Michael Connelly
41) The black echo
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English
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An LAPD homicide detective must choose between justice and vengeance as he teams up with the FBI in this "thrilling" novel filled with mystery and adventure (New York Times Book Review).
For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal . . . because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who...
For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal . . . because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who...
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Bosch volume 6
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English
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When an African American lawyer, infamous for his lawsuits alleging racism by LAPD police officers, is murdered on the eve of a sensational trial, Harry Bosch, facing a suspect list that includes half the department, is assigned the case.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Pursuing a big story in anticipation of his imminent layoff, Los Angeles reporter Jack McEvoy investigates the murder confession of a teen drug dealer and realizes that the youth may be innocent, a discovery that pits him against a killer operating below police radar.
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Bosch volume 8
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Confronted by his own tragic past when the bones of a twelve-year-old boy are found in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch attempts to unearth the boy's identity, which leads to startling discoveries and the possible destruction of his career.
45) The last coyote
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English
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Harry's life is a mess. His house has been condemned because of earthquake damage. His girlfriend has left him. He's drinking too much. And he's even had to turn in his badge: he attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely pending a psychiatric evaluation. At first Bosch, resists the LAPD shrink, but finally he recognizes that something is troubling him, a force that may have shaped his entire life. In 1961, when Harry was eleven,...
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Mickey Haller volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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Representing some unsavory characters in his work as a defense lawyer, Mickey Haller takes on his first high-paying and possibly innocent client in years, but finds the case complicated by events that suggest a particularly evil perpetrator.
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Bosch volume 7
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English
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The LAPD asks Terrence McCaleb to investigate a series of puzzling murders, and he quickly discovers that the profile of the killer matches someone with whom he has worked in the past--Detective Harry Bosch.
48) The black ice
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Bosch volume 2
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English
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L.A.P.D. detective Harry Bosch investigates the mysterious death of a narcotics officer who was reportedly selling a new drug called black ice.
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Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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After accidentally intercepting some telephone messages for the previous tenant of his new apartment, Henry Price is drawn into a web of dangerous secrets as he races against time to save the life of a woman he has never met.
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1996
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1st ed.
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p. cm.
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English
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FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HARRY BOSCH AND LINCOLN LAWYER SERIES.
An electrifying standalone thriller that breaks all the rules! With an introduction by Stephen King.
Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write--and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecedented savagery and cunning is at large. His targets: homicide...
51) Trunk music
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English
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When the body of a Hollywood producer, the apparent victim of a mafia hit, is found in the trunk of a Rolls Royce, maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch follows a complex trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, in a case that suddenly becomes personal
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Bosch volume 3
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English
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The family of a notorious serial killer whom homicide detective Harry Bosch shot during an arrest four years ago has accused him of killing the wrong man, and has filed a civil suit against the LAPD. The allegation becomes horrifyingly plausible when a new murder occurs with all the hallmarks of the dead slayer's style.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
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377 p.; 24 cm.
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English
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The murder of John Li, a South L.A. liquour store owner, hits LAPD Detective Harry Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. As he uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad--a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S.--his world instantly explodes and the person he holds most dear is taken from him.
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2005
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1st ed.
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351 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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A collection of twenty-two original short crime and mystery stories includes the tales of a gambler who must win at the roulette table to stay alive and a courier who accepts a package with unexpected consequences.
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Presents a collection of tales of terrifying encounters with strangers from a variety of popular mystery and crime fiction authors, including Michael Connelly, Dean Koontz, Joe Hill, and Attica Locke.
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Lionsgate
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English
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Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis Includes bibliographical...
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories--a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar...
58) The Blue Knight
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Grand Central Publishing
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English
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Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Gritty, luminous, and ultimately stunning, this novel is Wambaugh at his best—a tale of a street cop on the hardest beat of his life.
Twenty and two. Those are the numbers turning in the mind of William "Bumper" Morgan: twenty years on the job, two days before he "pulls the pin" and walks away from...
Twenty and two. Those are the numbers turning in the mind of William "Bumper" Morgan: twenty years on the job, two days before he "pulls the pin" and walks away from...