A Darkness More Than Night
Michael Connelly
Jan 2001 · Sold by Little, Brown
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LAPD Detective Harry Bosch crosses paths with FBI profiler Terry McCaleb while investigating the murder of a Hollywood actress, in this heart-pounding novel from New York Times bestselling author, Michael Connelly.
Harry Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad Los Angeles: a movie director is charged with murdering an actress during sex, and then staging her death to make it look like a suicide. Bosch is both the arresting officer and the star witness in a trial that has brought the Hollywood media pack out in full-throated frenzy.
Meanwhile, Terry McCaleb is enjoying an idyllic retirement on Catalina Island when a visit from an old colleague brings his former world rushing back. It's a murder, the unreadable kind of murder he specialized in solving back in his FBI days. The investigation has stalled, and the sheriff's office is asking McCaleb to take a quick look at the murder book to see if he turns up something they've missed.
McCaleb's first reading of the crime scene leads him to look for a methodical killer with a taste for rituals and revenge. As his quick look accelerates into a full-sprint investigation, the two crimes—his murdered loner and Bosch's movie director—begin to overlap strangely. With one unsettling revelation after another, they merge, becoming one impossible, terrifying case, involving almost inconceivable calculation. McCaleb believes he has unmasked the most frightening killer ever to cross his sights. But his investigation tangles with Bosch's lines, and the two men find themselves at odds in the most dangerous investigation of their lives.
Harry Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad Los Angeles: a movie director is charged with murdering an actress during sex, and then staging her death to make it look like a suicide. Bosch is both the arresting officer and the star witness in a trial that has brought the Hollywood media pack out in full-throated frenzy.
Meanwhile, Terry McCaleb is enjoying an idyllic retirement on Catalina Island when a visit from an old colleague brings his former world rushing back. It's a murder, the unreadable kind of murder he specialized in solving back in his FBI days. The investigation has stalled, and the sheriff's office is asking McCaleb to take a quick look at the murder book to see if he turns up something they've missed.
McCaleb's first reading of the crime scene leads him to look for a methodical killer with a taste for rituals and revenge. As his quick look accelerates into a full-sprint investigation, the two crimes—his murdered loner and Bosch's movie director—begin to overlap strangely. With one unsettling revelation after another, they merge, becoming one impossible, terrifying case, involving almost inconceivable calculation. McCaleb believes he has unmasked the most frightening killer ever to cross his sights. But his investigation tangles with Bosch's lines, and the two men find themselves at odds in the most dangerous investigation of their lives.
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch crosses paths with FBI profiler Terry McCaleb while investigating the murder of a Hollywood actress, in this heart-pounding novel from New York Times bestselling author, Michael Connelly.
Harry Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad...
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Carlos Garcia
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July 14, 2026
This book both hooked me, & severely pissed me off. McCaleb is back & brought into a murder investigation on the hush. Living a peaceful life with his Wife & two children, as charter owner/operator in Catalina Island. His complete disregard for his wife's concerns for him going back to his old life are severely disregarded. The danger he puts himself & his family in to play "cops & robbers" is distressing. It made me hate McCaleb. The story was so engaging and got extremely dark real fast. The disturbing descriptions of death in this book are like none described in the previous Bosch books. All the dark buildup, though, lead to a rather non-dark lackluster discovery. Wouldn't you believe it, it just ended up being a personal vendetta, who saw that coming? Well, anybody not reading fantasy that's who! This was a good time, not a great time. The typical explosion of a reveal ending wasn't here. Yes there was a little something, but it didn't make me punch the air with a happy fist. 4/5.
A Google user
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December 20, 2014
I like the teamwork of Bosch and Terry McCaleb (from Blood Work), and how it all unravels. Very compelling read.
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A Google user
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January 5, 2015
To me this is the best book in the series. People can be both good and evil.
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About the author
Michael Connelly is the author of forty-three novels, among them New York Times bestsellers Ironwood, The Proving Ground, and The Waiting. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, the Renée Ballard series, and the Catalina novels, have sold more than ninety-two million copies worldwide. A former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels, Connelly is the executive producer of four television series: Bosch, Bosch: Legacy,The Lincoln Lawyer, and Ballard. He spends his time in California and Florida.
Michael Connelly is the author of forty-three novels, among them New York Times bestsellers Ironwood, The Proving Ground, and The Waiting. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, the Renée Ballard series, and the Catalina novels, have sold more than ninety-two ...
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