The Black Ice (Harry Bosch Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 144185696X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 108 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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David Island said 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 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’s man, unmarried, at times a loose cannon, very high risk “go-it-alone” kind of anti-authoritarian cop with a considerably checkered past of demotions. He also has military experience in Viet Nam, some of which he finds hard to let go of. 0-something smart cop in an investigative unit in Hollywood, a very low rung on a low ladder. Bosch is a lady’s man, unmarried, at times a loose cannon, very high risk “go-it-alone” kind of anti-authoritarian cop with a considerably checkered past of demotions. He also has military experience in Viet Nam, some of which he finds hard to let go of. "It is a very entertaining reading if you can keep track of the good guys and the bad guys" according to George C. Draper Jr. 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. The department seemingly leans toward suicide, Bosch says murder and it's at this point that Bosch works his magic in the detective work that leads to a very interesting conclusion . This all happens after a ferociour international fight in Mexico and. Across the border intrigue. 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 want the investigating officers to look any further. Of course, Bosch does just the opposite and when the case gets under his skin so deeply, he cannot and will not let it go. His supervisors should know by now that he will get to the bottom, no matter wh
This novel establishes him as a writer with a superior talent for storytelling. Noncommittal superior officers, a diffident widow and tales linking the dead man to a newly created street drug called "black ice" (heroin, crack and PCP rolled into one) send Bosch down a winding trail of forensic impossibilities, brutally violent drug traffickers and an ultimately shocking case of mistaken identity. 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. When Bosch arrives at a sleazy hotel room where a fellow officer has committed suicide, he senses that something is awry. From Publishers Weekly LAPD detective Hieronymo
Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. 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.. 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