The Narrows: Harry Bosch Series, Book 10

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 11 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years: the one that tells her the Poet has returned. Years ago she worked on the famous case, tracking down the serial killer who wove lines of poetry into his hideous crimes. Rachel has never forgotten Robert Backus, the killer who called himself the Poet, and apparently he has not forgotten her either.

Harry Bosch gets a call, too. The former LAPD detective hears from the wife of an old friend who has recently died. The death appeared natural, but this man's ties to the hunt for the Poet make Harry dig deep, and lead him into a terrifying, bewildering situation.

So begins the most compelling, frightening, and masterful novel Michael Connelly has ever written. The Narrows places Harry Bosch in league with Rachel Walling, at odds with the FBI and squarely in the path of the most ruthless and ingenious murderer in Los Angeles' history. What follows is a taut and tantalizing mystery that has Harry Bosch racing from the hostile vistas of the Nevada desert to the glittering Las Vegas strip to the dark corners of Los Angeles.

Through it all, Bosch works at his newfound life as father to a young daughter, balancing the deepest love he has ever felt with his own sense of mission and his profound awareness of evil.

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

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Critic reviews

"Michael Connelly's best crime novel since City of Bones." (The New York Times)

"A dynamite plot, fully flowered characters, and a meticulous attention to the details of investigative procedure....Connelly is a master and this novel is yet another of his masterpieces." (Publishers Weekly)

The Best

Ok, of all the Bosch Series books to date, this one was by far the best written, most gripping one I have read!
Excellent story telling and great narration.

another great Harry Bosch adventure!

It was a great crime novel, also great if your familiar with Southern CA too. Gotta read The Poet to have a greater appreciation of this one. Still good if you haven't read The Poet.

good I really enjoyed it said it was over glad he

glad he is back good story live the nararatedr a lot better than the other guy

Super Book, could not get out of my car!

Especially after the disapointing "lost Light" had me thinking of quiting the series. Very interesting, lots of different locations, well paced story. Only, very minor, issue was w/ the exelent narration except for the maid and little girl. Maid sounded like speedy gonzolas and little gire was too ??? Both were small parts and overall narration was great.

Brian would go Cool wHip crazy

Remember that family Guy episode where Brian is going crazy because Stevie and Meg keep pronouncing the H in words where an H comes after a W? That is what this narrator is doing. When, where, what. He emphasizes the H. It is annoying.....

But the story itself is great!

AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY

one of the better bosch series books

Great read from start to fantastic finish! I will continue on with the series! book 11 is up next

The Narrows

Really a good read, although I had a little trouble at the begining. Then I caught on to what was happening.

One of Connelly's best

So many twists and turns as Bosch shifts to a life. Who will he find next? A must listen!

Another great one!!!

I never noticed the jumping of perspectives before it was easy to follow, but I think I’d rather hear it all from Bosch’s voice

The guiltiest pleasures

God how I hate myself for being addicted to Michael Connelly novels. I've downloaded a couple of hundred dollars' worth and I suppose I'll be there every time he releases one. They're awful in some ways - farfetched, stilted, sometimes predictable, factually shaky, and stylistically wrong (e.g., MC has apparently never learned the difference between the words 'and' and 'but.')

The characters never seem to have realized that they have to charge their cellphones and keep them in their pockets, for one thing, and Bosch's computer illiteracy is getting a little tiresome. (My 70-yr-old former cop of a dad is online.). And MC is so proud of some little situations and factoids that he can't help but reintroduce them into every book. The chase scene in this book is preposterous and difficult to track; the book really breaks down about 1 hour before the end. Still, I listened three times just to give MC the benefit of the doubt.

All that being said, I learn stuff from these books, I like some of the characters immensely, and - as you've guessed - can't stop listening.