Summary | Excerpt | Reading Guide | Reviews | Read-Alikes | Genres & Themes | Author Bio
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Opinion:
First Published:
May 2005, 416 pages
Paperback:
Feb 2006, 464 pages
From the book jacket: Detective Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD. with the sole mission of closing unsolved cases. The murder of a 16 year old girl in 1988 is first on his list. A DNA match makes the case very much alive again, and it turns out to be anything but cold. The ripples from this death have destroyed at least two other lives, and everywhere he probes, Bosch finds hot grief, hot rage, and a bottomless well of betrayal and malice.
Comment: As Library Journal says, 'fans and newcomers
alike will love seeing Bosch back in uniform, stirring up
trouble.'
Booklist and Publishers Weekly both give starred reviews with the
latter saying, 'Connelly comes as close as anyone to being
today's Dostoyevsky of crime literature, and this is one of his
finest novels to date, a likely candidate not only for book award
nominations but for major bestsellerdom.'
This review
first ran in the June 15, 2005
issue of BookBrowse Recommends.
If you liked The Closers, try these:
by Noah Boyd
Published 2011
Someone gives you a dangerous puzzle to solve, one that may kill you or someone else, and you're about to fail... And there is no other option. No one who can help. No one but the Bricklayer.
by David Levien
Published 2009
Riveting suspense in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly, City of the Sun introduces retired detective Frank Behr—an imposing, charismatic former cop who agrees to take the case of a boy who’s been missing for over a year.
The Flower Sisters
by Michelle Collins Anderson
From the new Fannie Flagg of the Ozarks, a richly-woven story of family, forgiveness, and reinvention.
The House on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
Your guide toexceptional books
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
