City of Bones (Connelly novel): Difference between revisions

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'''''City of Bones''''' is the twelfth novel by American crime author [[Michael Connelly]], and the eighth featuring the Los Angeles detective [[Harry Bosch|Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch]]. ItPublished in 2002, it was named a Notable Book of the Year by the ''New York Times''.<ref>[{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelconnelly.com/Biography/biography.html |title=Michael Connelly's Biography |website=www.]michaelconnelly.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101090628/http://www.michaelconnelly.com/Biography/biography.html |archive-date=1 January 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On New Year’sYear's Day, a dog digs up a bone in [[Laurel Canyon outside of]], Los Angeles. The dog’sdog's owner, a doctor, recognizes the bone as human and calls it in to the police. Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch takes on the case together with his colleague Jerry Edgar and after investigating the matter further, a shallow grave containing the bones of a child, is discovered. Bosch can’tcan't let go of the case, a case that brings back memories from his own childhood,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://januarymagazine.com/crfiction/cityofbones.html|title=Haunted Harry|author=Tom Nolan|date=April 2002|website=January Magazine|access-date=September 30, 2023}}</ref> and starts an investigation. The only clue that he has to go on is the skateboard found during a search at a suspect's house. The body turns out to have been a 12-year -old boy that has been buried 20 years earlier. To solve the murder, Bosch has to dig through records of cases involving disappearances and runaways dating far back in time. In order to try to solve the crime, Bosch has to chase down possible witnesses and suspects from near and far. After 20Twenty years timeafter the murder, a lot of the details once remembered about the disappearance of the boy are blurred and leadsleave Bosch fumbling. inEven thethough dark.Bosch Athas thebeen samewarned not timeto fall for a rookie, when a female rookie named Julia Brasher joins the department., Evenhe though Bosch has been warned not to fall forbegins a rookie,relationship hewith does andher thiswhich leads to further complications, both insidepersonal and outsideprofessional of the investigationcomplications.

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