are tracking down the bank robbers (who probably also killed the murder victim) Bosch and Wish start to fall in love. A loner like Bosch and with some baggage dating back to the Vietnam war, Wish would seem to be an ideal partner. However, by the end of the book Bosch is alone again.
This is a terrific start to a terrific series.
I have offered this book in bookstogive's Mystery/Thriller VBB so I will reserve it for now.
This book hasn't been chosen from the VBB so I am removing it and marking it as available.
Journal Entry 5 by gypsysmom at Second Cup – Graham & Edmonton in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Saturday, April 27, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (4/27/2019 UTC) at Second Cup – Graham & Edmonton in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I will take this to the Winnipeg BookCrossers meetup tomorrow. If no one claims it you can find it on the bookshelf for the Official BookCrossing Zone for Winnipeg.
When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
When you find a BookCrossing book it is yours to do with what you like. You can read it and keep it or pass it on or if you don't think it is your kind of book pass it on to someone who might like it or release it in a spot for someone else to find like you just did. Whatever you choose it would be great if you could write a short note letting us know what new adventures the book is on.
This book is currently sitting on the Winnipeg Official Bookcrossing Zone bookshelf in Second Cup, 254 Edmonton St., Winnipeg MB.
It is waiting there for a new reader to take home, read, and release back into the wild!
Winnipeg bookcrossers meet at my location every month to chat about books, swap great reads, and release on the OBCZ shelves. Please join us! We love to see new faces! If you want to get notices of the meetings you can join our Facebook Group or our Yahoo Email Group! You will enjoy the comfy atmosphere, the fabulous coffees and teas, and the yummy treats!
It is waiting there for a new reader to take home, read, and release back into the wild!
Winnipeg bookcrossers meet at my location every month to chat about books, swap great reads, and release on the OBCZ shelves. Please join us! We love to see new faces! If you want to get notices of the meetings you can join our Facebook Group or our Yahoo Email Group! You will enjoy the comfy atmosphere, the fabulous coffees and teas, and the yummy treats!
This book has disappeared from the OBCZ shelf. Hope it is off with a new reader and that it will be in touch with news of its adventures soon. Happy travels.
