The Wrong Side of Goodbye
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4.4 • 433 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Only Harry Bosch can uncover LA's darkest secrets in this new gripping thriller from global bestseller Michael Connelly.
'What do you want me to do?'
Bosch asked.
'I want you to find someone for me,' Vance said.
'Someone who might never have existed'.
Harry Bosch is LA's newest private investigator. He doesn't advertise, he doesn't have an office and he only has himself to answer to.
Soon he is hired by Whitney Vance, an ageing reclusive billionaire who is haunted by one regret. When he was young, he met his great love - but she disappeared just after revealing she was pregnant. Did she have the baby?
And if so, what happened to it?
Vance wants to know the truth, and Bosch is the only person he trusts. But Bosch's instincts tell him this will be a dangerous job - not just for himself, but for the person he's looking for ...
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Michael Connelly is, hands down, one of the best crime authors in the business. Harry Bosch has been pushed out of the Los Angeles police force, but he’s not going quietly into the night. In this suspenseful story, Connelly’s canny hero takes on a case involving an old billionaire looking for information about his long-lost (and only) love. The writing is crisp and compelling—we raced through chapter after chapter, cheering Bosch along every step of the way.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Connolly's canny detective, Harry Bosch, remains a compelling lead, but even longtime fans may feel that his creator gives him a few too many fortuitous breaks in his 21st outing (after 2015's The Crossing). Bosch's long career with the LAPD is a thing of the past, and he now divides his time between PI work and pro bono service as a reserve police officer for the city of San Fernando. He gets involved in an apparently impossible case for an extremely wealthy client, Whitney Vance, who pays Bosch $10,000 just to agree to a meeting. The 85-year-old Vance asks Bosch to find out, in complete secrecy, what became of the woman Vance impregnated 65 years earlier and who disappeared from his life almost immediately afterward. The billionaire, who believes he is nearing his end, hopes the investigator can ascertain whether he has a living heir. Though the trail is beyond cold, Bosch lucks into a solid lead. The multiple contrivances significantly diminish the plot.
Customer Reviews
A consistently good read
Pace builds well with some interesting new twists and turns along the way. A good holiday read.
Best of the series
Classic Bosch. Two great storylines. Gripping even on a second read.
( In the credits it looks like Cisco from Haller’s story is a real researcher for Connelly.)
Great Read
Another awesome book I so enjoyed reading!