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Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly'An incredible writer' - Richard Osman'A superb natural storyteller' - Lee ChildWhen Harry Bosch was eleven years old, his mother was murdered and he became a ward of the state, housed in MacLaren Children's Center, a notorious facility where abuse was rampant. Decades a...

Sworn to protect a scenic island that's meant to be far from mainland evils, Detective Sergeant Stilwell feels danger closing in.Acting on a confidential tip, Detective Sergeant Stilwell and his deputies watch a plane land in the middle of the night and drop a duffel bag of drugs at a remote airstrip in the mountains. But their sting quickly goes sideways. While Stilwell chases the fleeing pick-up man, shots are fired on the runway and the plane takes off unharmed....

Thirty years of silence. A detective with nothing left to lose. Someone will do anything to keep it that way…‘Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly GriffithsRUNNING FROM HER PASTLeaving behind Sheffield, her friends and her job, a grieving DCI Matilda Darke finds solace in the wild, untamed beauty of the Lake District. But she can’t outrun her reputation.A COLD CASEPC Alison Pemberton is living ...

Renée Ballard will need Bosch and his daughter to help bring down her enemies—this is Michael Connelly at his compelling best.Renée Ballard and the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit find a DNA link to a serial killer known as the Pillowcase Rapist. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles.At the same time, Ballard's badge, gun and ID are stolen - a theft she can't report without giving her en...

Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him - new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective he had an inspiring mentor, John Jack Thompson, who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now John Jack is dead and Harry inherits a murder book...

From No. 1 bestselling author Michael Connelly: Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller is back, and he's taken on another long-shot case. The chance of winning is one in a million...Shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Best International Crime Fiction 2024Defence attorney Mickey Haller has agreed to represent a woman who is in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy, and Haller enlists his half-brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosc...

Even detectives have a dark side . . .At the end of a long, dark night detectives Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the first time.Detective Renee Ballard works the graveyard shift and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old files.The intruder is none other than retired legendary LAPD detective Harry Bosch, hunting for leads in an unsolved case that has got under his skin.Ballard escorts him out but ...

The No.1 bestseller returns with a nail-biting new PC Phil McCarthy book. If you loved When You Are Mine or are hunting for thrillers that make you think and feel, you won't want to miss this.As the daughter of a London crime boss, PC Philomena McCarthy walks a thin blue line keeping the two sides of her complicated life apart.On patrol one night she discovers a child in pyjamas, wandering alone. Taking Daisy home, Phil uncovers the aftermath of a ...

More chilling crime in the third ebook-only collection of short stories from internationally bestselling author Michael Connelly.In 'Cahoots', a backroom poker game turns deadly when a cheater is exposed. In 'Mulholland Dive', a man who deciphers the hidden codes of accident scenes investigates a fatality off L.A.'s most fabled roadway. In 'Two-Bagger', an obsessed cop tails an ex-con he believes is about to carry out a contract killing.Available in ebook o...

In this first collection of three thrilling Harry Bosch stories, Michael Connelly once again demonstrates that he is the greatest living American crime writer.In SUICIDE RUN, the apparent suicide of a beautiful young starlet turns out to be much more sinister than it seems. In CIELO AZUL, Bosch is haunted by a long-ago closed case - the murder of a teenage girl who was never identified. As her killer sits on death row, Bosch tries one last time to get the answers h...

In this fifth Bosch thriller by Michael Connelly, Harry finds all the signs of a Mafia hit, yet something is off ...THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING CRIME WRITERHarry Bosch is back in Homicide after disciplinary leave. In the wooded hills overlooking the Hollywood Bowl, he opens the trunk of a white Rolls Royce and finds a corpse. It looks like a simple case of 'trunk music' - a Mafia hit, the victim shot in his own vehicle - but the LAPD's Organized Crime Unit is cur...

No. 1 internationally bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces Detective Stilwell: a determined cop on a purgatory beat in paradise.Detective Stilwell of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department has been exiled. Once he manned a mainland homicide desk; now internal politics have relegated him to a low-key post, policing rustic Catalina Island. He's beginning to think he could get used to it.It's all business as usual in his new territory, following...