Your audiobook is waiting…
Crime Beat
People who bought this also bought...
-
The Safe Man
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: David W. Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 819
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 702
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 701
Like his father before him, Brian Holloway is a safe man. That is, his specialty is opening safes. Every job is a little mystery, and he has yet to encounter a lock he can't break or a box he can't crack. But the day Holloway gets called in to open a rare, antique safe in a famous author's library, his skills open a door that should have remained closed.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
great ghost story
- By Robert on 10-24-12
-
Mulholland Dive
- Three Stories
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: David W. Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 379
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 330
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 335
Three never-before-collected short stories from number-one New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly. In "Cahoots", a backroom poker game turns deadly when a cheater is exposed. In "Mulholland Dive", a man who deciphers the hidden codes of accident scenes investigates a fatality off L.A.'s most fabled roadway. In "Two-Bagger", an obsessed cop tails an ex-con he believes is about to carry out a contract killing.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
One of Connelly's weaker efforts
- By Mark on 01-03-14
-
Murder in Vegas
- New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation
- By: Michael Connelly (editor), James Swain, S. Z. Rozan, and others
- Narrated by: Natalie Ross, Phil Gigante
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars 62
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Story3 out of 5 stars 45
Sin City. An artificial oasis of pleasure, spectacle, and entertainment, the gambling capital of America has reinvented itself so many times that it's doubtful that anyone knows for sure what's real and what isn't in the miles of neon and scorching heat. Las Vegas is considered the ultimate player's destination, no matter what your game. Las Vegas is the true city that never sleeps, where fortunes are made and lost every day, and where snake-eyes aren't found just on a pair of dice.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Tedious
- By Karen on 08-19-10
-
Blue on Black
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 224
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 224
Two women have gone missing, and LAPD detective Harry Bosch has a strong suspicion that an avid fisherman named Denninger is the culprit. Bosch needs something stronger than a suspicion to bring Denninger in, but all he has are a handful of photos - prior mug shots and pictures of Denninger posing with his prize fish. It's not much to go on, and Bosch is running out of time, which is why he calls in FBI agent Rachel Walling. What she sees in these photos could blow his case wide open.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Don't waste your money
- By Laura on 07-05-17
-
Chasing the Dime
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,504
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,470
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,470
The messages waiting for Henry Pierce when he plugs in his new phone clearly aren't intended for him. They indicate something has gone terribly wrong for a woman named Lilly. Pierce probes, investigates, and then tumbles through a hole, leaving behind a life driven by work to track down and help a woman he's never met. Connelly's latest is "a grabber from the beginning...utterly compelling."
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Nobody Could Be That Stupid That Many Times!
- By David on 05-29-05
-
Void Moon
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,919
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,130
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,128
In L.A., Cassie Black is another beautiful woman in a Porsche: except Cassie just did six years in prison and still has "outlaw juice" flowing in her veins. Now Cassie is returning to her old profession, taking down a money man in Vegas. But the perfect heist goes very wrong, and suddenly Cassie is on the run - with a near-psychotic Vegas "fixer" killing everyone who knew about the job.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Connelly rules!
- By Snoodely on 09-26-09
-
The Safe Man
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: David W. Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 819
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 702
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 701
Like his father before him, Brian Holloway is a safe man. That is, his specialty is opening safes. Every job is a little mystery, and he has yet to encounter a lock he can't break or a box he can't crack. But the day Holloway gets called in to open a rare, antique safe in a famous author's library, his skills open a door that should have remained closed.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
great ghost story
- By Robert on 10-24-12
-
Mulholland Dive
- Three Stories
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: David W. Collins
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 379
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 330
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 335
Three never-before-collected short stories from number-one New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly. In "Cahoots", a backroom poker game turns deadly when a cheater is exposed. In "Mulholland Dive", a man who deciphers the hidden codes of accident scenes investigates a fatality off L.A.'s most fabled roadway. In "Two-Bagger", an obsessed cop tails an ex-con he believes is about to carry out a contract killing.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
One of Connelly's weaker efforts
- By Mark on 01-03-14
-
Murder in Vegas
- New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation
- By: Michael Connelly (editor), James Swain, S. Z. Rozan, and others
- Narrated by: Natalie Ross, Phil Gigante
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars 62
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Story3 out of 5 stars 45
Sin City. An artificial oasis of pleasure, spectacle, and entertainment, the gambling capital of America has reinvented itself so many times that it's doubtful that anyone knows for sure what's real and what isn't in the miles of neon and scorching heat. Las Vegas is considered the ultimate player's destination, no matter what your game. Las Vegas is the true city that never sleeps, where fortunes are made and lost every day, and where snake-eyes aren't found just on a pair of dice.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Tedious
- By Karen on 08-19-10
-
Blue on Black
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver
- Length: 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 250
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 224
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 224
Two women have gone missing, and LAPD detective Harry Bosch has a strong suspicion that an avid fisherman named Denninger is the culprit. Bosch needs something stronger than a suspicion to bring Denninger in, but all he has are a handful of photos - prior mug shots and pictures of Denninger posing with his prize fish. It's not much to go on, and Bosch is running out of time, which is why he calls in FBI agent Rachel Walling. What she sees in these photos could blow his case wide open.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Don't waste your money
- By Laura on 07-05-17
-
Chasing the Dime
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,504
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,470
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,470
The messages waiting for Henry Pierce when he plugs in his new phone clearly aren't intended for him. They indicate something has gone terribly wrong for a woman named Lilly. Pierce probes, investigates, and then tumbles through a hole, leaving behind a life driven by work to track down and help a woman he's never met. Connelly's latest is "a grabber from the beginning...utterly compelling."
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Nobody Could Be That Stupid That Many Times!
- By David on 05-29-05
-
Void Moon
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,919
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,130
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,128
In L.A., Cassie Black is another beautiful woman in a Porsche: except Cassie just did six years in prison and still has "outlaw juice" flowing in her veins. Now Cassie is returning to her old profession, taking down a money man in Vegas. But the perfect heist goes very wrong, and suddenly Cassie is on the run - with a near-psychotic Vegas "fixer" killing everyone who knew about the job.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Connelly rules!
- By Snoodely on 09-26-09
-
The Black Echo: Harry Bosch Series, Book 1
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,425
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,538
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,523
For LAPD homicide cop Harry Bosch - hero, maverick, nighthawk - the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal. The dead man, Billy Meadows, was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who fought side by side with him in a nightmare underground war that brought them to the depths of hell.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
My 2nd Time Through the Series
- By L. O. Pardue on 07-30-15
-
The Night Fire
- By: Michael Connelly
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before - the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals.
-
The Poet
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Buck Schirner
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,244
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,305
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,294
Our hero is Jack McEvoy, a Rocky Mountain News crime-beat reporter. As the story opens, Jack's twin brother, a Denver homicide detective, has just killed himself. Or so it seems. But when Jack begins to investigate the phenomenon of police suicides, a disturbing pattern emerges, and soon suspects that a serial murderer is at work.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great Villain Mystery
- By Chip Atkinson on 08-10-14
-
Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion
- New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase
- By: Michael Connelly, Inc. Mystery Writers of America
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar, Karen White, John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 52
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 52
From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post - Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
This selection may not be what you expect
- By Chris on 12-03-08
-
Blood Work
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,579
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,455
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,458
Thanks to a heart transplant, former FBI agent Terrell McCaleb is enjoying a quiet retirement, renovating the fishing boat he lives on in Los Angeles Harbor. But McCaleb's calm seas turn choppy when a story in the "What Happened To?" column of the LA Times brings him face-to-face with the sister of the woman whose heart now beats in his chest.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Blood work kept my blood rushing
- By Book and Movie Lover on 01-04-10
-
The Lincoln Lawyer
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,592
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,212
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,211
Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense pro who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, to defend clients at the bottom of the legal food chain. It's no wonder that he is despised by cops, prosecutors, and even some of his own clients. But an investigator is murdered for getting too close to the truth and Haller quickly discovers that his search for innocence has taken him face to face with a kind of evil as pure as a flame.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great Narration
- By Vishruth on 06-18-08
-
The Deep, Deep Snow
- By: Brian Freeman
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,605
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,330
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,321
Deputy Shelby Lake was abandoned as a baby, saved by a stranger who found her in the freezing cold. Now, years later, a young boy is missing - and Shelby is the one who must rescue a child. The only evidence of what happened to 10-year-old Jeremiah Sloan is a bicycle left behind on a lonely road. After a desperate search fails to locate him, the close bonds of Shelby’s hometown begin to fray under the weight of accusations and suspicion. Everyone around her is keeping secrets.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Get this while it's the daily deal!!!!
- By shelley on 06-20-19
-
The Late Show
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Katherine Moennig
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,855
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 9,070
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,030
Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none, as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. But one night she catches two cases she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Ballard is determined not to give up at dawn.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Oh, the narration!
- By Destry on 07-20-17
-
Le verdict du plomb
- Harry Bosch 14
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
La situation commence à s'arranger pour l'avocat Mickey Haller blessé à la fin de "La Défense Lincoln". Après deux ans de soins, il hésite encore à reprendre du service lorsqu'il se retrouve à la tête du cabinet de son ami l'avocat Jerry Vincent, assassiné. Haller hérite d'une énorme affaire, la défense de Walter Elliot, un magnat du cinéma accusé d’avoir tué son épouse et l'amant de cette dernière. Mais alors qu'il se prépare pour ce procès qui pourrait faire de lui une célébrité, il découvre que lui aussi est en danger.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
wrong language
- By winona angelo on 05-22-19
-
Two Bagger
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Lee Horsley
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 88
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 63
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 63
Baseball! Suspense! Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. He has written 17 books, including 12 featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. "Two Bagger" was his first short story, originally published in 2001 in the anthology Murderer's Row>.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Nice Little Short Story
- By Daniel on 04-28-08
-
Deep Threat
- Billy Beckett, Book 1
- By: Scott Pratt, Kelly Hodge
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 130
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 109
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 110
Jarvis Thompson, the most celebrated wide receiver in college football, vanishes along the Tennessee River in the middle of the night. The circumstances surrounding the receiver’s disappearance are ominous: drugs, cash, and his mentor’s brother lying in a pool of blood.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Loved it
- By pscs on 05-03-19
-
Mycroft Holmes
- By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anna Waterhouse
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,122
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,895
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2,887
"When I say, therefore, that [my brother] has better powers of observation than I...I am speaking the exact and literal truth." (Sherlock Holmes). This story occurs when Mycroft, an athletic Cambridge graduate, assists the secretary of State. He becomes embroiled in a mystery in Trinidad based on actual history. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a huge Holmesian, seven-foot-two tall, basketball's all-time leading scorer, and a US cultural ambassador. Anna Waterhouse is a professional screenwriter and script consultant.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Finally a good Mycroft story!
- By Sherlock Fan on 09-28-15
Publisher's Summary
Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering the detectives who worked the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. In vivid, hard-hitting articles, Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, their families and friends, and, of course, the killers, to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath.
Connelly's firsthand observations would lend inspiration to his novels, from The Black Echo, which was drawn from a real-life bank heist, to Trunk Music, based on an unsolved case of a man found in the trunk of his Rolls Royce. And the vital details of his best-known characters, both heroes and villains, would be drawn from the cops and killers he reported on: from loner detective Harry Bosch to the manipulative serial killer the Poet.
Stranger than fiction and every bit as gripping, these pieces show once again that Michael Connelly is not only a master of his craft, but also one of the great American writers in any form.
Critic Reviews
"The author is strongest bringing quiet moments to life, such as the despair of parents hoping that a missing child will still turn up, or the patient, resigned professionalism of weary detectives." (Publishers Weekly)
"This volume works on several levels: as a source of insight into Connelly's craft; as a collection of compelling true-crime stories; and as a great primer for journalists." (Booklist)
More from the same
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
3.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars31
-
4 Stars20
-
3 Stars19
-
2 Stars10
-
1 Stars9
Performance
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars24
-
4 Stars18
-
3 Stars6
-
2 Stars4
-
1 Stars4
Story
-
3.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars23
-
4 Stars13
-
3 Stars7
-
2 Stars8
-
1 Stars6
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- JERRYOD
- 06-19-17
BASICALLY JUST A READING OF HIS JOURNALISM -
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
reporters
What was most disappointing about Michael Connelly’s story?
boring - not a story! just a reading of reports and repetitive
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of the narrators?
no - the narrator(s) were fine
the material is not a subject for a book
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Crime Beat?
most
I just finished HOMICIDE SPECIAL by Miles Corwin - this is a fact bast reporting style no-fiction crime story and it is VERY GOOD
Any additional comments?
I like Mr Connellys work and would like to hear theses stories as stories not just regurgitating his reporting
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Traci
- Huntersville, NC, United States
- 11-07-11
Disappointment
I have enjoyed Michael Connelly's fiction and had high hopes that I would enjoy this book as well. The performance is monotone and unemotional, which makes the stories less interesting. Yes, these are stories that he wrote as a reporter in the 80's and 90's. There is some interesting information that the public does not consider. But I think this could have been written and read better. It's a missed opportunity. I did not finish listening due to the performance.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Rosemary
- Greenwich, CT, United States
- 01-23-12
Not up to Harry Bosch
True Crime is a different kind of writing than crime fiction. The author must hew to the facts as they happen. These true stories lack the sparkle than the reader usually associates with Michael Connelly and instead of giving a fascinating inside look at police work, drag on. The author's own voice narrating the first segment is not a good readers' voice.
Len Cariou is such a genius. he should have read the entire thing.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Janet
- 06-14-16
Repetitious
It was just reading from newspaper stories and each one just kept repeating. I found the first reader very tiresome and boring. The second and third readers put more into it and weren't so bad. I usually enjoy his books very much. (Maybe not the narration so much.)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- malcolm
- Irving, Texas, USA
- 07-04-18
Worst book
I usually enjoy the author , but this one was random and choppy and repeated itself constantly. I kept thinking, surely it will get better, it did not. It was a waste of a credit.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Yennta
- 06-21-06
Wonderful
Michael Connelly is never less than wonderful. This true crime memoir is a fascinating look into crime reportage.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful