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City of Bones

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Peter J. Fernandez
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On New Year's Day, Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch fields a call that a dog has found a bone - a bone that the dog's owner, a doctor, feels certain is human.

That chance discovery leads Bosch to a shallow grave in the Hollywood hills, evidence of a murder committed more than 20 years earlier. It's a cold case, but it stirs up Bosch's memories of his own childhood as an orphan in the city. Digging through police reports and hospital records, tracking down street kids and runaways from the 1970s, Bosch finds a family ripped apart by an absence - and a trail, ever more tenuous, into a violent, terrifying world.

As the case takes Bosch deeper into the past, a rookie cop named Julia Brasher brings him alive in the present in a way no one has in years. Bosch has been warned about the trouble that comes with dating a rookie, but no warning could withstand the heat between them - or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a hard turn.

Drawing on the "precision-tooled twists" and "wellspring of authentically lurid detail" (Los Angeles Magazine) that have made him one of the fasted-selling novelists at work today, Michael Connelly has written a riveting, hard-edged, and unforgettable thriller.

Don't miss Detective Harry Bosch on the case in these Michael Connelly crime fiction novels.
©2002 Hieronymus Inc., All Rights Reserved (P)2002 Time Warner AudioBooks, a Division of the AOL Time Warner Book Group

Critic reviews

"Dark and angst-ridden...crackles with energy." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Hard-boiled cop fiction at its most gripping." ( Booklist, starred review)

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yes... keeps you on the edge of your seat thru the whole novel. wow! awesome!

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New Narrator

I’ve been reading the Bosch series in order since I finished the Amazon prime series. This is the first book I’ve heard by this narrator and while I enjoyed the story it all was in pretty much the same voice and that was different from what I’m used to.

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Outstanding

Connelly does it again. Gripping and original. Performance is terrific. Fernandez reads with such ease and naturalness. Totally loved it.

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Kept my interest!

Loved it ... used the timer and had to reset often. Connelly's. voice is captivating!

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A major decision for Bosch

The bones of a young boy were found.. His death became Bosch's obsession. Bosch was taken in many directions. The Assistant Cheif tells Bosch he should think about retirement. Then Bosch finds himself back from where he came, The Robbery Homicide Squad. But was this last investigation the last one for Bosch?

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Recommended

The book keeps your interest high for the entire time you are reading. There is always something to discover and Bosh is the guy to solve the mystery. A great thriller book.

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Good mystery

Bosch at his very best, cynical and smart, always a step head of everyone else

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Could stop listening

Exciting book! I couldn’t stop listening. I hated to see it end. He is a wonderful storyteller

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Intriguing tale

After reading Blood Work I wanted to give Connelly another go. I think I broke my all time record for completing an unabridged novel with this one. If it were a book I'd say I couldn't put it down. Since it was a cold and dreary weekend, I was satisfied to just sit back and enjoy. I'm still not sure what role the rookie cop, Julia Brasher, had to do with anything except fill. I kept wondering what she had to do with the plot. I guess Connelly figured he needed a cute young woman in there to spice it up. I do recommend this book regardless.

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A tremendous read.

phew!!! it was terrific getting to know you Detective Harry Bosch. I will miss our nightly rendezvous. Happy trails and smooth sailing.

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