Lost Light

De: Michael Connelly

Narrado por: Len Cariou

The vision has haunted him for four years: a young woman lying crumpled in death, her hand outstretched in silent supplication. Harry Bosch was taken off the Angella Benton murder case when the production assistant's death was linked with the violent theft of two million dollars from a movie set. Both files were never closed. Now retired from the L.A.P.D., Bosch is determined to find justice for Angella. Without a badge to open doors and strike fear into the guilty, he's on his own. And even in the face of an opponent more powerful and ruthless than any he's ever encountered, Bosch is not backing down.

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

Perfectly, elegantly constructed mysteries

This was my first Bosch, after Chasing the Dime (which was Connelly, but not Bosch). Connelly's ability to set up a story, get his ducks in a row and then mow them down at the end is inspiring. He also displays an intellect that's just out of the reach of the reader delivering completely unexpected but clearly foreshadowed and plot consistent twists to his narrative. I love his plays and like to try to guess how they're going to iron out. With Connelly, you can play detective right along side Bosch and try, if you will, to figure out the end. Very fun and intriguing. Will add that there was one weakness (or something I didn't get) and that was the resistance of Homeland Security and the pressure they put on the FBI and Bosch because, in the end, I'm not sure there was a connection. Still, I'm giving it 5 stars because it's such a compelling, wonderfully, character driven, simple to follow, narrative.

A fresh look at Harry Bosch’s soul

I think it is now more than twenty years since I began reading Michael Connelly’s books. A friend had told me about the pier saying it was one of the best he had ever read. I stopped at a Barnes and Nobles and ended up buying paper back copies of all the Harry Bosch books. I had vacation time and I binge read them. Although I currently live in Florida I had grown up in the Los Angeles area, the San Fernando Valley. The places being described such as the Angels flight railroads were familiar to me and the author brings me into Bosch’s mind making him quite real to me.
I can’t say I have found one I haven’t enjoyed.
This book drops back to the time Bosch’s first retired, making it clear he retired not because of loss of interest but out of frustration with bureaucracy.
There are some interesting misdirections and some surprises.
I am enough of a fan that a sceptic may wish to rely on other reviewers but a fan won’t be disappointed.

Excellent Reading

This was just a great audio book to listen to on a very long journey. It is well read and the story is easy to follow with twists and turns that are logical and unexpected. I plan to listed to the complete Michael Connely collection over the next year with great anticipation

Addicted to Bosch series!,,,

Would you listen to Lost Light: Harry Bosch Series, Book 9 again? Why?

I started listening to these out of order. I was so intrigued by some of the pieces of Harry's past that was hinted to that I went back to the beginning. This was another great read. I didn't want to get to work - that meant stopping my story and quite often I was riveted to a particular part of the story. Great book!

Have you listened to any of Len Cariou’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I like Len the best of the readers on the Bosch series....

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes... If I'd had the time I could have listened all day!

Any additional comments?

Another winner

Lost Light by Michael Connelly

A very good book jammed with information to keep the mind going and to make you want to stay in the car once you get home. I have just recently discoverd, through audible, Michael Connelly and Harry Bosch. "Lost Light" reader Len Cariou is excellent and should read all of the Bosch books. It's a shame audible doesn't carry the entire Connelly body of books. I highly recommend "Lost Light" to listeners.

Excellent!

Good story, good reading and good music. I will add Michael Connelly to my favorites.

Another Good Harry Bosche Book, But...

Any additional comments?

While I generally do like Len Cariou's narrating work, in this book there were lots of parts that I couldn't hear very well, almost like he was whispering.
But I will still recommend it.

The story that folds and unfolds

It is a gripping story about people you get to know. I was transported into another dimension and taken down a stream that turned into a river and resolved into the sea. Connelly takes ordinary details and makes them come alive. This story breaths with life and is a nice morality play that reassures a reader that justice can survive in a cynical world.

Another Solid Harry Bosch Who-Dun-It

This series could go on as long as James Bond movies....one solid story after another. Patterson's eye for detail, along with the continued development of real-life, flawed characters, together with an interesting mix of story twists all leads to a I-don't-want-this-book-to-end experience.

Another decent Bosch book

Although slightly formulaic, I have been enjoying this series. This is the sixth Bosch book that I've listened to (I'm into my seventh as I write this) and this one lives up to the standard set way back in The Black Echo. I have not listened to them in order, but b/c they are, for the most, part stand alone stories it has not hampered my understanding of or enjoyment for the series.

There is quite a bit of Harry against the world in all of the Bosch novels, as I think I've heard mentioned in other reviews. It can be stlightly annoying, but I guess it should be chalked up to an unfortunately necessary part of Bosch's character being a sort of lone-wolf type of detective. The stories are definitely well constructed, the plots are reasonably suspenseful, and you always have a couple of last minute, mostly surprising plot twists that may not have you jumping out of your seat going, "No way!!!," but will at least have you thinking, "Well played, Mr. Connelly."

One thing I feel I need to mention about this book in particular, at least in audio form, is the narrator's voice of quadriplegic, former detective Lawton Cross. In one part there is a very lengthy dialog betw. Cross and Bosch. Len Cariou's breathless, rasping and gasping Cross got VERY annoying and difficult to listen to after a while. I'm sure he is doing a very realistic quad voice, but for the entertainment purposes I don't think it was necessary for him to be THAT realistic. It was almost painful to listen to, as I'm sure was Mr. Cariou's intention, but it just got annoying.

I don't know if I would have given this book 4 stars if "read" on its own, but I like the familiarity a recurring character provides and Lost Light did not disappoint as far as that goes.