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Overview

Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border. Now this battle-scarred veteran will find himself in the center of a complex and deadly game-one in which he may be the next and likeliest victim.

In this fast-paced sequel to The Black Echo, LAPD detective Harry Bosch continues to investigate the drug-trafficking underworlds of inner-city Los Angeles and the wastelands of Mexico. When he discovers the body of a fellow police officer in a sleazy hotel, Harry gets entangled in a brutal web of violence and drugs.

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LAPD detective Hieronymous ``Harry'' Bosch, protagonist of the highly praised mystery The Black Echo , returns in a procedural thriller set in and around the drug-trafficking underworlds of inner-city Los Angeles and the wastelands of Mexico. When Bosch arrives at a sleazy hotel room where a fellow officer has committed suicide, he senses that something is awry. Noncommittal superior officers, a diffident widow and tales linking the dead man to a newly created street drug called ``black ice'' (heroin, crack and PCP rolled into one) send Bosch down a winding trail of forensic impossibilities, brutally violent drug traffickers and an ultimately shocking case of mistaken identity. Award-winning Connelly's second fictional effort is strong and sure. His pacing could be better--too often he conveys the same information twice--but his plot and characters more than make up for a slow start. This novel establishes him as a writer with a superior talent for storytelling. (June)
Wes Lukowsky
Plan ahead before you read this buzz saw of a novel. Don't start unless you have the next day off. A couple of cool beverages will also be needed, as will a sandwich or two. Hey, it's a long book, and once you start, you "will" finish. Harry Bosch, who made his debut in the acclaimed "Black Echo" , is a smart, determined LAPD homicide detective who's driven by an inner sense of justice. This time out he arrives early on the scene of a fellow officer's suicide; then he's told it's not his case: back off. Fat chance. Harry senses the officer may have gone over to the bad guys and was killed when he tried to tiptoe back to the right side of the tracks. At every turn, Harry is confronted by dirty cops struggling to save their collective butts by lying and misdirecting the investigation. The key turns out to be black ice, a deadly new synthetic drug. Author Connelly, a "Los Angeles Times" reporter, knows crime, cops, and criminals. Most of all, he knows that dangerous no-man's-land where the three intersect. A powerful novel in a series that seems destined for wide popularity.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780446613446
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  • Publication date: 12/2/2003
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • Sales rank: 19,526
  • Series: Harry Bosch Series, #2
  • Product dimensions: 4.25 (w) x 6.75 (h) x 1.25 (d)

Meet the Author

Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly
A former Los Angeles Times crime reporter, Michael Connelly’s familiarity with the seamy side of L.A. adds a steamy kind of street cred to his hardboiled, gritty detective novels -- especially his bestselling series of mysteries featuring dark detective Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch.

Biography

Best known for his dark police procedurals featuring the tough, complex and emotionally scarred LAPD detective, Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch, Michael Connelly has been called "infernally ingenious" (The New York Times), "one of those masters...who can keep driving the story forward in runaway locomotive style" (USA Today) and "the top rank of a new generation of crime writers" (The Los Angeles Times).

Consistently exquisite prose and engrossing storylines play an integral role in his swelling success. However, Connelly believes that solid character development is the most important key. As he explained to MagnaCumMurder.com, "I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true."

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connelly attended the University of Florida; there he discovered the works of Raymond Chandler -- author of many classic Los Angeles-based noir dramas such as The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, and Farewell, My Lovely. The cases of Philip Marlowe inspired Connelly to be a crime novelist -- and by studying journalism, he put himself in the perfect position. "I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about -- police and criminals, the criminal justice system," he told MagnaCumMurder.com.

After graduation, Connelly worked the crime beat for two Florida newspapers. When a story he and a colleague wrote about the disastrous 1985 crash of Delta Flight 191 was short-listed for the Pulitzer, Connelly landed a gig in Marlowe's backyard, covering crime for one of the nation's largest newspapers -- The Los Angeles Times. Three years later, Harry Bosch was introduced in The Black Echo, which earned Connelly the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Connelly has since won every major mystery honor, including the Anthony (The Poet, Blood Work) and the Macavity Award (Blood Work).

While Connelly has written stand-alone novels that don't feature his tragic protagonist Harry Bosch, he is best identified by his rigid, contentious and fiery -- but also immensely skilled and compassionate -- detective. According to The Boston Globe, the Bosch series "raises the hard-boiled detective novel to a new level...adding substance and depth to modern crime fiction."

Called "one of the most compelling, complex protagonists in recent crime fiction" (Newsweek) and "a terrific...wonderful, old-fashioned hero who isn't afraid to walk through the flames -- and suffer the pain for the rest of us" (The New York Times Book Review), Bosch faces unforgettable horrors every day -- either on the street or in his own mind. "Bosch is making up for wrongs done to him when he rights wrongs as a homicide detective," Connelly explained in an interview with his publisher. "In a way, he is an avenging angel."

Bosch is clearly a product of his deadly, unforgiving environment. "The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work," said Connelly in the same interview. With each passing novel, Bosch looks deeper and deeper into the abyss; and readers continue to return to see just how far he will gaze.

Good To Know

  • Michael Connelly received a huge career boost in 1994 when then President Bill Clinton was photographed walking out of a Washington bookstore with a copy of The Concrete Blonde under his arm. Connelly remarked to USA Today, "In the six years I've been writing books, that is the biggest thrill I've had."

  • Real events have always inspired Connelly's plots. His novel Blood Work was inspired by a friend who underwent transplant surgery and was coping with survivor's guilt, knowing someone had died in order for him to live. The book was later developed into a feature film starring Clint Eastwood, Angelica Huston, and Jeff Daniels.

  • One of Connelly's writing professors at the University of Florida was cult novelist Harry Crews.

  • Connelly named his most famous character after the 15th Century Dutch painter, Hieronymous Bosch. As he told Bookends UK in an interview, Bosch "created richly detailed landscapes of debauchery and violence and human defilement. There is a ‘world gone mad' feel to many of his works, including one called ‘Hell' -- of which a print hangs on the wall over the computer where I write." Some interesting outtakes from our interview with Connelly:

    "I wrote a mystery story as a class paper in high school. It was called The Perfect Murder. The protagonist's named was McEvoy, a name I later used for the protagonist in The Poet. Being a witness to a crime when I was 16 was what made me interested in crime novels and mystery stories."

    "I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes."

    "Everything I want people to know about me is in my books."

      1. Hometown:
        Sarasota, Florida
      1. Date of Birth:
        July 21, 1956
      2. Place of Birth:
        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
      1. Education:
        B.A. in Journalism, University of Florida, 1980
      2. Website:
        http://www.michaelconnelly.com

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    • Posted August 21, 2011

      I Also Recommend:

      Very good

      This is one of my favourite books by Michael Connelly. It's hard to put down!

      7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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    • Posted August 5, 2010

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      The Black Ice

      This is the second novel I have read by Michael Connelly (I plan to read all of his works in order). I will not talk a lot about plot because I feel like excellent crime novels such as this one should not be spoiled. All I will say is this, Connelly has a great style, themes, plot, and his famous character, Harry Bosch, is one of the greatest detectives in literature. I read this novel while I was watching the second and third seasons of my favorite TV show, The Wire, and I actually saw a couple of similarities in the plot and I thought that it would have been nice to see Michael write for the Wire along with his peers George Pelecanos, Richard Price, and Dennis Lehane. Connelly and the three authors I have just named are, in my opinion, the finest crime writers today and of all time (you cannot forget James Ellroy, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler).

      6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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    • Posted July 11, 2009

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      They can't ALL be great

      A bad Michael Connelly novel is still a good book. Sandwiched between his first - THE BLACK ECHO and third - THE CONCRETE BLONDE, Connelly's second book is a bit of a let down. Bosch is a little more cantankerous, a little more rebellious, a little less loveable than in the rest of the series. While the story has some merit it wasn't the page-turner I have come to expect from Connelly. Characters were poorly developed and often did not interact in a pleasing way. For example, Harry's interaction with fellow law enforcement officers is often antagonistic for no good reason. And his relationship with women is less than noble. Those readers not already familiar with Harry may find him to be too caustic for their tastes. I did and I love Harry Bosch.
      Neophyte Harry Bosch aficionados should look elsewhere. Almost all of the others in the series are more entertaining. And if you like Harry, you will probably like Connelly's non-Bosch books as well, especially those featuring Rachel Walling or Jack McEvoy. After you have read the rest, come back to THE BLACK ICE.

      3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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    • Posted February 21, 2010

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      The Bosch Series Picks Up Steam

      Just recently started reading Connelly and the Bosch series. The Black Echo seemed to start out slow for me and gradually became quite a thrill ride to the very end. The Black Ice, however, grabs you from the beginning and does not let go. There is rich character development, including Det Bosch and others in the LAPD, a solid if not spectacular plot and unexpected developments throughout. This is one of those books that defines "page turner," as you get hooked and stay hooked.

      Not too long ago I read a review that suggested The Black Ice was somewhat flat compared to books #1 (The Black Echo) and #3 (The Concrete Blonde) in the series. From my perspective, the ride started gradually out of the gate with The Black Echo and has steadily, and at times quickly, gathered a full head of steam. I'm jumping right into the Concrete Blonde because I can't wait to see where Connelly takes Bosch in the subsequent books.

      2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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    • Posted October 31, 2011

      Excellend read. Plot keeps you involved to the very end.

      Michael Connelly continues the Harry Bosch series with this excellent story. A must read for detective fans. Harry is a brilliant detective with an uncanny ability to solve his cases.

      1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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    • Posted October 6, 2011

      enjoyed the read

      Great Read. Harry is a very interesting character. The book provides some understanding of police work, and a look at the problems that remained after the Viet Nam war.

      1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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    • Posted February 20, 2012

      Still stuck on Bosch!

      The writing holds you and I am glad that I loaded the whole series before I started in on it!

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    • Posted February 14, 2012

      ...as good as Michael gets...

      ...as good as Michael gets...on to his next Harry Bosch book...while waiting for the next Haller book...

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    • Posted February 1, 2012

      I would recommend this for a read

      I thought this book was a good read.......although I liked other harry bosch books more interesting than the black ice.

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    • Anonymous

      Posted January 24, 2012

      Abbi

      I dont think it is what u say or what u say in the tittle above it takes off the other post because it come off the same device... like all of our posts are gone and are replaced with our newer posts because it came off the same device we wrote the other posts on... the only way u can have ur other posts stay on is if u go to a different book with the same tittle.... and posts there ur other posts stay there....

      0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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    • Anonymous

      Posted January 24, 2012

      Yin to abbi

      Well lets say i put this post on then i decide something and change my user name. Like instead of tom he could make himself Darkcloud for example. See?

      0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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    • Anonymous

      Posted January 21, 2012

      Good Read

      Good twist. Didn't see it coming. I'm addicted to Bosch.

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    • Posted January 20, 2012

      Highly suggested! A great read if you like Harry & mystery!

      I have enjoyed the Harry Bosch series from Connelly. I recommend the book if you enjoy twists & turns about police/scam artist or conspiracy novels. Looking forward to another Harry Bosch mystery.

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    • Anonymous

      Posted January 18, 2012

      Great Reading

      I am hooked on Harry Bosch. As a law enforcement officer from 1969-2008 I can certainly place myself in Harry's shoes. Not that my career was as exciting as one chapter of any of the Bosch series. As in real life, things are not as they sometime seem and don't turn out the way you expect them to turn out. The person who killed the LAPD officer in the motel that appeared to be a suicide surprised me. That is only one surprise in this entertaining book. I am currently working on the 5th book in the series and only have 12 more to go.Problem is i cannot put them down once I start reading.

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    • Anonymous

      Posted January 15, 2012

      AWESOME

      Good book. I love all of the books I have read in this series

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    • Posted January 14, 2012

      Highly Recommended - can't wait to read book #3 in the series

      I love the Harry Bosch series. I can't wait to read Book #3. I found The Black Ice hard to put down. I can't believe I am just discovering this series. Michael Connelly was great at twisting his story and his characters to keep me guessing what was coming next. The ending was totally unexpected.

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    • Anonymous

      Posted January 2, 2012

      PG49er

      Enjoyed Harry Bosch! I will read more. Well developed characters and story. Fast read.

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    • Posted November 29, 2011

      Recommended

      Excellent read. Kept me wondering how Harry was going to juggle the DEA, Federales & local Policia . . . while avoiding getting canned by Internal Affairs. The story let me figure out just enough to read on and see exactly how the pieces would fit in the end.

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    • Posted November 23, 2011

      THis is just okay

      I found it slow moving and notto my liking Michael Connelly is not one of my favorite authors

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    • Anonymous

      Posted November 21, 2011

      Black Ice

      Pretty good book but not my favorite Michael Connelv book.

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