Angels Flight (Harry Bosch)
by Michael Connelly
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Author: Michael ConnellyEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 2000-01-01
ISBN: 0446607274
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Book Review: A very dark tunnel full of twists and turns - no angels fly near Angels Flight
Summary: 4 Stars
Bosch was in a very bad place when he received the call-out. He was anxiously waiting for his wife, or at least a call from her - she had disappeared again. She was going back to the gambling and going away from him and he didn't know what to do to help her, to bring her back. Then he gets the call. It wasn't his team's turn in rotation - in fact, where he was told to go wasn't even within their jurisdiction - Angel's Flight, a short train hop up and down a steep hill, was within the RHD purview. However, it was Irvin Irving on the phone and he brooked no arguments, nor questions - he merely said to come and to bring Harry's partners.
The crime would tear the flimsy bandages L.A. had put on over the gaping wounds left by the Rodney King beating, by the O.J. Simpson trial - it would tear those flimsy bandages right off. Howard Elias - the victim - made his living by continually picking at those bandages - by suing the L.A.P.D. whenever he could, by keeping the race card constantly on the table and continually stirring the cauldron of racial strife - all so he could make enough money to keep his opulent lifestyle. It was pretty much assumed from the beginning that there was a high chance someone associated with law enforcement in L.A. had done this; however, all stones were to be kicked over. While investigating the murder, Bosch discovered that Elias had a source within the L.A.P.D. - someone highly placed who could get sensitive information to Elias - information that was not supposed to be provided, information that was supposed to be kept confidential. He also discovered that this source had, right before the killing, suddenly decided to stop providing information.
Filled with the blood of the innocent - and not-so-innocent - this book was dark and disturbing to read. And I really, really enjoyed it. This sort of story is why Connelly has been such a success over the years; he can write some great noir fiction. If you are a fan of noir, Bosch, or Connelly, be sure not to miss this installment of the series.
Summary of Angels Flight (Harry Bosch)
Michael Connelly, whose novel The Poet won the 1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery, is already recognized as one of the smartest and most vivid scribes of the hard-boiled police procedural. Now, with his much-anticipated sixth Harry Bosch novel, Angels Flight, Connelly offers one of the finest pieces of mystery writing to appear in 1998. Bosch is awakened in the middle of the night and, out of rotation, he is assigned to the murder investigation of the high-profile African American attorney Howard Elias. When Bosch arrives at the scene, it seems that almost the entire LAPD is present, including the IAD (the Internal Affairs Division). Elias, who made a career out of suing the police, was sadistically gunned down on the Angels Flight tram just as he was beginning a case that would have struck the core of the department; not surprisingly, L.A.'s men and women in blue become the center of the investigation. Haunted by the ghost of the L.A. riots, plagued by incessant media attention, and facing turmoil at home, Bosch suddenly finds himself questioning friends and associates while working side by side with some longtime enemies.Angels Flight is a detective's nightmare scenario and is disturbingly relevant to the racially tense last decade of the 20th century. Amidst the twists and turns of his complex narrative, Connelly affirms his rightful place among the masters of contemporary mystery fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley
Michael Connelly, whose novel The Poet won the 1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery, is already recognized as one of the smartest and most vivid scribes of the hard-boiled police procedural. Now, with his much-anticipated sixth Harry Bosch novel, Angels Flight, Connelly offers one of the finest pieces of mystery writing to appear in 1998. Bosch is awakened in the middle of the night and, out of rotation, he is assigned to the murder investigation of the high-profile African American attorney Howard Elias.When Bosch arrives at the scene, it seems that almost the entire LAPD is present, including the IAD (the Internal Affairs Division). Elias, who made a career out of suing the police, was sadistically gunned down on the Angels Flight tram just as he was beginning a case that would have struck the core of the department; not surprisingly, L.A.'s men and women in blue become the center of the investigation.Haunted by the ghost of the L.A. riots, plagued by incessant media attention, and facing turmoil at home, Bosch suddenly finds himself questioning friends and associates while working side by side with some longtime enemies. Angels Flight is a detective's nightmare scenario and is disturbingly relevant to the racially tense last decade of the 20th century. Amidst the twists and turns of his complex narrative, Connelly affirms his rightful place among the masters of contemporary mystery fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley
The man most hated by the LAPD--a black lawyer who has made his name by bringing lawsuits alleging racism and brutality by police officers--has been found murdered on the eve of a high-profile trial. The list of suspects includes half the police force. And Harry Bosch is the detective chosen to head the investigation The political dangers of the case are huge. If it's not investigated fairly, the public outcry could make the Rodney King riots look tame. But a full investigation will take Bosch into the ugliest corners of law enforcement. To make matters worse, Bosch's wife Elizabeth has disappeared overnight. Bosch fears she has left him--or succumbed further to her gambling addiction. He's not sure which is worse. Angels Flight reads in a white heat. It continues to up the ante of the series that is "raising the hard-boiled detective novel to a new level . . . adding substance and depth to modern crime fiction." (Boston Globe)
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