by Michael Connelly (Author)
When the bones of a twelve-year-old boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up the darkest memories from his own haunted past. The bones have been buried for years, but the cold case doesn't deter Bosch. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the child's identity and reconstructs his fractured life, determined that he won't be forgotten. At the same time, a new love affair with a female cop begins to blossom for Bosch - until a stunningly blown mission leaves him in more trouble than ever before in his turbulent career. The investigation races to a shocking conclusion and leaves Bosch on the brink of an unimaginable decision...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Orion
Published: 07 Nov 2002
ISBN 10: 0752848348
ISBN 13: 9780752848341
Book Overview: Michael Connelly is a No.1 bestseller in hardback and paperback. Reissued in a brand new cover style. All the Michael Connelly backlist is being reissued simultaneously in the stylish new look. Michael Connelly's THE LINCOLN LAWYER was a Richard & Judy's Book Club selection. CITY OF BONES won both the Anthony and the Barry awards for Best Novel of the Year. 'One of Connelly's best books ... Characterisation sharp enough to draw blood; excitements of the heart and mind; crime fiction at its aching, impeccable best' Literary Review. 'A stunningly good novel: powerful, intriguing and impossible to lay down - perhaps, indeed, the best of the series' Evening Standard. 'As we have come to expect from Connelly, plot, dialogue, atmosphere and pace are exemplary ... confirms author and character as supreme in their fields' The Times. 'Connelly is, in my view, simply the best crime thriller writer working today and in CITY OF BONES he is on top form' Mail on Sunday. 'If you only read one crime novel this year, make it CITY OF BONES' Daily Express.
Prizes: Shortlisted for WH Smith Thumping Good Read Book Award 2003 and WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award 2003 and CWA Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction 2002.