9
Dragons
Harry Bosch #14
by Michael Connelly
Harry Bosch, LAPD detective, was bored. He and his partner hadn’t had a new case for a
while. Just as his partner was about to leave early, their boss came in with a case for them.
A liquor store owner had been the victim of a robbery, and was shot in the process. No one
knew who killed the man, but John Li was dead behind the counter of his store. His wife was
there, and she was in shock. Their son, Robert Li, arrived while Bosch and a detective named
Chu were questioning the wife. Chu was there because the lady did not speak English. Chu
spoke both Mandarin and Cantonese proficiently and knew five Chinese dialects.
Bosch found out that Mrs. Li hadn’t been there when the shooting occurred. She had gone
to pick up their dinner. When she returned, she found Mr. Li dead and called her son, who in
turn called the police.
Bosch checked the surveillance system and the disc for that day had been removed. But Li
had the discs for the last two months including the week he had paid the Triad. When Bosch
discovered the identity of the man who was collecting protection money, he arrested him. That’s
when his daughter in Hong Kong was kidnapped.
9 Dragons is a well written, well-plotted story. Harry Bosch
is the epitome of police detectives. He’s scared to death, but he
does his job anyway. He goes full speed ahead, especially when his
loved ones are in danger. The other characters are fully human,
even though they commit inhumane actions. The story has a well-defined
plot and takes unexpected twists and turns. If you love mysteries,
this is a good one.
Reviews of other titles in this series
The
Last Coyote, Trunk Music,
Angels Flight, # 4, 5, 6
(Harry Bosch Vol 2) |
[book] |
A Darkness More Than Night, # 7 |
[book] [audio] |
City of Bones, # 8 |
[book]
|
Lost Light, # 9 |
[book]
[audio] |
The Narrows, # 10 |
[book]
[audio] |
The Closers, # 11 |
[book]
[audio] |
Echo Park, # 12 |
[book]
[audio] |
The Overlook, # 13 |
[book]
[audio] |
The Brass Verdict, # 14
Bosch/Haller |
[audio
] |
9 Dragons, # 15 |
[audio] |
The Reversal, # 16
Bosch/Haller |
[book] [audio] |
The Drop, # 17 |
[book] |
Murder and all That Jazz
-Bosch Short Story |
[book] |
The Black Box # 18 |
[audio] |
Angle of Investigation |
[audio] |
The Burning Room # 19 |
[book
1] [book
2] [audio] |
The
Crossing
Bosch #20/Haller #6 |
[audio] |
The
Wrong Side of Goodbye |
[audio] |
|
The Book |
Hachette
Audio |
October
13, 2009 |
Audio
book / Abridged / 5 CDs / Appx 6.5 hours |
1-60024-741-5
/ 978-1-60024-741-5 |
Mystery
/ Thriller |
More
at Amazon.com |
NOTE: Contains violence, profanity |
The Reviewer |
Jo
Rogers |
Reviewed
2009 |
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