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Harry Bosch Series, Audiobooks 01-22 - Michael Connelly - 1992-2019
By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Dick Hill, Peter Giles, Richard M. Davidson, Peter Jay Fernandez, Len Cariou, Michael McConnohie, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
Length: 240 hrs and 39 mins
Series: Harry Bosch, Books 01-22
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 1992-2019
Language: English
Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher: Brilliance Audio, Hachette Audio, Little, Brown & Company
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo & mono
About The Harry Bosch Series:
Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch is a LAPD homicide detective with an edge on solving murders - both hot and cold - involving druggies, prostitutes, celebrities, ordinary citizens, sadistic killers, and crooked cops.
Harry Bosch - hero, maverick, Vietnam vet, nighthawk - is, above all, a determined investigator with zero tolerance for corrupt officials. He fearlessly battles the establishment if it helps to solve his cases. In this superbly plotted, gripping, and gritty series, author Michael Connelly provides a strong sense of place and character, drawing listeners into the life, work, and dangers of the complicated and compelling Detective Harry Bosch.
This much-lauded series has garnered three Audie Awards for the performances of two of its several accomplished narrators, Len Cariou and Titus Welliver, and critical acclaim for another, Dick Hill. “Hill delivers the squad room banter and the interviews with suspects and witnesses with perfection,” praised AudioFile. “Bosch is immensely likeable, and Hill defines his character memorably.“
The #1 New York Times best selling author of more than 30 thrillers, Michael Connelly, to quote Publishers Weekly, “comes as close as anyone to being today's Dostoyevsky of crime literature.” A former newspaper reporter who worked the crime beat at the Los Angeles Times and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Connelly has won numerous awards for his journalism and his fiction. In addition to Harry Bosch, he is the author of the Jack McEvoy series, the Renée Ballard series, and the Mickey Haller series, widely known for its debut novel, The Lincoln Lawyer, adapted into major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey.
Introducing Harry Bosch, Connelly’s very first novel, The Black Echo, won the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Connelly is the executive producer of Bosch, an Amazon Studios original drama series based on his character and starring Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch.
Harry Bosch Series books in published order:
01 - The Black Echo (1992)
In the first book in the series, we meet LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch. He was previously in the army and served in the Vietnam war. After an honorable discharge, Bosch joins the LAPD. In The Black Echo, a body is found in a drainpipe. But this isn’t just another case for Bosch. He knows the guy. His name is Billy Meadows, and he served with Bosch in Vietnam. Bosch takes the case, and it turns out to be more than it seems. Seeing a possible connection to a bank robbery, Bosch teams up with the FBI. This case will bring Bosch’s mind back to Vietnam and will make him call on all his survival instincts.
02 - The Black Ice (1993)
A narcotics officer is found dead in a motel room with a suicide note in his pocket. Detective Harry Bosch isn’t so sure that’s the case. The officer was looking into a drug-related killing in the city when he was killed. As Bosch digs in, he starts making connections that put him in danger. As he uncovers more, it becomes clear that this isn’t a lone incident—it might have roots in organized crime that go beyond LA. Now that Bosch is on the trail, is he going to be the next target?
03 - The Concrete Blonde (1994)
The Dollmaker is the moniker for a serial killer Harry Bosch shot and killed. He was doing his job and protecting the city, finally giving LA room to breathe. Soon, however, the wife of the man Bosch shot and killed fills a lawsuit against the LAPD for wrongful death. Bosch had been so sure he had the right guy… but did he? Another victim is found bearing the marks of The Dollmaker’s signature, and Bosch has to face a horrible reality. Now he’s on the hunt again. Can Bosch stop the killer before it’s too late?
04 - The Last Coyote (1995)
At the beginning of The Last Coyote, things aren’t going so well for Harry Bosch. He’s single, has lost his home, and is drowning in the bottle. To top it off, he has also been suspended from the force indefinitely. He doesn’t want to get the psychiatric evaluation the LAPD requires. But when he gives in, he realizes that it was the right thing to do. There’s something at the heart of his problems that he has to deal with: the murder of his mother. He reopens the cold case from thirty years ago and begins investigating what happened to his her—and how her case was mishandled.
05 - Trunk Music (1997)
The first case Bosch handles after his suspension appears to be a mafia hit. The victim was a Hollywood producer found in the trunk of a car. As Bosch looks into the case, he finds himself in Las Vegas with the crime looking more and more like it was indeed done by the mafia. The deeper he digs, the more he thinks things aren’t quite what they seem. Just when he thinks he has a handle on the case, something else comes up. Soon, his investigation takes a turn that puts him at odds with his superiors and puts himself in danger.
06 - Angels Flight (1999)
When the body of Howard Elias is found, every police officer hopes they don’t get put on the case. Why? Because Elias was a high profile black lawyer specializing in cases of racism and police brutality. He was murdered right before he was to go to trial, suing the LAPD on behalf of Michael Harris. Harris was charged and acquitted of crimes against a child, but many in the LAPD think he’s guilty. With these circumstances surrounding Elias’s death, pretty much everyone in the LAPD is a suspect. And, of course, Harry Bosch is given the lead in this minefield of a murder case.
07 - A Darkness More Than Night (2001)
Bosch is the lead detective in the high profile murder case of a Hollywood actress. She was killed by a film director during an intimate encounter. The director, however, tried to stage it as a suicide. While Bosch is investigating and being a star witness in the trial, former FBI agent Terry McCaleb comes out of retirement to work a second case. Soon, both cases seem to be related and McCaleb and Bosch find themselves at odds.
08 - City of Bones (2002)
Bosch gets a call on New Year’s Day that piques his interest. Apparently, a dog has found a bone, and that bone appears to be human. The investigation brings Bosch to a shallow grave that has been there for more than twenty years. Although the case is cold, Bosch is like a dog with a bone (get it?) and keeps digging. His investigation also puts him in the path of Julia Brasher, an intriguing rookie cop.
09 - Lost Light (2003)
Harry Bosch is fed up. The LAPD isn’t quite the bastion of justice he thought it was. He retires but doesn’t seem to be able to hack civilian life. When he left the force, he didn’t leave empty handed—he brought a case file with him. Four years ago, a production assistant was murdered on set during a robbery. After the onset of the war on terror, the LAPD is more concerned with where the money went—was it used to fund terrorist operations? Bosch can’t give it up though. He wants to get justice for the forgotten murder victim whether he’s a detective or not. Bosch’s unofficial investigation puts him at odds with law enforcement, but he’s determined to solve the case.
10 - The Narrows (2004)
The Narrows is the sequel to The Poet, the first book in Connelly’s Jack McEvoy series. Year ago, FBI agent Rachel Walling was part of the investigative team hunting down the serial killer The Poet. She’s recently been given news she hoped to never hear: he’s back. Meanwhile, retired detective Harry Bosch is looking into the death of an old friend (unofficially, of course). At first, everything seems to be on the up and up, but Bosch wants to make sure. The dead man, you see, had ties to The Poet investigation. Bosch and Walling work together to catch a devious serial killer. Even if it puts them in danger and in conflict with the FBI.
11 - The Closers (2005)
Three years after leaving, Harry Bosch returns to the LAPD. Things are not the same as he left them. A new chief has been brought in from New York, and Bosch gets assigned to the cold case unit. They call the detectives in this unit, the Open-Unsolved Unit, the closers. Harry and his old partner Kiz are assigned to a politically fraught case. DNA links a known white supremacist to a murder from 1988—that of Rebecca, a sixteen-year-old biracial girl.
12 - Echo Park (2006)
In 1993, Bosch worked the case of Marie Gesto, a woman who went missing. Due to the circumstances, the case was sent to the homicide unit. Marie was never found, and Bosch never solved the case. Now in the cold case unit, Bosch is once again looking for the killer when a man charged with multiple murders confesses to avoid the death penalty. Bosch must take his confession and investigate. Did he and his partner miss something back in the day that could have stopped the murders that followed?
13 - The Overlook (2007)
Bosch is back working in homicide as a part of the Special Homicide Squad. His first case is the murder of a doctor with access to cesium, a radioactive substance. And a large amount of cesium went missing around the time of his murder...This leads Bosch to suspect that the perpetrator(s) has a terrorist agenda. With the clock ticking and federal agents on his tail, Bosch has to get to the bottom of the case before it’s too late.
14 - Nine Dragons (2009)
Bosch is assigned to investigate the death of a Chinese businessman in south LA. Soon, Bosch, along with the Asian Crime Unit, finds a compelling suspect. As Bosch gets closer to the suspect, a member of a Hong Kong triad, he gets a call from Hong Kong. Why? Because his daughter and her mother live there—and his daughter is missing. Immediately Bosch is on the way to Hong Kong. Is there a connection between Bosch’s case in LA and the disappearance of his daughter in Hong Kong?
15 - The Drop (2011)
When the lab is testing DNA, they find a match between that of a convicted rapist and evidence from a rape and murder case from 1989. The catch? That rapist was only 8 years old in 1989. Did he commit this heinous crime at such a young age, or did the lab mess up? If they did, that could put every case they’ve handled in jeopardy. Bosch investigates this case while also being assigned to another. The son of his nemesis Irvin Irving has been found dead. Did he jump from a window or was he pushed? As Bosch investigates, he discovers a previously undetected serial killer as well as conspiracy.
16 - The Black Box (2012)
In 1992, Bosch was investigating the murder of a woman—a photojournalist during the LA riots. Soon thereafter, the case was handed over to the Riot Crimes Taskforce but was never solved. Now, ballistics show that the murder wasn’t random.
17 - The Burning Room (2014)
Ten years after a shooting, a man dies from complications of the bullet still lodged in his spine. These are rather strange circumstances for a cold case. Bosch and a promising rookie are put on the case. As they investigate, they find a connection between the shooting and the deaths of several children in a fire twenty years before.
18 - The Crossing (2015)
Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother needs his help. There is a lot of evidence against Mickey Haller’s client, but Mickey is convinced he was set up. Bosch is less convinced but takes the case anyway. He secretly enlists the help of friends inside the LAPD and puts himself in danger.
19 - The Wrong Side of Goodbye (2016)
Harry Bosch is now a homicide detective turned private eye. He’s very picky about his clients and doesn’t advertise, but soon, a wealthy recluse requests his help. This man fell in love long ago with a Mexican woman. When she became pregnant, she just… disappeared. All these years later, the man wants to know what happened to the woman and the child. Bosch takes the case.
20 - Two Kinds of Truth (2017)
Bosch may be retired, but he’s volunteering with the San Fernando police and helping them with their cold cases. When a young pharmacist is murdered and there are ties to prescription drug abuse, they call on Bosch. Meanwhile, someone Bosch put is prison is being released. He claims Bosch framed him, and apparently, he has evidence. After the way things ended, the LAPD isn’t too keen on helping Bosch. He has to clear his name and reputation on his own, all the while working this other case.
21 - Dark Sacred Night (2018)
One night, Bosch is going through LAPD files on a cold case. As he’s retired, he’s not really supposed to be doing this. Detective Renée Ballard catches him and makes him leave. Curious, she checks out the file he was looking at. It is the cold case of a fifteen-year-old girl who was murdered and left in a dumpster. Feeling compelled to find justice for this girl, Ballard reaches out to Bosch and they work the case together.
22 - The Night Fire (2019)
The bond between Bosch and Ballard tightens as they become a formidable investigation team looking into the murder case that obsessed Bosch’s mentor, the man who trained him.
About The Author:
Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 21, 1956. He moved to Florida with his family when he was 12 years old. Michael decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing — a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.
After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. In 1986, he and two other reporters spent several months interviewing survivors of a major airline crash. They wrote a magazine story on the crash and the survivors which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. The magazine story also moved Connelly into the upper levels of journalism, landing him a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest papers in the country, and bringing him to the city of which his literary hero, Chandler, had written.
Michael is the bestselling author of thirty-four novels and one work of non-fiction. With over seventy-four million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into forty foreign languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. His very first novel, The Black Echo, won the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. In 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in the movie adaptation of Connelly’s 1998 novel, Blood Work. In March 2011, the movie adaptation of his #1 bestselling novel, The Lincoln Lawyer, hit theaters worldwide starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. His most recent #1 New York Times bestsellers include Dark Sacred Night, Two Kinds Of Truth, The Late Show, The Wrong Side Of Goodbye, The Crossing, The Burning Room, The Gods of Guilt, and The Black Box. Michael’s crime fiction career was honored with the Diamond Dagger from the CWA in 2018.
Michael is the executive producer of Bosch, an Amazon Studios original drama series based on his bestselling character Harry Bosch, starring Titus Welliver. Bosch streams on Amazon Prime Video. He is the creator and host of the podcast Murder Book. He is also the executive producer of the documentary films, Sound Of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story and Tales of the American. He spends his time in California and Florida.
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