Angels Flight (Harry Bosch)

Product Description The man most hated by the LAPD - a black lawyer who has made his name by bringing lawsuits alleging racism and brutality by police officers - has been found murdered on the eve of a high-profile trial. The list of suspects includes half the police force. And Harry Bosch is the detective chosen to lead the investigation. The political dangers of the case are huge. If it's not investigated fairly, the public outcry could make the Rodney King riots look tame. But a full investigation will take Bosch into the ugliest corners of law enforcement. To make matters worse, Bosch's wife, Eleanor, has disappeared. Bosch fears she has left him - or succumbed to her gambling addiction. He's not sure which would be worse. Angels Flight reads in a white heat. It continues to up the ante of the series that is "raising the hard-boiled detective novel to a new level - adding substance and depth to modern crime fiction." (Boston Globe) From Library Journal A lawyer prominent for filing lawsuits against the Los Angeles Police Department that charge brutality and racism in its treatment of African Americans is murdered, and it is up to detective Harry Bosch to conduct an investigation that will seem fair to all sides. He uncovers an unusually tangled web of crime and corruption reminiscent of the complexity seen in James Ellroy's fiction. Connelly's (Blood Work, Audio Reviews, LJ 7/98) story is fascinating as a police procedural, a psychological portrait of the memorable Bosch, and a morality tale about the ways legal, political, and social forces can create unintentional conspiracies. In the end, most of the perpetrators are punished, though in unexpected ways, leaving only Bosch with the painful burden of the truth. Smoothly read by Dick Hill, Angels Flight is immensely satisfying as both a mystery and as serious literary fiction. Highly recommended for all collections.AMichael Adams, CUNY Graduate Ctr., New YorkCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. About the Author Michael Connelly is a former journalist and author of the bestselling series of Harry Bosch novels and the bestselling novels Chasing the Dime, The Poet, Blood Work, and Void Moon. Connelly has won numerous awards for his journalism and novels, including an Edgar Award. He lives in Florida. From AudioFile In this latest Harry Bosch mystery, the detective conducts his investi-gation against a treacherous political backdrop. The murder victim is a flamboyant black attorney who made his reputation suing the LAPD. With the city poised to riot, Bosch follows leads into the ugliest corners of his own department. Connelly has written an engrossing thriller, but the greatest asset of the book is a sharply drawn hero brought to life in Hill's reading. His Bosch is a thoroughly believable cop, but not in any clichŽd way. There is a wariness in Hill's charac-terization, a sense that this is a man who can be hurt, but not surprised. You wish him well, knowing you're probably wasting your time. M.O. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine