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City of Bones

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Peter J. Fernandez
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Publisher's summary

On New Year's Day, Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch fields a call that a dog has found a bone - a bone that the dog's owner, a doctor, feels certain is human.

That chance discovery leads Bosch to a shallow grave in the Hollywood hills, evidence of a murder committed more than 20 years earlier. It's a cold case, but it stirs up Bosch's memories of his own childhood as an orphan in the city. Digging through police reports and hospital records, tracking down street kids and runaways from the 1970s, Bosch finds a family ripped apart by an absence - and a trail, ever more tenuous, into a violent, terrifying world.

As the case takes Bosch deeper into the past, a rookie cop named Julia Brasher brings him alive in the present in a way no one has in years. Bosch has been warned about the trouble that comes with dating a rookie, but no warning could withstand the heat between them - or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a hard turn.

Drawing on the "precision-tooled twists" and "wellspring of authentically lurid detail" (Los Angeles Magazine) that have made him one of the fasted-selling novelists at work today, Michael Connelly has written a riveting, hard-edged, and unforgettable thriller.

Don't miss Detective Harry Bosch on the case in these Michael Connelly crime fiction novels.
©2002 Hieronymus Inc., All Rights Reserved (P)2002 Time Warner AudioBooks, a Division of the AOL Time Warner Book Group

Critic reviews

"Dark and angst-ridden...crackles with energy." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Hard-boiled cop fiction at its most gripping." ( Booklist, starred review)

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Production overkill

Great story and narration. The problem was the music that came in over the narration at the ends of chapters. It was jarring, unnecessary, and rarely matched the current mood of the story.

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Great story

Loved it. Great story and very well read. I recommend it to all of you who like Bosch.

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Bosch Begins Again

Harry Bosch is not new to adventure or danger ... Rereading several of the "Bosch Series" just for enjoyment. Harry's the kind of man who intrigues me....Naughty tho generally Goes for the Gusto never considering it'll turn out anything BUT Good!!

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Worth a listen, cause it's Bosch series.

The story while it had some good highlights had some unnecessary filler. There wasn't alot of depth to any of the characters in this story. The progression of the story was good and made sense, the added relationship of Bosch and PO Brasher served as more page filler than purpose. Brasher's background and fit in the story was forgettable.

All in all a decent listen, not an intense or technical Bosch story but still a good one. Narrator was decent, didn't put much range into the characters but it didn't ruin the story.

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Well Done

Mr. Fernandez did a fantastic job in narrating this book. In fact other than Titus Well over, he has been my favorite narrator. he doesn't change his voice into a false female voice or come up with weird inflections and intonations it is reading it's just straightforward. I very much enjoy that! the story was well done by Michael Connelly as tends to be the case. I read this book a long time ago decided to listen to it here on Audible and it was very entertaining.

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Great read

Lots of twists and turns in this one. I was very surprised with the ending but won’t say why.

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This is a good one.

Completely enjoyed listening; ate it up quickly. The ending seemed abrupt and wasn’t sure it was proved that they did it. Otherwise, really good.

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interesting plot

The narration was great and easy to listen. The plot was a bit different from the earlier series, overall, worth the listen.

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One of Michael’s Best

I am a Huge Harry Bosch fan, from the books, to the TV show. I think Michael was hitting on all cylinders when he wrote this book. It really reveals who Harry is. The story is all to familiar in today’s world. I purchased the audible version of this book and I could not stop listening. I did not want the book to end. The book shows all sides of Harry Bosch and after listening to this book, it makes you realize the world needs more Harry Bosch’s.

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A good book

The book was highly addictive. I didn't want to shut it off. Overall, enough plot twists to keep me interested. Good character development and I thouroughly enjoyed it.

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