The Black Ice (Harry Bosch Series)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1536691313 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Award-winning Connelly's second fictional effort is strong and sure. . From Publishers Weekly LAPD detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch, protagonist of the highly praised mystery The Black Echo , returns in a procedural thriller set in and around the drug-trafficking underworlds of inner-city Los Angeles and the wastelands of Mexico. His pacing could be better--too often he conveys the same information twice--but his plot and characters more than make up for a slow start. This novel establishes him as a writer with a superior talent for storytelling. When Bosch arrives at a sleazy hotel room where a fellow officer has committed suicide, he senses that something is awry. Noncommittal superior officers, a diffident widow and tales linking the dead man to a newly created street drug called "black ice" (he
"Rogue Cop in 1980’s Los Angeles" according to David Island. “The Black Ice” by Michael Connelly is set in Los Angeles (and Northern Mexico) in what appears to be in the early 1980s. It’s about drugs, bad cops, murders, life in L.A. during the 80's, and a corrupt police department. The star is Harry Bosch, a late Rogue Cop in 1980’s Los Angeles “The Black Ice” by Michael Connelly is set in Los Angeles (and Northern Mexico) in what appears to be in the early 1980s. It’s about drugs, bad cops, murders, life in L.A. during the 80's, and a corrupt police department. The star is Harry Bosch, a late 30-something smart cop in an investigative unit in Hollywood, a very low rung on a low ladder. Bosch is a lady&rsq. 0-something smart cop in an investigative unit in Hollywood, a very low rung on a low ladder. Bosch is a lady&rsq. George C. Draper Jr said It is a very entertaining reading if you can keep track of the good guys and the bad guys. A Harry Bosch story 9is always exciting to read, first he is always in an almost knock downverbal fight with the brass, high above him in the power system. He always does things his way and this is one time the story becomes a cat and mouse game between the detective and the .powers pver whether or not Bosch will have any part in investigating the death of one of the departments own.. "Across the border intrigue." according to Lacelle. Harry is hated by everyone, all the time, and forever and ever, or so it seems. AGAIN he is on the wrong side of every supervisor. He is a lone wolf and they can't stand it because they can't control him. They see a suicide, he sees a homicide and they despise that he won't let something go.A cop goes missing, then is discovered and the scene had been set up by someone who didn't wan
Instead, he ends up in a motel room with his head in several pieces and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket.Years ago, Harry Bosch learned the first rule of the good cop: don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Now, Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with one dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that winds from Hollywood Boulevard's drug bazaar to the dusty back alleys south of the border and into the center of a complex and lethal game—one in which Harry is the next and likeliest victim.. Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders w