The Burning Room
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4.5 • 24 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Detective Harry Bosch and his new partner tackle a cold case unlike any other as they investigate a recent murder where the trigger was pulled ten years earlier. The blistering new thriller from international #1 bestselling author, Michael Connelly.
Not many murder victims die a decade after the crime, so when Orlando Merced dies ten years after being shot, Bosch catches a case with a fresh body and virtually no evidence.
Partnered with rookie detective Lucia Soto, Bosch begins to see political dimensions to the case - a case where, despite the seemingly impossible odds, failure to find the killer is simply not an option.
But not only does Soto start showing signs of becoming a loose cannon, the one piece of evidence they have on the Merced shooting points in a shocking and unexpected direction that could unsettle the very people who want Bosch to close out the case.
It's looking like Orlando Merced may not be the investigation's only victim-and that includes Bosch himself.
'A modern-day master of crime writing . . . arguably the best detective series of our era.' Good Reading
'Unmatched crime writing at its summit' - The Australian
'The finest crime writer working today' - Neil Cross, lead scriptwriter of Spooks and creator of Luther
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It’s no accident that Michael Connelly is regarded as one of today’s finest crime authors. With laser-like precision, he draws you into the mystery surrounding a decade-old shooting of a mariachi band member in Los Angeles. In this novel, winningly scruffy leading man Harry Bosch—an icon of modern detective fiction—is paired with a courageous but inexperienced young policewoman with a lot to prove. You don’t have to be familiar with the Bosch series to get swept up in this thrilling story with its sympathetic characters and cinematic colour.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An autopsy opens Edgar-winner Connelly's superb 19th Harry Bosch mystery (after 2012's The Black Box). Orlando Merced, a mariachi musician, was transformed into a symbol for urban violence by an opportunistic mayoral candidate when he was wounded a decade earlier, a random victim of a drive-by shooting. Merced's death prompts a reexamination of the case, and Bosch and his young new partner, Lucia Soto, get to work. With his usual deftness, Connelly links the Merced shooting to an act of arson an apartment fire that killed nine on the same day and returns to his perennial themes: local politics, the media, the LAPD's internecine warfare, and, of course, Los Angeles itself, from the wealthy enclaves of Mulholland Drive to the barrios of East L.A. Bosch is very much of the old school in this high-tech world, but his hands-on tenacity serves him and the case well just as Connelly serves his readers well with his encyclopedic knowledge and gifts as a storyteller.
Customer Reviews
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Great read. Just started on this series and really enjoying the plots.