Lost Light

Harry Bosch, Book 9

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

Only the money was real. Four years ago, LAPD detective Harry Bosch was on a movie set, asking questions about the murder of a young production assistant, when an armored car arrived with $2 million cash for use in a heist scene. In a life-imitates-art firestorm, a gang of masked men converged on the delivery and robbed the armored car with guns blazing. Bosch got off a shot that struck one of the robbers as their van sped away, but the money was never recovered. And the young woman's murder was in the stack of unsolved-case files Bosch carried home the night he left the LAPD.

Now Bosch moves full-bore back into that case, determined to find justice for the young woman. Without a badge to open doors and strike fear in the guilty, he learns afresh how brutally indifferent the world can be. But something draws him on, past humiliation and harassment. It's not just that the dead woman had no discernible link to the robbery. Nor is it his sympathy for the cops who took the case over, one of them killed on duty and the other paralyzed by a bullet in the same attack. With every conversation and every thread of evidence, Bosch senses a larger presence, an organization bigger than the movie studios and more ruthless than even the LAPD. The part of Bosch that will never back down finds as fatal an opponent as he's ever encountered - and there's no guarantee that Bosch will survive the showdown ahead.

Don't miss Detective Harry Bosch on the case in these Michael Connelly crime fiction novels.

©2003 Hieronymus Inc. (P)2003 Time Warner AudioBooks, a division of the AOL Time Warner Book Group

Critic reviews

• Audie Award Winner, Mystery, Fiction, 2004

"It's never pretty watching Harry [Bosch] edge toward connection with those he loves and then back away...but it just may be the most compelling train wreck in crime fiction." (Booklist, Starred Review)
"This exciting procedural is as good as any in the series." (Publishers Weekly)

Great from Start to finished

Only complaint was the way the narrator pronounced wh sounds. I loved the Jazz that they periodically added in for effect.

Amazing story

I am a big Harry Bosch fan and I don't think anyone reads him better than Len Cariou. This story is captivating and really held my attention. I listen to a lot of audio books- A LOT! and some pass from memory almost immediately. But this is one I will hold onto for a long time. There is real pathos in the story and also intrigue. You know a book is good when you are driving down the road and yell, "oh no!" at a dramatic moment in the text. That is what listening to this book was like for me.

great read

If you could sum up Lost Light: Harry Bosch Series, Book 9 in three words, what would they be?

fun fun fun

What did you like best about this story?

More information about Harry

What about Len Cariou’s performance did you like?

Lou is very good.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Michael Connolly does it again

Any additional comments?

You won't be disappointed....

Great story, great reader

This is the first book by this author that I've read. An intriguing detective story and the perfect reader for this style of book. Highly recommended.

Great story!

It is the best Harry Bosch story I ever listened to. What a wonderful story, particularly, the ending.

Love it

I can't say enough about this series. I am so hooked on the Harry Bosch character.

Bosch's POV

Harry Bosch walked out of the Hollywood Division at the end of the last book. He didn't know what he was going to do, but we did. When he left he took with him copies of every cold case he couldn't forget. Connelly changed perspective in this novel. Finally we get to hear the story from Bosch's first-person viewpoint. I welcomed the change and encourage him to keep it up.

Nice read.

The retired Bosch is more interesting than the one with a badge. There is a different and refreshing angle to this phase in Harry''s life.

Addicted

I love these books. I feel as tho I know harry personally. Keep the series going

Lost light review

Ive read the books in order, all are great, this one however is special, I thought this book has everything, incredible story, intense, this is the best so far, really enjoyed this book, narrated well too