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Als een advocaat een rijke playboy die van moord beschuldigd wordt, moet verdedigen, lijkt dat een kolfje naar zijn hand.

Een misdaadverslaggever ontdekt net voor zijn ontslag dat een 16-jarige drugsdealer onschuldig is aan verkrachting en moord en gaat op zoek naar de werkelijke dader.

Een politieman die de sinds zijn kindertijd onopgeloste moord op zijn moeder onderzoekt, ontmoet veel weerstand van machtige personen.

Hell's Angels, oplichters, dronken automobilisten, junks; als het echt misgaat weten ze Mickey Haller altijd te vinden. De klantenkring van de advocaat, die meestal kantoor houdt op de achterbank van zijn Lincoln, is een treurige doorsnee van de onderkant van de samenleving. Dus als Haller voor de verandering eens wordt ingeschakeld door een vermogende, goed betalende cliënt uit Beverly Hills, kan hij zijn geluk niet op.

De door de wol geverfde misdaadverslaggever Jack McEvoy denkt inmiddels te weten hoe je met de dood moet omgaan. Totdat hij wordt geconfronteerd met de zelfmoord van zijn enige broer: zíjn dood is anders… Zijn broer kan hij maar één keer verliezen… Jack kan die zelfmoord niet begrijpen. Hij wist dat zijn broer, een inspecteur bij Moordzaken, het moeilijk kon verkroppen dat hij een brute moord nog niet had opgelost. Maar zou hij zich daarom van kant maken? Jacks instinct zegt hem dat hier iets niet klopt. En zijn professionele drijfveer om de onderste steen boven te krijgen wordt nu gevoed door persoonlijke motieven. Zijn verlangen naar gerechtigheid is ontembaar, maar de risico's die Jack neemt zijn onverantwoord. Ineens staat hij midden in een razendspannend psychologisch drama en is hij zijn eigen leven niet meer zeker.

Harry Bosch is de nieuwste privédetective van Californië. Hij maakt geen reclame, heeft geen kantoor, en is zeer kieskeurig. Maar zijn meer dan dertig jaar ervaring bij de LAPD, de Los Angeles Police Department, zegt genoeg. Al snel staat een van de rijkste mannen van Californië bij hem op de stoep. De miljardair nadert het einde van zijn leven en kijkt vooral op één ding met berouw terug. Ooit had hij een gepassioneerde relatie met een Mexicaanse, wat ongehoord was in die tijd. Toen zijn grote liefde zwanger raakte, verdween ze spoorloos. Wat is er van haar geworden? Kreeg ze het kind? En waar is het dan nu? Harry merkt onmiddellijk dat door de enorme belangen die op het spel staan niet alleen zijn eigen leven gevaar loopt, maar ook dat van degene die hij zoekt. Tegelijkertijd kan Harry het politiewerk toch niet helemaal loslaten en werkt hij als parttime rechercheur bij een klein politiebureau. Daar komt hij op het spoor van een serieverkrachter in een van de meest verbijsterende en gevaarlijke zaken van zijn toch al lange carrière.

IJzersterke nieuwe thriller van de schrijver van De nachtploeg, de VN-Thriller van het Jaar 2018 Toen Harry Bosch net begon als rechercheur, nam John Jack Thompson hem onder zijn hoede en leerde hem alles wat hij moest weten over het vak. Zijn mentor was ervan overtuigd dat je maar op één manier een echt goede politieman kon zijn: door elke zaak persoonlijk op te nemen en met koppig doorzettingsvermogen aan te pakken. Als Thompson overlijdt, wordt Harry benaderd door zijn weduwe, die hem een oud dossier geeft. Het blijkt om een zaak te gaan die Thompson nooit heeft kunnen oplossen. Het dossier had hij op de dag van zijn pensioen tegen alle regels in mee naar huis genomen. Om erachter te komen waarom deze zaak Thompson zo dwarszat, gaat Harry naar Renée Ballard en vraagt haar hem te helpen de cold case op te lossen. Terwijl ze eraan werken, rijst de alarmerende vraag of Harry’s geliefde mentor het -dossier heeft meegenomen om de zaak tijdens zijn pensioen op te lossen… of om juist te voorkomen dat die ooit opgelost zou worden. De pers over Michael Connelly ‘Bijna griezelig hoe Connelly altijd weer de juiste toon weet te treffen.’ Vrij Nederland ‘De beste thrillerschrijver van allemaal.’ Algemeen Dagblad ‘Alles wat de man schrijft is zonder meer goed tot zeer goed.’ Humo

Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how--he decides to write the story. But his research leads him to suspect a serial killer is at work--a devious murderer who's killing cops and leaving a trail of poetic clues. It's the news story of a lifetime, if he can get the story without losing his life.

Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked, in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet nine years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other evidence is virtually nonexistent. Now Bosch and his new partner, rookie Detective Lucia Soto, are tasked with solving what turns out to be a highly charged, politically sensitive case. Starting with the bullet that's been lodged for years in the victim's spine, they must pull new leads from years-old information, which soon reveals that this shooting may have been anything but random. In this gripping new thriller, Michael Connelly shows once again why Harry Bosch is "one of the greats of crime fiction" (New York Daily News).

Een voormalig FBI-agent wordt teruggeroepen om te helpen bij het onderzoek naar een seriemoordenaar waarbij een vriend en ex-collega betrokken zou zijn.

Wanneer een gevangene een oude moord bekent, krijgt een rechercheur in Los Angeles een van zijn onopgeloste zaken terug.

FBI-agente Rachel Walling ontvangt het telefoontje waar ze al jaren bang voor is. De Dichter is terug. Jaren geleden was ze betrokken bij de jacht op een seriemoordenaar die dichtregels achterliet op de plekken van zijn afschuwelijke misdaden. Rachel is de Dichter nooit vergeten – en hij haar ook niet. Harry Bosch ex-detective van de LAPD wordt ook gebeld, door de weduwe van een oude vriend. Haar man lijkt een natuurlijke dood te zijn gestorven maar toch vraagt zij of Bosch zijn dood wil onderzoeken. Bosch belooft haar te helpen, uit loyaliteit aan zijn vriend. Dan ontdekt Bosch dat zijn vriend connecties had met de Dichter. Zijn onderzoek zal leiden tot de meest angstaanjagende confrontatie van zijn carrière.

Micky Haller, strafpleiter uit Los Angeles ('De Lincoln-advocaat' en 'Het laatste oordeel'), treedt dit keer op als openbare aanklager. Een hele ommekeer, tot nu toe heeft hij altijd aan de kant van de verdediging gestaan. Het gaat om de 24 jaar geleden voor een kindermoord veroordeelde Jessup die via de resultaten van recent DNA-onderzoek probeert zijn onschuld te bewijzen. Haller neemt de opdracht aan op voorwaarde dat zijn ex-vrouw hem mag assisteren en zijn halfbroer rechercheur Harry Bosch (hoofdpersoon in veel van Connelly’s misdaadverhalen) het nodige onderzoek doet. Het is een moeilijke zaak waarin ze de media en het bewijsmateriaal tegen hebben, maar het trio is ervan overtuigd dat Jessup schuldig is en als hij vrijkomt nieuwe moorden zal plegen. Een goed geschreven, spannende, uitstekende legal thriller van een van de topauteurs in het misdaadgenre met een intrigerende plot en veel aandacht voor de karakterontwikkeling en privélevens van zijn hoofdpersonen, o.a. de verhouding tussen Harry Bosch en zijn tienerdochter Maddie. Vijf sterren in de VN-Detective & Thrillergids. Biblion Redactie

Hell's Angels, oplichters, dronken automobilisten, junks als het echt misgaat weten ze Mickey Haller altijd te vinden. De klantenkring van de advocaat, die meestal kantoor houdt op de achterbank van zijn Lincoln, is een treurige doorsnee van de onderkant van de samenleving. Dus als Haller voor de verandering eens wordt ingeschakeld door een vermogende, goed betalende cliënt uit Beverly Hills, kan hij zijn geluk niet op.

Het ziet er goed uit voor advocaat Mickey Haller. Na twee donkere jaren is hij weer in de rechtbank te vinden. Als zijn collega Jerry Vincent wordt vermoord, erft Haller al diens cliënten. De meest prominente is een filmproducent die ervan wordt beschuldigd zijn vrouw en haar minnaar te hebben vermoord. Maar terwijl Haller zich in deze zaak verdiept, lijkt het erop dat Vincents moordenaar het ook op hem heeft voorzien. Enter Harry Bosch. Vastbesloten om Vincents moordenaar te vinden, deinst Bosch er niet voor terug om Haller als lokaas te gebruiken. Maar als het gevaar dichterbij komt en de risico's steeds groter worden,beseffen deze twee knorrige einzelgängers dat er niets anders op zit: ze moeten samenwerken?

More than a decade ago, Harry Bosch worked on the case of Marie Gesto, a twenty-two-year-old who went missing but was never found. Now, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the District Attorney: A serial killer has confessed. Did Harry miss a key clue? Or is something more going on here? In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the twenty-two-year-old was never found. Now, more than a decade later, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the District Attorney. A man accused of two heinous murders is willing to come clean about several others, including the killing of Marie Gesto. Taking the confession of the man he has sought-and hated-for thirteen years is bad enough. Discovering that he missed a clue back in 1993 that could have stopped nine other murders may just be the straw that breaks Harry Bosch.

Cassie Black is geen lieverdje. Ze heeft net een straf uitgezeten wegens roof. Haar specialiteit: het net gewonnen geld uit de hotelkamer van casino-gokkers in Las Vegas stelen – terwijl ze slapen. Cassie weet dat een misstap haar zo weer terug in de gevangenis zal doen belanden. Maar ze weet ook dat haar hele leven zal veranderen als ze nog één klus doet, de allerlaatste.

Bij het uitkijkpunt op Mulholland Drive wordt het levenloze lichaam gevonden van Dr. Stanley Kent. Als Harry Bosch de zaak onderzoekt, ontdekt hij dat Kent toegang had tot vrijwel de gehele voorraad radioactieve stoffen van de ziekenhuizen in LA. En dat daaruit kort geleden een grote hoeveelheid dodelijk materiaal verdwenen is. Wat aanvankelijk een routineonderzoek leek, blijkt plotseling een belangrijke en vooral urgente kwestie. Nu de nationale veiligheid in het geding is, claimen anderen deze zaak. In een poging het land te behoeden voor een terroristische aanslag staat Bosch tegenover nietsontziende terrorismebestrijders, de FBI én zijn voormalige geliefde Rachel Walling.

Renée Ballard, een veelbelovende detective bij de politie van Los Angeles, had de moed een van haar superieuren aan te klagen voor seksuele intimidatie. Nu draait ze voor straf de nachtdiensten in Hollywood, waarbij ze steeds alleen maar het begin van een zaak meemaakt, die ze ’s ochtends tot haar frustratie over moet dragen aan haar overdag werkende collega’s. Maar op een nacht wordt ze geconfronteerd met twee zaken die ze niet kan en wil loslaten. Ondanks de waarschuwingen van haar partner werkt ze overdag aan de oplossing, terwijl ze ’s nachts gewoon door blijft werken. Als blijkt dat de twee misdaden met elkaar verbonden zijn, wordt het tot haar afschuw wel heel persoonlijk. Ze zal erg sterk in haar schoenen moeten staan om haar geliefde baan te behouden.

Na het nieuws dat hij over drie jaar verplicht met pensioen moet, wil rechercheur Harry Bosch alleen maar vuriger zaken oplossen. In één ochtend krijgt hij er twee. DNA-sporen bij een verkrachting uit 1989 matchen met een veroordeelde verkrachter van 29. Begon hij op zijn achtste of maakt het nieuwe Crime Lab grove fouten? Daarnaast is er de verdachte dood van de zoon van zijn oude vijand Irvin Irving, de man die over het LAPD-budget gaat...

Betonblond begint in de rechtszaal waar Harry Bosch als hoofdverdachte in het beklaagdenbankje staat. Aanklagers: de familie van de 'Poppenmaker', een gevreesde seriemoordenaar die vier jaar geleden tijdens zijn arrestatie door Bosch werd doodgeschoten. De aanklacht: Bosch schoot de verkeerde man neer – een aanklacht die bijzonder aannemelijk wordt wanneer het lijk van een in beton gegoten platinablond pornosterretje wordt gevonden. Niemand anders dan de Poppenmaker lijkt zijn macabere sporen te hebben nagelaten. Terwijl overdag de spanning in de rechtszaal te snijden is, schuimt Bosch 's nachts de onverlichte straten van Hollywood af om zijn gelijk te bewijzen...

Jack McEvoy wordt wegbezuinigd als misdaadverslaggever. Zijn laatste opdracht is het inwerken van zijn vervanger. Maar Jack heeft andere plannen. Hij wil een laatste verhaal schrijven waarmee hij na zijn vertrek de Pulitzer Prize gaat winnen. Hij richt zich op Alonzo Winslow, een zestienjarige drugsdealer die een meisje bruut heeft verkracht en vermoord. Jack overtuigt Alonzo's moeder ervan om aan zijn onderzoek mee te werken, onder het voorwendsel dat hij Alonzo's onschuld wil bewijzen. Maar hoe verder hij komt met zijn onderzoek, hoe meer hij beseft dat Alonzo echt onschuldig is. Zijn speurtocht leidt hem de digitale wereld in, maar Jack beseft niet dat hij onbewust een digitaal alarm heeft laten afgaan - en de moordenaar weet dat hij eraan komt...

Wanneer een gevangene een oude moord bekent, krijgt een rechercheur in Los Angeles een van zijn onopgeloste zaken terug.

Following the success of the first Harry Bosch omnibus, here are the next three books in the Harry Bosch series: The Last Coyote; Trunk Music; and Angels Flight.

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy's killing was really about.CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:'The pre- eminent detective novelist of his generation'IAN RANKIN'The best mystery writer in the world'GQ'A superb natural storyteller'LEE CHILD'A master'STEPHEN KING'America's greatest living crime writer'DAILY EXPRESS'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

THE POET Jack McEvoy's brother, a homicide detective, has just killed himself. Or so it would appear. When Jack, a Rocky Mountain beat reporter, begins to investigate the phenomenon of police suicides, a disturbing pattern emerges, and he soon suspects that a serial murderer is at work. BLOOD WORK Thanks to a heart transplant, former FBI agent Terry McCaleb is enjoying a quiet retirement. And then he learns that the previous owner of his heart was not - as he'd been told - killed in an accident, but murdered. Reactivating his connections and his expertise, McCaleb embarks on a private investigation of his donor's murder, leading to a killer as audacious as himself. VOID MOON Cassie Black is lured back to robbing casino gamblers by a set-up that is too good to ignore. Soon she finds herself running from a stone cold killer who somehow knows her every move in advance, and who appears to be closing in on Cassie's most closely guarded secret - the one she will do anything to protect.

The Black Echo:For Harry Bosch - hero, loner, nighthawk - the body stuffed in a drainpipe off Mulholland Drive isn't just another statistic. This one is personal. Billy Meadows was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat," fighting the VC and the fear they used to call the Black Echo. Harry let Meadows down once. He won't do it again.The Black Ice:The corpse in the hotel room seems to be that of a missing LAPD narcotics officer. Rumors abound that the cop had crossed over - selling a new drug called Black ice. Now Harry's making some dangerous connections, leading from the cop to a string of bloody murders, and from Hollywood Boulevard's drug bazaar to Mexico's dusty back alleys. In this lethal game, Harry is likely to be the next victim.The Concrete Blonde:When Harry Bosch shot and killed Norman Church, the police were convinced it marked the end of the hunt for the Dollmaker - L.A.'s most bizarre serial killer. But now Church's widow is accusing Harry of killing the wrong man - a charge that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is discovered with the Dollmaker's macabre signature. For the second time, Harry must hunt the murderer down, before he strikes again.

The Black Echo : For Harry Bosch - hero, loner, nighthawk - the body stuffed in a drainpipe off Mulholland Drive isn't just another statistic. This one is personal. Billy Meadows was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat," fighting the VC and the fear they used to call the Black Echo. Harry let Meadows down once. He won't do it again. The Black Ice : The corpse in the hotel room seems to be that of a missing LAPD narcotics officer. Rumors abound that the cop had crossed over - selling a new drug called Black ice. Now Harry's making some dangerous connections, leading from the cop to a string of bloody murders, and from Hollywood Boulevard's drug bazaar to Mexico's dusty back alleys. In this lethal game, Harry is likely to be the next victim. The Concrete Blonde : When Harry Bosch shot and killed Norman Church, the police were convinced it marked the end of the hunt for the Dollmaker - L.A.'s most bizarre serial killer. But now Church's widow is accusing Harry of killing the wrong man - a charge that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is discovered with the Dollmaker's macabre signature. For the second time, Harry must hunt the murderer down, before he strikes again.

THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND AMAZON PRIME'S BOSCH AND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYER SOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET. OTHERS YOU CAN'T FORGIVE. Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance to revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is she must first unravel an unsolved murder, or lose this opportunity of a lifetime... Harry Bosch is top of the list of investigators Ballard wants to recruit. The ex-detective is a living legend - but for how long? Because Bosch has his own agenda: a crime that has haunted him for years - the murder of a whole family, buried out in the desert - which he vowed to close. With the killer still out there and evidence elusive, Bosch is on a collision course with a choice he hoped never to make... 'Cements Connelly's reputation as the master of modern crime fiction' EXPRESS * * * * * CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: 'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' IAN RANKIN 'An incredible writer' RICHARD OSMAN 'The best mystery writer in the world' GQ 'One of the world's greatest crime writers' DAILY MAIL 'A superb natural storyteller' LEE CHILD 'A master' STEPHEN KING 'A genius' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' GUARDIAN 'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT: Terry McCaleb's enforced quiet lifestyle is a far cry from the excitement of his former role as an FBI profiler. But when a small-time criminal is found dead, McCaleb becomes embroiled in a disturbing and complex case leading him to cross the path of Harry Bosch. CITY OF BONES: When the bones of a boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up the darkest memories from his own haunted past. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the child's identity and begins to reconstruct his fractured life. CHASING THE DIME: Henry Pierce has just moved into a new apartment but the first time he checks his phone messages, he discovers that someone had the number before him. The messages are for a woman named Lilly, and Pierce is quickly drawn into Lilly's night-time world of escort services, websites, sex and secret identities.

On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break them apart--or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a few hard turns. Suddenly all of L.A. is in an uproar, and Bosch, fighting to keep control, is driven to the brink of an unimaginable decision.

Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too--and he's certain he's on the right trail. Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in. 13 hours and 56 minutes

Prepare to meet the most seductively female and shockingly fatal femme fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today’s finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short, sizzling masterpieces filled with thrilling tales that showcase how sexy and fierce the 'gentler sex' can be. In 'Third Party', a party girl takes you on a wild ride through the Paris night, while Nelson DeMille's 'Rendezvous' plunges you into a Vietnam jungle where the deadliest scourge is a woman. Elmore Leonard introduces a Depression-era teenage gun moll in 'Louly and Pretty Boy', who loves Pretty Boy Floyd more than robbing filling stations. Lorenzo Carcaterra's 'A Thousand Miles from Nowhere' features a smart blonde seeking slow-simmered vengeance, and Michael Connelly's 'Cielo Azul' reveals how a nameless woman found dead in Los Angeles can be the most lethal prey. Other riveting tales include a scorned lover claiming an old fling's heart, a mysterious woman offering a tempting suicide pact, and a she-demon rising from the grave. These and many other bad girls cast their criminal spells through the powerful voices of Joyce Carol Oates, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffrey Deaver, and more, in stories as irresistible as the anti-heroines that blaze through their pages.

If the truth doesn't get him. Harry Bosch volunteers on cold cases for a small police department outside LA. When a rare double murder shakes the town, the local detectives look to Bosch. Their investigation will expose a sinister network hiding in plain sight, leaving a trail of broken lives in its wake. The lies will. But before Bosch can find justice for the victims, he must find it for himself. Because a death row prisoner is claiming Bosch framed him - and that new DNA evidence proves it. The case seems watertight, leaving Bosch out in the wilderness with only one person to help clear his name : Mickey Haller, The Lincoln Lawyer. As past and present tangle around him, Bosch faces two kinds of truth : the kind that won't die and the kind that kills.

Six months ago, Harry Bosch left the LAPD before they could fire him, and then hired maverick Defense Attorney Mickey Haller to sue the department for forcing him out. Although it wasn't the way he wanted to go, Harry has to admit that being out of the game has its benefits. Until Mickey asks him to help on one of his cases, and suddenly Harry is back where he belongs, right in the centre of a particularly puzzling murder mystery. The difference is, this time Harry is working for the defense, aiming to prevent the accused, Da'Quan Foster, from being convicted. And not only does the prosecution seem to have a cast-iron case, but having crossed over to 'the dark side' as his former colleagues would put it, Harry is in danger of betraying the very principles he's lived by his whole career.

Heading home after winning his latest case, defense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - is pulled over by the police. They open the trunk of his car to find the body of a former client. Haller knows the law inside out. He will be charged with murder. He will have to build his case from behind bars. And the trial will be the trial of his life. Because Mickey Haller will defend himself in court. With watertight evidence stacked against him, Haller will need every trick in the book to prove he was framed. But a not-guilty verdict isn't enough. In order to truly walk free, Haller knows he must find the real killer - that is the law of innocence...

Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next. Enter Harry Bosch. Determined to find Vincent's killer, he is not opposed to using Haller as bait. But as danger mounts and the stakes rise, these two loners realize their only choice is to work together. Bringing together Michael Connelly's two most popular characters, The Brass Verdict is sure to be his biggest book yet.

Harry Bosch is back - a terrific thriller from the bestselling author of ECHO PARK.

The vision has haunted him for four years--a young woman lying crumpled in death, her hand outstretched in silent supplication. Harry Bosch was taken off the Angella Benton murder case when the production assistant's death was linked with the violent theft of two million dollars from a movie set. Both files were never closed. Now retired from the L.A.P.D., Bosch is determined to find justice for Angella. Without a badge to open doors and strike fear into the guilty, he's on his own. And even in the face of an opponent more powerful and ruthless than any he's ever encountered, Bosch is not backing down

Harry Bosch finds himself yet again in charge of a case that no one else will touch... This time his job is to nail the killer of hot shot black lawyer Howard Elias. Elias has been found murdered on the eve of going to court on behalf of Michael Harris, a man the LAPD believes guilty of the rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl. Elias had let it be known that the aim of his civil case was not only to reveal the real killer but to target and bring down the racist cops who beat up his client during a violent interrogation. Now it's all down to Bosch - and he's got to take a long, hard look at some of his colleagues in a police department that is rife with suspicion and hatred.

At the end of a long night, Detectives Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the first time. The new blockbuster crime thriller from the #1 bestseller.

Four years ago, Harry Bosch shot notorious serial killer the 'Dollmaker'. Now the case has come back to haunt him . . . From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer and The Gods of Guilt.

International bestselling author Peter Robinson turns his razor-sharp instinct for crime writing to this unique anthology featuring the cream of crime fiction. With a selection of 15 stories featuring established bestsellers and new voices, The Penguin Book of Crime Stories is a compelling page-turner—the all-in-one read mystery lovers have been waiting for. This not-to-be-missed collection includes riveting stories by Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, Sara Paretsky, John Harvey, George Pelecanos, Eric Wright, Robert Sawyer, José Latour, Robert Barnard, and Mark Billingham. The talent found in these pages will not only keep you guessing, but will also keep you up at night.

In his fierce search for a new case, Detective Harry Bosch discovers a killer hiding behind suspicious DNA evidence -- and a political conspiracy that could destroy the Los Angeles Police Department. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? The latter possibility could compromise all of the lab's DNA cases currently in court. Then Bosch and his partner are called to a death scene fraught with internal politics. Councilman Irvin Irving's son jumped or was pushed from a window at the Chateau Marmont. Irving, Bosch's longtime nemesis, has demanded that Harry handle the investigation. Relentlessly pursuing both cases, Bosch makes two chilling discoveries: a killer operating unknown in the city for as many as three decades, and a political conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department.

Since its founding in 1651 on the western shore of the Delaware River, New Castle and its residents have shared in the making of American history. Known as the first capital of the first state, this charming town watched European powers clash over its control; welcomed William Penn when he first set foot on American soil; participated in the drama of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War; and reaped the benefits of new technologies like the railroad, steam engine, and aviation. Eventually, trade and commerce moved elsewhere, leaving New Castle preserved and intact. Today, the people of New Castle take great pride in their community's heritage and enjoy sharing the story of this National Historic Landmark District with others.

'Blood Work' - that's what Terry McCaleb used to call his job at the FBI. Eight weeks ago he was a dead man, but now someone else's heart is keeping him alive. Then a newspaper report of his brush with death brings him an unwanted visitor. Graciela Rivers reveals to McCaleb that the anonymous donor of his heart was her murdered sister, and that the police investigation into the case is going nowhere. McCaleb feels he has no choice but to take on the investigation. Nothing about the seemingly random killing makes sense. McCaleb realises that someone is watching his every move - someone who has killed before and will kill again...

Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game. When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. He soon finds out that she was back in LA and back in the life. Far from saving her, Mickey may have been the one who put her in danger. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly and bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt. Read by Peter Giles

In tough times, even the criminals are making cut-backs, it seems. Right now, the most significant part of defence lawyer Mickey Haller's business is not about keeping clients out of jail but keeping a roof over their heads, as the foreclosure industry booms. Lisa Trammel had been a client of Mickey's for eight months, and although so far he'd managed to stop the bank from taking her house, the strain and sense of injustice are beginning to take their toll, and the bank had recently got a restraining order to prevent her protesting against their fraudulent practices. But now the bank's CEO has been found with a bullet in his brain, and Lisa is about to be indicted for murder. For Mickey, it's back to what he does best on the biggest stage of all, but if he thought defending Lisa Trammel was going to be a walk in the park, he'd be wrong. Not only is he about to learn some startling truths about his client, but also about himself, and by the time the verdict is in, Mickey's whole world will have been turned upside down.

LAPD detective Harry Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. One Sunday he gets a call out on his pager. A body has been found in a drainage tunnel off Mulholland Drive, Hollywood. At first sight, it looks like a routine drugs overdose case, but the one new puncture wound amid the scars of old tracks leaves Bosch unconvinced. To make matters worse, Harry Bosch recognises the victim. Billy Meadows was a fellow 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam, running against the VC and the fear they all used to call the Black Echo. Bosch believes he let down Billy Meadows once before, so now he is determined to bring the killer to justice.

A CRIME BURIED FOR YEARS. AND ONE THAT'S JUST BEGUN... 'An authentic, topical and terrifying thriller: one of Michael Connelly's very best' THE TIMES 'Yet another superb thriller from a writer at the top of his game' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Consistently excellent' MAIL ON SUNDAY * * * * * A MURDER YEARS IN THE MAKING A murder in the middle of a street party seems a senseless tragedy. But the victim had a dark past which came back to haunt him. THE DEEPER YOU LOOK Detective Renée Ballard connects the killing to an unsolved case last worked by ex-LAPD legend Harry Bosch. But then a new crime shatters the night shift... THE DARKER IT GETS The Midnight Men are a deadly pair of predators who stalk the city during the dark hours and disappear without a trace. Ballard once believed her job was to bring the truth to light. In a police department shaken to the core by protests and pandemic, both cases have the power to save her - or end her... * * * * * CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: 'One of the very best writers working today' Sunday Telegraph 'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' Ian Rankin 'The best mystery writer in the world' GQ 'A superb natural storyteller' Lee Child 'A master' Stephen King 'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian 'America's greatest living crime writer' Daily Express 'A crime writing genius' Independent on Sunday

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar--until now.Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered.McEvoy investigates---against the warnings of the police and his own editor---and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. But his inquiry hits a snag when he himself becomes a suspect.As he races to clear his name, McEvoy's findings point to a serial killer working under the radar of law enforcement for years, and using personal data shared by the victims themselves to select and hunt his targets.Called "the Raymond Chandler of this generation" (Associated Press), Michael Connelly once again delivers an unputdownable thriller that reveals a predator operating from the darkest corners of human nature---and one man courageous and determined enough to stand in his way.

A dazzling new thriller in which Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year old murder case - with an explosive ending guaranteed to leave all Bosch fans shocked and breathless

Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work. Michael Connelly recounts the inspiration he drew from Poe's poetry while researching one of his books. Stephen King reflects on Poe's insight into humanity's dark side. Jan Burke recalls her childhood terror during late-night reading sessions. Tess Gerritsen, Nelson DeMille, and others remember the classic B-movie adaptations of Poe's tales. And Laurie R. King complains about how Poe stole all the good ideas . . . or maybe just thought of them first. Powerful and timeless, In the Shadow of the Master is a celebration of one of the greatest literary minds of all time.

When a body is found in a hotel room, the press soon pick up on the case: it appears to be the body of a missing LAPD narcotics officer, apparently gone to the bad. The rumours were that he had been selling a new drug called Black Ice that had been infiltrating Los Angeles from Mexico.The LAPD are quick to declare the death as a suicide, but Harry Bosch is not so sure. There are odd, unexplained details from the crime scene which just don't add up.Fighting an attraction to the cop's widow, Bosh starts his own maverick investigation, which soon leads him over the borders, and into a dangerous world of shifting identities and deadly corruption...

Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next. Enter Harry Bosch. Determined to find Vincent's killer, he is not opposed to using Haller as bait. But as danger mounts and the stakes rise, these two loners realize their only choice is to work together. Bringing together Michael Connelly's two most popular characters, The Brass Verdict is sure to be his biggest book yet.

After what seems like a routine murder investigation, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch finds himself in Hong Kong facing the highest-stakes case of his life: bringing his kidnapped daughter home. Harry Bosch is assigned a homicide call in South L.A. that takes him to Fortune Liquors, where the Chinese owner has been shot to death behind the counter in an apparent robbery. Joined by members of the department's Asian Crime Unit, Bosch relentlessly investigates the killing and soon identifies a suspect, a Los Angeles member of a Hong Kong triad. But before Harry can close in, he gets the word that his young daughter Maddie, who lives in Hong Kong with her mother, is missing. Bosch drops everything to journey across the Pacific to find his daughter. Could her disappearance and the case be connected? With the stakes of the investigation so high and so personal, Bosch is up against the clock in a new city, where nothing is at it seems.

After three years as a PI, Harry Bosch returns to the LAPD, working with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. Harry and Kiz are assigned to the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit. These detectives are the Closers; they put a shovel in the dirt and turn over the past. Harry and Kiz are immediately thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a DNA match connects a white supremacist to the 1988 murder of a mixed-race sixteen-year-old girl. As he navigates the case, Harry finds a police department far different from the one he left three years earlier. A new Chief has been brought over from New York to change the bad old culture of corruption - or that's the theory. But one thing hasn't changed - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtually meaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a 'retread'. He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry will make a mistake...

Thanks to a heart transplant, former FBI agent Terrell McCaleb is enjoying a quiet retirement, renovating the fishing boat he lives on in Los Angeles Harbor. But McCaleb's calm seas turn choppy when a story in the "What Happened To?" column of the LA Times brings him face-to-face with the sister of the woman whose heart now beats in his chest. From her, McCaleb learns a terrible truth: that the donor of his heart was not killed in an accident, as he'd been told, but was murdered. Wracked with guilt over the fact that he's alive because another human being was killed, McCaleb embarks on a private investigation of his donor's murder - a crime as horrific as anything he ever encountered as a serial killer investigator for the FBI.

In this gripping thriller, Detective Harry Bosch and his rookie partner, Detective Lucia Soto, delve into a cold case that quickly heats up. The LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit rarely sees murder victims who die long after their crimes, but when a man dies from complications related to a stray bullet wound sustained a decade earlier, Bosch finds himself with a perplexing case. The body may be fresh, but the clues are scarce, posing a challenge even for an experienced detective. Soto, eager yet inexperienced, has been paired with Bosch to learn from his expertise. Their investigation uncovers a politically sensitive murder linked to the bullet lodged in the victim's spine, revealing that the shooting was far from random. As they dig deeper, they stumble upon another unsolved case involving the tragic deaths of several children in a fire from twenty years prior. As their pursuit of the truth intensifies, Bosch and Soto face the dilemma of risking careers and lives to uncover secrets that some would prefer to keep buried. In a fast-paced narrative, Michael Connelly once again demonstrates why Harry Bosch remains a beloved figure in American crime fiction.

Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year-old murder case - with an explosive ending that leave all Bosch fans hungrily awaiting the next instalment. When the bones of a twelve-year-old boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up the darkest memories from his own haunted past. The bones have been buried for years, but the cold case doesn't deter Bosch. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the child's identity and reconstructs his fractured life, determined that he not be forgotten. At the same time, a new love affair with a female cop begins to blossom for Bosch - until a stunningly blown mission leaves him in more trouble than ever before in his turbulent career. The investigation races to a shocking conclusion and leaves Bosch on the brink of an unimaginable decision.

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard teams up with Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch to track a serial rapist linked to a recent arrest. As they uncover a web of secrets, Ballard faces personal danger when her badge is stolen. With Maddie's hidden agenda, the investigation deepens, revealing chilling connections to the past.

Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? The latter possibility could compromise all of the lab's DNA cases currently in court. Then Bosch and his partner are called to a death scene fraught with internal politics. Councilman Irvin Irving's son jumped or was pushed from a window at the Chateau Marmont. Irving, Bosch's longtime nemesis, has demanded that Harry handle the investigation. Relentlessly pursuing both cases, Bosch makes two chilling discoveries: a killer operating unknown in the city for as many as three decades, and a political conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department.

The phone messages waiting for Henry Pierce clearly aren't for him: "Where is Lilly? This is her number. It's on the site." Pierce has just moved into a new apartment, and he's been "chasing the dime"--doing all it takes so his company comes out first with a scientific breakthrough worth millions. But he can't get the messages for Lilly out of his head. As Pierce tries to help a woman he has never met, he steps into a world of escorts, websites, sex, and secret passions. A world where his success and expertise mean nothing...and where he becomes the chief suspect in a murder case, trapped in the fight of his life.

In his first case since he left the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security. A doctor with access to a dangerous radioactive substance is found murdered in the trunk of his car. Retracing his steps, Harry learns that a large quantity of radioactive cesium was stolen shortly before the doctor's death. With the cesium in unknown hands, Harry fears the murder could be part of a terrorist plot to poison a major American city. Soon, Bosch is in a race against time, not only against the culprits, but also against the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI (in the form of Harry's one-time lover Rachel Walling), who are convinced that this case is too important for the likes of the LAPD. It is Bosch's job to prove all of them wrong.

The Cold War is long dead but the trade in deceit and lies is still running hot. In Hamburg, John Anselm is hiding from the ghosts he has left behind in foreign war zones. He spends his days working for a surveillance firm. At night he drinks too much, paranoid about the suspicions he glimpses in the eyes of strangers. In London, Caroline Wishart calls herself an exposé journalist. The story she has stumbled on could make her career - or is she playing somebody else's game? Into both their lives comes ex-mercenary Con Niemand, bearing an explosive secret, a secret with the power to topple governments and destroy them all. A powerful and compelling thriller, In the Evil Day conjures a world where information is more dangerous than explosives and secrets are more important than human life.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces a new cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found wrapped in plastic and weighed down at the bottom of the harbor. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, he starts doggedly working the case. Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city.

Set in the vibrant atmosphere of post-war Boston, this book captures the essence of the 1946 baseball season, highlighting the emotional highs and lows experienced by fans. It reflects on the city's deep connection to its beloved team and the cultural significance of baseball as America transitioned back to peacetime activities. The narrative intertwines the spirit of the game with the hopes and heartbreaks of the fans, offering a nostalgic look at a pivotal moment in sports history.

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.

'Death is my beat.' Those words, spoken by the narrator and hero of The Poet, Jack McEvoy, could also apply to Michael Connelly. Time and time again in these riveting true crime, non-fiction pieces, we make the connection between Connelly the crime reporter and Connelly the novelist: 'On the day I arrived in Los Angeles I sat in the newspaper editor's office being interviewed for a job on the crime beat. The day before there had been a bank heist in which the thieves had gone into the city's labyrinthine storm water tunnel system to get beneath the bank before tunnelling upward.' Years later that story would become The Black Echo. 'Moments. They kept coming. One morning an editor called me and told me to swing by a murder scene on my way to the office. Just like that, like I was picking up a coffee on the way to work. The murder was on Woodrow Wilson Drive in the Hollywood Hills. I went as instructed and got the story. I also got the place where I would put the home of the fictional detective [Harry Bosch] I had secretly begun writing about . . .' The cops, the killers, the cases - it's all here in a collection that is a MUST for Connelly fans.

The rapid growth of interest and research activity in ion channels is indicative of their fundamental importance in the maintenance of the living state. This volume was prepared with a view toward providing a sampling of the range of molecular and physical methods that are significant for the study of ion channels. As part of the Reliable Lab Solutions series, Essential Ion Channel Methods brings together chapters from volumes 293 and 294 of Methods in Enzymology. The chapters have been selected by the editor and updated, when possible, by their original authors to include new research and references. The result is a set of chapters which make use of graphics, comparisons to other methods, and provide tricks and approaches that make it possible to adapt methods to other systems. Methods are presented in a fashion that allows their replication by individuals new to the field, yet providing valuable information for seasoned investigators. Highlights top downloaded and cited chapters, authored by pioneers in the field and enhanced with graphics and easy to follow methods Loaded with detailed protocols developed and used by leaders in the field Refines, organizes and updates popular methods from one of our top selling series, Methods in Enzymology

Ancien du FBI, Terry McCaleb est au bout du rouleau. Opéré du coeur, il occupe son inactivité à remettre à neuf le bateau légué par son père. Cette quiétude est brutalement remise en cause par Graciela Rivers. La jeune femme lui révèle que le coeur greffé qui l'a sauvé de la mort appartenait à sa soeur, abattue par un tueur cagoulé. Terry a désormais une créance dont il doit s'acquitter, malgré lui et les fermes contre-indications de son médecin ! Le romancier américain a construit un suspense original avec le souci du moindre détail et une série d'agencements qui ne doivent rien au hasard. Les premiers contacts entre Terry et les policiers chargés de l'affaire sont loin d'être amicaux et leur constante opposition donne du piment au récit. L'enquête, qui s'enchaîne de façon méticuleuse, relève d'une implacable logique. Connelly attribue aux femmes un rôle important et positif qui donne au roman toute sa dimension humaine. Les droits du livre ont été achetés par Clint Eastwood en vue d'une adaptation cinématographique

Výběr z tvorby známého amerického autora kriminálních příběhů obsahuje tři romány typické pro různá období jeho rozsáhlého a čtenáři oblíbeného díla.

Seit drei Jahren arbeitet Renée Ballard schon in der Late Show, der berüchtigten Nachtschicht des LAPD. Als sie eines Morgens in das verlassene Detective Bureau der Hollywood Division zurückkehrt, um ihren Bericht zu schreiben, erwischt Ballard einen grauhaarigen Unbekannten mit Schnurrbart, der sich an den Aktenschränken zu schaffen macht. Der Mann ist kein Geringerer als Harry Bosch. Der pensionierte Detective hat versucht, die Akte der fünfzehnjährigen Prostituierten Daisy Clayton mitgehen zu lassen, deren Leiche vor neun Jahren in einem Müllcontainer gefunden wurde. Kurzerhand schmeißt Ballard den Ex-Ermittler raus – um wenig später zu erkennen, dass der erschütternde Fall einen zweiten Blick lohnt. Ballard und Bosch wird klar, dass sie gemeinsam viel erreichen können: Sie geht mit Biss an die Sache ran und kann die Ressourcen der Polizei nutzen, er hat reichlich Erfahrung und nichts zu verlieren. Als ebenso ungewöhnliches wie perfektes Ermittlerduo machen sich die beiden Einzelgänger zusammen an die Arbeit.

An Silvester ist in Hollywood die Hölle los: Beim traditionellen Bleiregen schießen um Mitternacht Hunderte Feiernde in den Himmel. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, dass alles, was hoch geht, auch wieder runtermuss. Wenige Minuten später werden Renée Ballard, Detective der Nachtschicht beim LAPD, und eine ihrer wenig engagierten Kolleginnen, die sonst tagüber arbeitet, zu einem Tatort gerufen: Der Besitzer einer Autowerkstatt wurde inmitten einer überfüllten Straßenparty angeschossen und stirbt noch im Krankenwagen. Schnell steht fest: Diese tödliche Kugel ist nicht vom Himmel gefallen. Noch ein Fall beschäftigt Ballard: Die Midnight Men, eine Bande von Sexualstraftätern, haben in den vergangenen fünf Wochen zwei Frauen vergewaltigt - und nicht eine Spur hinterlassen. Hinzu kommt, dass die Pandemie und die jüngsten Proteste Ballards Arbeit von Grund auf verändert haben. Niemand glaubt mehr daran, dass die Polizei Gutes bewirkt - nicht mal sie selbst, befürchtet Ballard, wenn sie sich die Moral im Kollegium so ansieht. Fest entschlossen, beide Fälle aufzuklären, wendet sie sich an den einzigen Detective, auf den sie zählen kann: Harry Bosch.