
Emilie M. (
Cycle304) wrote on 4/14/2009...
I have tried and tried to get into this book but I just can't. It is boring as heck!
I am typically not a fiction reader at all. However, I happened to pick this book up, read the back, and it seemed to be quite an intriguing story.
The Closers is a story about retired LAPD Homicide Detective, Harry Bosch. After being out of the game for three years, Detective Bosch returns to the LAPD and is assigned to a cold case squad, referred to as the Opened/Unsolved Unit. There, Bosch is partnered with Kiz Rider. The pair is assigned a 17 year old case that involves the murder of a girl of mixed race, that is brought to light after DNA on the murder weapon produces a match. The rest of the story is Bosch and Rider’s fight to seek justice for the girl. The ensuing story has a decent mix of misdirection, bad luck, good detective work, and police politics.
When I began reading this book, I had no clue that it was the 11th book in a series. As a credit to the author, the book was well written and I did not feel lost, not having read any of the other books in the series. The story line dragged a bit, but it was still very enjoyable.
If you are interested in cold-cases, this is a great book to read. It may be fiction, but it was neat to read about some of the detective work behind such cases. The book was quick reading and overall was quite enjoyable.
Great novel about Bosch re-joining the Dead Case files. His first "case" with retested DNA evidence is a doosey!
This was my first Connelly novel and was I IMPRESSED! A non stop page turner - I was upset when I had to close it to work or take care of my family. I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did!
Connelly is one of the best mystery writers around today. Articulate, literate, creative, he is for me one of those who are currently holding the gold standard. He can sometimes seem unrelentingly dark, but he's never boring, and never ever stupid.
Harry Bosch comes back to the job after three years of retirement specifically to work with still open cases with his old partner Kiz. They immediately become involved with an intricate case that could explode in their faces because of the intervention of one of their bosses in stopping the investigation years ago. Evidence "lost" and possible racial problems simmering in the death of a biracial teenage beauty make this a page turner that I didn't want to put down until I finsihed. This is how mysteries should be written!
Highly recommended!
He walked away from the job three years ago. But Harry Bosch cannot resist the call to join the elite Open/Unsolved Unit. His mission: solve murders whose investigations were flawed, stalled, or abandoned to L.A.'s tides of crime. With some people openly rooting for his failure, Harry catches the case of a teenager dragged off to her death on Oat Mountain, and traces the DNA on the murder weapon to a small-time criminal. But something bigger and darker beckons, and Harry must battle to fit all the pieces together. Shaking cages and rattling ghosts, he will push the rules to the limit - and expose the kind of truth that shatters lives, ends careers, and keeps the dead whispering in the night...
He walked away from the job three years ago. But Harry Bosch cannot resist the call to join the elite Open/Unsolved Unit. His mission: solve murders whose investigations were flawed, stalled, or abandoned to L.A.'s tides of crime. With some people openly rooting for his failure, Harry catches the case of a teenager dragged off to her death on Oat Mountain, and traces the DNA on the murder weapon to a small-time criminal. But something bigger and darker beckons, and Harry must battle to fit all the pieces together. Shaking cages and rattling ghosts, he will push the rules to the limit--and expose the kind of truth that shatters lives, ends careers, and keeps the dead whispering in the night.

Vikki C. (
Vikki) wrote on 2/6/2007...
As usual an excellent book by this author. First of his cold case mystery series