Michael Connelly
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a short story featuring LAPD Detective Harry Bosch and FBI agent Rachel Walling.
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...
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...
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Three never-before-collected short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling 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.
Together these gripping,...
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.
Together these gripping,...
3) Switchblade
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In this original short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch seeks justice for the forgotten.
NOTE: This file includes a preview of Michael Connelly's novel The Crossing.
In "Switchblade," an anonymous tip puts Bosch on a case that has remained unsolved for decades, the vicious stabbing of a teenage boy whose body was found in an abandoned Old Hollywood restaurant.
Cold cases are often the...
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In the mid-1970s, the city of Boston entered a period of upheaval on both its historic cobblestone streets and its legendary parquet basketball court. The Boston Celtics' long dominance of the NBA came to an abrupt end, and the city's image as a hub of social justice was shaken to its core. When the federal courts declared, in 1974, that the city was in violation of school desegregation rulings and would need to institute a busing program, Boston...
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The #1 New York Times–bestselling author brings you into the world of the LAPD's Harry Bosch, and the history that shaped him.
In this short work, Michael Connelly delves into the origins of his famed police detective,-how he faced down the horrors of his childhood (a background story that was based on the life of another renowned crime writer); his past as a tunnel rat in Vietnam; and why jazz is his soundtrack. Connelly also shares the story...
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Taking us from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, from Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, these riveting stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves.
In T. Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central," an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic...
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Ein Drogenfahnder des Los Angeles Police Department liegt tot in einem heruntergekommenen Motel in Hollywood. Anscheinend hat sich Cal Moore selbst in den Kopf geschossen. Einen Abschiedsbrief gibt es auch. Doch Detective Harry Bosch hat Zweifel an der Selbstmordthese, und auch das Verhalten von Assistent Chief Irvin Irving, der ihn um jeden Preis aus der Sache heraushalten will, kommt Bosch seltsam vor. Cal Moore hatte zuletzt in einem Fall ermittelt,...
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Nach längerer unfreiwilliger Dienstpause darf Harry Bosch endlich wieder ermitteln und bekommt prompt einen besonders heiklen Fall auf den Tisch: Ein Pornofilmproduzent wurde ermordet in Hollywood aufgefunden, im Kofferraum eines weißen Rolls-Royce, zwei Kugeln stecken in seinem Kopf. Handelt es sich um einen Auftragsmord? Schnell wird klar, dass eine ganze Menge Geld im Spiel gewesen sein muss. Bosch folgt der Spur des Geldes bis nach Las Vegas,...
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An Neujahr gräbt ein Hund in den Hollywood Hills einen Knochen aus. Der Besitzer des Hundes, ein Arzt, identifiziert den Knochen als Teil eines menschlichen Skeletts und alarmiert die Polizei. Bosch geht der Sache nach und entdeckt nicht weit vom Fundort weitere Skelettteile. Ein Forensiker des LAPD stellt fest, dass es sich um die Knochen eines etwa zehnjährigen Jungen handelt, seit über zwanzig Jahren tot - und dass der Junge schwer misshandelt...
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117 years Strong...and Counting!
This all-new edition, which follows the Boston Marathon into the 21st century and through the tragedy of the 2013 race, is a colorful and moving portrait of what it feels like to run the world's oldest annual marathon, escorting the reader through the past, present, and bright future of the race.26.2 Miles to Boston is a rich, vibrant, and inspiring history of the Boston Marathon and of the men and women of varying...
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Jack McEvoy ist Polizeireporter bei den Rocky Moun tain News in Denver. Als er vom Tod seines Zwillingsbruders Sean, Detective bei der Mordkommission, erfährt, gerät sein Leben vollkommen aus dem Gleichgewicht. Die Polizei geht von Selbstmord aus: Jacks Bruder soll sich in seinem Auto erschossen haben. Einen Abschiedsbrief habe er auch hinterlassen, auf der Windschutzscheibe: Out of space. Out of time. Ein Zitat von Edgar Allan Poe. Jack glaubt...
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Clark the Super Service Dog is the story of how one animal could forever change someone's life. It is told through Clark's personal point of view and chronicles his time from adoption, finding his forever home, and ultimately volunteering to aid Mike as a service dog when he needs it most. The story is one of love and companionship, highlighting the amazing bond a dog can have with their human. Clark the Super Service Dog spreads awareness of how...
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The #1 New York Times—bestselling author tells the origin story of LA defense attorney Mickey Haller.
In this concise, absorbing account, Michael Connelly reveals the work, and the strokes of luck, that contributed to his creation of the character Mickey Haller, the subject of multiple bestselling novels as well as the hit Netflix series. He reveals the lawyers, both fictional and real-life, who played a role in shaping the sharp-witted attorney...
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The novel One Batter, One Pitch is a sequel to An Informal Boston Education, which chronicled the chaotic, frenetic, and hilarious career, social, and romantic missteps of quirky, wisecracking, ballplaying, weightlifting, and beer-drinking young Boston CPA Rocky Collins. With the help of a good woman and promising new job, he finally gets his life under control. But now he's approaching middle age, frustrated with limiting age-related physical issues...
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Amayehli is a story of America set in the not so distant future. It is a story of the American people who suddenly find themselves having to fight for the fundamental freedoms that they have always cherished and often taken for granted. It is a story of treachery, espionage, treason, tragic loss, and tremendous valor by the diverse people who are proud to call themselves Americans. Ultimately, it is a story of people who risk everything for liberty....
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Published for the first time under his own name, a dark and haunting story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly
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...
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Suspense! Baseball! Here are two tales that combine both, written by master storytellers Michael Connelly and Elmore Leonard.
In "Two Bagger," a pair of detectives follow a recently released felon who has been hired to make a hit at an LA Dodgers baseball game-and the suspenseful cat and mouse games begin.
In "Chickasaw Charlie Hoke," a retired professional baseball player is looking for employment and telling stories-but are the stories true?
These...
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Criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller has spent his career protecting the city's low lifes, but when a Beverly Hills playboy hires Mickey to defend him in an assault trial, Mickey believes it will be the easiest and most lucrative case of his career, until the case takes a dangerous turn that threatens everything Mickey loves.
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Detective Harry Bosch, now in the Open-unsolved Unit, receives a call from the DA telling him a serial killer has confessed to several murders. Harry must interview the man about a case he couldn't crack involving the murder of a 22-year-old woman whose body was never found.
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"Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. The murder rap against his client seems ironclad, but Mickey is sure it's a setup. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch takes the case. With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucia Soto, he turns the investigation inside the police department. But as Bosch gets closer to discovering the truth, he makes himself...