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Echo Park attracted my attention because I live in LA and the title intrigued me. I had never read Michael Connelly before and police procedurals are not what I typically gravitate to. Nevertheless I was completely absorbed in this intense , taut thriller of a novel. It's not an easy book to review without giving away some spoilers but let me just say that his writing is awesome. If you are familiar with Los Angeles all the better because his depictions put you right there. I will certainly read more in this series and check out the Amazon TV production based on the LA detective who is the protaganist ; Harry Bosch. Crisply written with lots of plot twists and believable dialogue, Echo Park is a serious page turner. Nothing better than discovering a new series and realizing there are so many more to explore. Great stuff.


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Echo Park Michael Connelly 9780739475706 Books Reviews

The introduction to this novel alone is worth five stars. In its pages, we learn (via a fascinating flashback) of a missing woman from 1993, Marie Gesto - presumed dead - as the case has been transferred to Hollywood Homicide Division. Harry Bosch's division. We learn where she was last seen. In a towering Hollywood hi-rise apartment building. We learn that a multitude of culprits had access to the missing person's garage and car. But most importantly, we learn that Harry Bosch is human. In these books, he is real. He cares as much about missing persons he looks for as do their loves ones. That is good news for the victim, their family and of course, the reader. But bad news for the killers.

Onto the book itself ...

Michael Connelly does not just write mysteries. He creates complex tomes of compelling narrative, mixed in with several missing persons. He creates killers so evil and offensive the reader can smell them a mile off. And of course the good guys are so human (with the associated flaws and weaknesses) that you can't help but like them and relate. And then there's Harry himself. The epitome of official detective-dom, as i said before he would rather die than let some killer go free. Humour does not play much of a role in any 'Michael Connelly book. It does not belong there. It is not appropriate. Opening a Harry Bosch novel is like stepping into a closed case from any English-speaking police force on the planet and following the procedure from start to finish.

ECHO PARK is brilliant. It wraps threads from cases long buried in the past into the present day and links them all magnificently. Rest assured you will be blown away by the plot as you progress through the book and be stunned and yet completely satisfied by the solution of yet another fantastic Harry Bosch novel. A world class story from one of the world's elite.

BFN Greggorio!
After the conclusion of this episode in Bosch great adventures I wonder what comes next. He has shown that he can be dirty if it suites his purposes - to the point of orchestrating a murder of a witness that happens as soon as he has enough evidence for his case. His case is all he cares for. His case most often than not is where the victim is a young woman, preferably a prostitute - in commemoration of his murdered mother, a prostitute who was found unfit mother when he was 11 year old; for no rational reason he is still hang up on it 40 years after the fact, even after he solved her murder. That alone would show one how mentally and emotionally unsound he is. He cares for NOBODY with whom he crosses ways with, whether it is personal or professional relationship; and he uses and puts in jeopardy everybody who is willing to help him. I know I am not adding anything new to what has been written about him by other readers. One spoon of tar spoils a barrel of honey, as they say in Russia. This character is the whole bowl of tar. And although I have read all of the series - I hate Bosch. He needs to end, as he is not about to retire.
I have read all of the Bosch series except one or two, and I have enjoyed every book. They are fast moving and you do not want to stop reading. Harry Bosch is a very complex person who goes through bad times and good times, but always seems to get things resolved in a timely manner. I would suggest reading the series in sequence to keep up with continuity of the characters. I have also watched the Bosch TV series on prime and highly recommend it.
Harry Bosch is working in the Open-Unsolved Unit of the LAPD and occasionally reviews the thirteen year old case of Marie Gesto, one that he just can’t let go. The case gets another close look when a guy named Raynard Waits agrees to take the rap for Marie’s murder along with a host of other crimes.
Waits agrees to lead a group of police officers and forensic experts to Marie’s burial site in a high wooded area on the outskirts of Los Angeles. There is a long and tense scene at the center of the book that involves this expedition and how various things go wrong in the process.
There are two women in Bosch’s life, three if you count his daughter Maddie who is currently living in Hong Kong. Bosch’s partner is a black woman detective named Kiz Rider. She and Bosch have a strong suspicion that Waits is not really Marie Gesto’s killer but they have no other likely candidates at the moment. Bosch is also carrying on a romantic relationship with FBI agent Rachel Walling who works out of the Los Angeles office. Walling is an expert profiler and Bosch takes advantage of her talents to help solve the case. I thought it was interesting that Walling could take up so much of her professional FBI time to help Harry with a local police case.
After Marie’s body is found the case becomes much more complicated. Without giving away the plot, Connelly takes the reader through an exciting but twisted story that involves corruption in the LAPD, the District Attorney’s office, and the undue influence of wealthy businessmen who have “skin in the game.”
Echo Park attracted my attention because I live in LA and the title intrigued me. I had never read Michael Connelly before and police procedurals are not what I typically gravitate to. Nevertheless I was completely absorbed in this intense , taut thriller of a novel. It's not an easy book to review without giving away some spoilers but let me just say that his writing is awesome. If you are familiar with Los Angeles all the better because his depictions put you right there. I will certainly read more in this series and check out the TV production based on the LA detective who is the protaganist ; Harry Bosch. Crisply written with lots of plot twists and believable dialogue, Echo Park is a serious page turner. Nothing better than discovering a new series and realizing there are so many more to explore. Great stuff.