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A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-08-06 Summary: Up Your Alley? ... I thoroughly enjoy every Michael Connelly book I read. His plots are always complex and satisfying, his characters always engaging. A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT is no exception. It's like a Connelly reunion book. Terry McCaleb, Harry Bosch, Jack McEvoy (each the star of at least one previous Connelly title) along with lesser lights such as Jaye Winston, are all brought together here in a fascinating case. Things get rolling when Winston asks McCaleb to help her profile the killer in a case she's working on. Though reluctant ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-10-08 Summary: Not Bad - But Not His Best!! ... Ok, I'm a huge Michael Connelly fan. Unfortuantely, I've read his books out of sequence; starting with the newer ones before making my way through the older ones. I thoroughly enjoy these novels and the characters Connelly weaves into each book. I haven't read Blood Work and therefore have no real background on Terry MaCaleb's character. However, it appears that he was a highly sought after and respected FBI profiler. Given this, it was very hard to understand how he named Harry as a suspect. He even had the advantage ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-07-22 Summary: Mixed Bag ... I just discovered Michael Connelly and while I have really enjoyed his other books this is my least favorite so far. Parts of it are incredibly entertaining and it is interesting to view Bosch through the eyes of another character (McCaleb) and the idea of weaving together two murder cases is good, but, for me, the story gets a bogged down by both the solving of the two cases and the courtroom scenes. Reading so-called "courtroom drama" for me is incredibly boring. Apart from some clever word-play and maybe a "gotcha" ...more
Editorial Reviews — [1] ... Product Description | When a sheriff's detective shows up on former FBI man Terry McCaleb's Catalina Island doorstep and requests his help in analyzing photographs of a crime scene, McCaleb at first demurs. He's newly married (to Graciela, who herself dragged him from retirement into a case in Blood Work), has a new baby daughter, and is finally strong again after a heart transplant. But once a bloodhound, always a bloodhound. One look at the video of Edward Gunn's trussed and strangled body puts McCaleb back...more
[2] ... Review | When a sheriff's detective shows up on former FBI man Terry McCaleb's Catalina Island doorstep and requests his help in analyzing photographs of a crime scene, McCaleb at first demurs. He's newly married (to Graciela, who herself dragged him from retirement into a case in Blood Work ), has a new baby daughter, and is finally strong again after a heart transplant. But once a bloodhound, always a bloodhound. One look at the video of Edward Gunn's trussed and strangled body puts McCaleb back on the investigative...more
The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-08-23 Summary: 3 Terrific Reads ... Michael Connelly is a great writer and these are his first 3 Harry Bosch stories. I highly recommend this book. I have read 8 of his other books, too, in the past 2 months and he is innovative with his stories and does not repeat himself. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-04-07 Summary: The Bosch Series, My Favorite For Fun Reading ... This book is a good introductory book, as it contains Michael Connelly's first three novels about Detective Harry Bosh. I will review the Black Echo, his first, with the added comment that this review can also stand for all the Bosh books. These are my favorite books to read for fun. Real page-turners, that keeps you on your toes. I first heard of Michael Connelly and his Harry Bosh series a number of years ago on NPR. He was being interviewed, as he was considered the top writer of fictional detective mystery novels. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-12-03 Summary: Well Done Michael! ... I wish I'd seen this compillation before buying them separately! Connelly reads "like butter", with an intellect, pace and wit which capture the reader immediately and hold one facinated throughout. ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-09-07 Summary: What's In A Name? ... This is not a specific review, but I'd like to merely point out that one of the many admirable qualities of Michael Connelly's writing is that he at least devises sensible names for his characters. One can easily imagine someone named Jerry Edgar or Norman Church or Rachel Walling or Sheehan or Rider, et al. The hack writers, on the other hand, always burden the imagination with such painful names as . . . "Star ballerina turned private investigator Persephone Pudendum drew her poison-tipped hat pin and thrust it deeply ...more
[5] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-12-03 Summary: Harry Bosch, nice to see you again ... I first read these novels as new releases from our local library. They are so good they deserve revisiting from time to time, and this is a great way to always have Harry around. These 'three-in-one' books are a little heavy to hold, but I don't like paperbacks, and I love the price. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Michael Connellys most famous character, Detective Harry Bosch, has been thrilling readers for a decade. Now available in one omnibus edition are the three books that brought him to life. First introduced in The Black Echo, Bosch hunts the brutal murderer of a Vietnam buddy. Then, in The Black Ice, a narcotics officers disappearance sends Bosch on a trail of murders leading from Hollywood Boulevard to Mexicos dusty back alleys. In The Concrete Blonde, Bosch must hunt down the Dollmaker,...more
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The Black Ice (Harry Bosch)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-08-01 Summary: Harry is always Great ... Just love Harry Bosch. The stories are gritting, complex and well executed with believable characters. What else do you want!? ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-08-20 Summary: A Weaker Sequel to The Black Echo ... Be sure you read The Black Echo before this book. The back story and characterizations rely a lot on these books being read in the order they were written. The Black Ice has many things to recommend it. Harry Bosch is a modern "noir" detective working in LA's underbelly, the sleazy streets of Hollywood, who sees himself as an avenging angel with no room for anything else in his life. That characterization is tested in The Black Ice when Harry is affected to his toes by meeting the widow of a murder victim. The descriptions ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-10-20 Summary: Good ... The Black Ice is Michael Connelly's second book in his series of Harry Bosch novels. What makes his books special is the combination of an interesting and complex main character with fascinating story lines that are complex enough to keep you on your toes, but also fun and engaging. In this installment, Bosch discovers that a suicide of a narcotics officer might actually be a homicide, and that the officer may have been playing both sides. The story bogs down a bit when Bosch travels to Mexico, and the story started ...more
[4] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-09-10 Summary: Ghosts from the past ... It is Christmas, and Harry Bosch is on standby to take calls for any murders. He has the police scanner on, and hears a report of an incident within his jurisdiction. When he investigates, he becomes involved in a messy case involving a police officer. Things develop from there. There is a lot about bureaucracy and bean counting in the police department. Increase the number of arrests and increase the percentage of solved cases to make the atatistics look good when the budget request goes in. There are continuing conflicts ...more
[5] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-11-29 Summary: Great read ... Michael Connelly is one of the best mistery writer and this was one of his better efforts. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | The corpse in the hotel room appears to be that of a missing LAPD narcotics officer. Rumours abound that he had crossed - selling a new drug called Black Ice from Mexico - and the LAPD brass are quick to declare his death aside.But Harry Bosch isn't so sure; prompted by odd, inexplicable details from the crime scene, and attraction to the widow, he begins his own investigation. An investigation that takes him over the border to Mexico and into a dangerous labyrinth of shifting identities...more
Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (American Society of Missiology Series, No. 16)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-05-15 Summary: Great book, heavy reading! ... If you want to know a comprehensive overview of the history of mission it is a great book. The only thing I didn't like were the endless references noted in the body of the text, it was too distracting for me. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2002-12-07 Summary: An in-depth, scholarly analysis of missionary paradigms ... Transforming Mission is a scholarly, in-depth study of major missionary paradigms from the first century until the present. Bosch's point of departure is that the Christian faith is "intrinsically missionary." He distinguishes between the missio Dei - God's own involvement in the world, and Missions - the church's missionary activity. He believes that to carry out God's mission the church can neither focus its activity exclusively on saving souls nor on this-worldly human progress -it must do both. He first surveys ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-04-28 Summary: Foundational Book for Understanding Mission ... This is a cornerstone for studies in missional theology. David Bosch gives a thorough analysis of Christian mission movement throughout history, starting from the biblical foundations for missions and moving through six paradigms he identifies throughout history. It is very dense, slow reading, but Bosch is also a writer who can be skimmed well. His writing is very structured, allowing a more casual reader to skim through some of the more dense sections without losing important content while still being able to converse ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-10-06 Summary: Must reading.. ... This is 'must reading' for any serious student of 'mission' and/or Missiology. No other text I am familiar with, so thoroughly considers the paradigms that have affected and drive 'mission' over the centuries. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | "The most comprehensive and thorough study of the Christian mission done in this generation, if not this century".........Alan Neely....more
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