The Closers: Harry Bosch Series, Book 11

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

In Los Angeles in 1988, a 16-year-old girl disappeared from her home and was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. The death appeared at first to be a suicide, but some of the evidence contradicted that scenario, and detectives came to believe this was in fact a murder. Despite a by-the-book investigation, no one was ever charged.

Now Detective Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD with the sole mission of closing unsolved cases, and this girl's death is the first he's given. A DNA match makes the case very much alive again, and it turns out to be anything but cold. The ripples from this death have destroyed at least two other lives, and everywhere he probes, Bosch finds hot grief, hot rage, and a bottomless well of betrayal and malice.

And it's not just the girl's family and friends whose lives Bosch is stirring up afresh. With each new development, Harry Bosch finds increasing resistance from within the police force itself. Old enemies are close at hand. Even as he pushes relentlessly to find the truth, Bosch has to wonder if this assignment was intended to be his last. Digging up the past may heal old wounds, or it may expose new, searing ones.

From the mind of the man GQ has called "the best mystery writer in the world", The Closers is a masterpiece of thriller writing that is as sharp and immediate as the greatest fiction.

©2005 Hieronymus, Inc. (P)2005 Time Warner AudioBooks

Critic reviews

"In Connelly/Bosch's world, character, context, and procedure are what count, and once again the author proves a master at all....Connelly comes as close as anyone to being today's Dostoyevsky of crime literature, and this is one of his finest novels to date." ( Publishers Weekly)

"Harry sticks to his knitting and delivers a sharp, straightforward police procedural." ( The New York Times)

Even better than the TV series

I have to say I’m not much of a fiction, novel fan; until I started listening to the Harry Bosch series. I love the TV series, and it makes a great backdrop so you can picture the faces, I give every book in this series a 10 out of 10.

Great Story - Great Narrator + Extras!

Reading Michael Connelly is like reading Frederick Forsyth. They don't have any "bad" books, just books with differing degrees of "Great".

This is my 5th or 6th Connelly read, and this ranks as one of his best. As others have stated, Harry Bosch is a very "real" character in a very believable situation. The story is great and keeps your interest. I couldn't wait for my morning commute to see what was going to happen next - even went for a walk one night when my commute ended at an important plot twist.

As always, the ending was unexpected and satisfying - even the two small stories after the case is solved.

On top of a great book are a few extras - First the nice jazz music at the beginning of each disk (as opposed to the cheesy music on many other books), Second a great narrator, and Third the conversation with Connelly after the book.

This is a real winner!! Right up there with "Blood Work".

Best if you are a fan

If you like Mr. Connelly's work and you enjoy the novels written from the perspective of his character Harry Bosch, this rocks. If you don't, you may not concur with the four stars. Police procedure is accurate and plodding and you can feel the character's frustration with the system he must be in to survive. Nice to have Harry back on the force. The afterword by Michael Connelly is a nice touch.

Len Cariou gets top marks as a reader. He also did a great job on The Narrows.

Trying to Keep up

I'm watching the TV show. It skips ahead. I just want to know what's going on.

Good detective whodunit

I enjoyed this story. It was an interesting and clever story and the narrator did an excellent job. It was a real page turner for me.

Another great Harry Bosch book.

Good to see Harry back on the force!
Intelligent plot and well written. Michael Connolly really understands his character and makes him very believable.

Welcome back Harry

Harry Bosch is back in another pretty entertaining book. His teamwork while back in the scene is great but Connelly overdid the bit about Irving in my mind.

I recommend this book if you know Harry from the previous books ... actually a must read if you have read him before.

Bosch Is Back

Another Bosch great, glad he's back in the saddle & doing what he does best. Narration excellent.

Very Enjoyable

The author goes into significant details with his characters. Bausch is a well defined and interesting character. Enjoy the read or audio of the book.

great listen

excellent job by the narrator - story line was twisty-turny and a minimum of cursing