The Overlook (Harry Bosch Series)

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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads' database with this name. See this thread for more information. Question: The Overlook was originally serialized in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. For the publication of the novel you were able to re-write the story without the magazine’s space constraints. How was the experience of revisiting the story? I re-read ECHO PARK [2006] (Harry Bosch Novel 12) this past summer, one of my very favorites among the first dozen installments of the book series. I decided to read at least one more in the series before the end of this year and decided upon a re-read of THE OVERLOOK [2007].

But I will say this, I did get one thing right about the solution to all this. Just one thing, though Connelly had to twist that around, too.Throughout the book, there are many genre conventions incorporated in the story. One of those was a red …show more content… Another outing for Harry Bosch, shorter than most (even shorter than I expected, as the Kindle version ended at about 88%, the rest of it filled with the first half dozen chapters of Two Kinds Of Truth, which I personally find irritating, but oh well). If the animosity that exists between the LAPD and the FBI in the book is a reflection of real life it's a miracle that any crimes ever get solved.

Connelly, once again, has hit a home run. He does it quietly and without any pyrotechnics. He makes it look deceptively easy.” This is a fairly fast read; all the action takes place in one part of LA - which Harry mentions a few times. The setting is one I know from reading this series, same for Harry and a few 'regulars,' but there are a lot of new people to spice things up. Como última recomendación, creo que para el lector que no lo haya leído en orden, sería importante que antes de leer este volumen leyeran el anterior, “Echo Park”, para no perderse algún detalle importante.The killers almost got away with the perfect crime. They assumed that the threat of a terrorist act would easily overwhelm the truth—that this murder was a classic case of a spouse killing a spouse over sex and money. Do you believe the killers would have successfully gotten away with the murder if the cesium had never been found in the Dumpster by Digoberto Gonzalves? in the Harry Bosch detective series by Michael Connelly, and not by any means one of the best in the series. Maybe it's the weakest so far for me. It was published in 2007, still in the early years in the manic angry years post-9/11, and the killing seems to involve a dangerous substance that could poison the population, possibly a terrorist plot. Show More The Overlook On the news, we hear about someone being murdered daily in which detectives are on the case to find out who committed the crime. Murder cases are always a grueling process with many clues to try and find the one who committed the crime. “The Overlook” by Michael Connelly is an example of that, in which he gives detectives a murder case that leads him and the reader in many different directions, trying to figure out who killed Dr. Kent.

Connelly’s books are always compellingly suspenseful, but this one runs in overdrive, with little time for Bosch’s usual reflections on the past. …the energy and skill Connelly continues to bring to this series will leave readers eager for Bosch’s next case.” Harry Bosch, the lead detective on the case, who is the principal protagonist of this and twelve previous Harry Bosch novels. The Overlook opens as Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch receives a midnight call from his supervisor, Lieutenant Larry Gandle. It seems that a homicide victim has been discovered at an overlook above Mulholland Dam. At the moment, Bosch is a member of Homicide Special, a branch of the Robbery-Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Although the Hollywood Division would normally have handled the crime, Bosch’s unit has been asked to take over the investigation, and Gandle has assigned the case to Bosch and his new partner, Ignacio “Iggy” Ferras. Eh. This was not my favorite Bosch. After a couple of home-runs with this series, this was definitely a disappointment. About half the length of his usual books, Connelly uses this to just show readers excerpts from his other books. I hit the finish line with this book at 74 percent I think. The remaining was just excerpts. Bosch examines the victim’s Porsche, left at the lookout with the trunk open, showing strange indentations and he learns the deceased is medical physicist, Stanley Kent, who has access to radio-active isotopes stored at several hospitals in the valley, used in the treatment of cancers. ButThe Overlook is a much shorter Harry Bosch novel than the others I have read, in fact it felt a bit like a novella and it missed some of the characterisation we are used to from Michael Connelly. That said, it was all story and happened in real time so it had a bit of a different feel to the stories that take place across a week or so. We get some new faces in this one and of course new with Iggy and some others. We see a reappearance of J. Edgar who once again proves that tv J. Edgar is better than book J. Edgar. It always makes me uncomfortable how Connelly portrays him as lazy and homophobic. Ugh. The Overlook is the 18th novel by American crime writer Michael Connelly, and the thirteenth featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. [1] before Bosch can take charge, he is confronted by FBI Special Agent Rachel Walling of the Tactical Intelligence Unit, an old flame, who is less interested in a homicide than the potential for radioactive caesium to have fallen into the hands of a terrorist group.

They determine his wife (Alicia) was “hog-tied”, released & then re-tied after the murder trying to hide the crime. That leads to his wife & her FBI lover, their romance wanted the money, but then they turn on each other. Who needs to be arrested, before the other commits murder/suicide fights begin? Some people get very excited about the propect of a new Harry Bosch book ... But it's not surprising. Fifteen years and umpteen books on, Connelly is still pulling in the crowds ... Thrilling rollercoaster? Take it as read * DAILY SPORT * The Feds, of course, want to take over the case and are, logically, pursuing it as part of a dangerous terrorist plot. The material in question could cause thousands of deaths and that is their priority. While Bosch recognizes the threat, from his perspective this is principally a homicide investigation and he insists on being allowed to pursue it. His rational is, find the killers and you find the material they stole. The Overlook now races to its conclusion as Bosch and Walling strive to capture Maxwell. However, the renegade agent shoots the one person who could implicate him, his lover Alicia, and then, as Bosch and Walling move in, himself. Michael Connelly does his token terrorism story. And it would not be true to him to make it a political mess and power struggle among the various organisations that want to show the world and their constituency how great they are at the wheel of a real threat. Among them Harry Bosch with a new partner that just wants to solve a the murder that starts of the whole story. And Harry gets mighty annoyed when the murder is considered less important than the threat of some terrorism.Alicia Kent, the beautiful wife of the murder victim, who was taken hostage in her home by two intruders. She was used by the intruders to pressure Stanley Kent to steal the caesium from the hospital.