Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is a best-selling American mystery writer who started his career as a journalist and once worked the crime beat for the Los Angeles Times. His novel The Black Echo, published in 1992, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and introduced Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, a character who has appeared in many other Connelly novels.

He has written has also written stand-alone books, including Blood Work, which was turned into a Clint Eastwood movie in 2002, and books that mix series, such as the 2008's The Brass Verdict, which featured Bosch and defense lawyer Mickey Haller, first introduced in 2005 in The Lincoln Lawyer.

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• Bestsellers this week

  
  Boomerang Blog — Authority: 131
  Fantasy fans will be happy that Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s The Gathering Storm has reached number one in the Highest New Entries and number three in the Bestseller charts this week. Stephanie Meyer’s Eclipse (Red-Edged) edition has slipped to number nine. Matthew Reilly’s The Five ...
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• Chungking Mansion, Ani Ashakian was last seen

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 444
  Ani Ashekian was last seen November 10, 2008 in Chungking Mansions areaChungking Mansions is a building located at 36-44 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The building is well known as nearly the cheapest accommodation in Hong Kong. Though the building is supposedly residential, it is made up of many ...
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• Case Of Ani Ashekian harder to solve

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 444
  Michael Connelly came across the Ani Ashekian (a Canadian tourist who went missing shortly after she arrived in the cit y) case while researching “Nine Dragons,” which is #3 on this week’s New York Times Bestsellers list. – The saying goes that life imitates art. But that’s the last thing you want when you ...
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• Keith interviews Michael Connelly!

  
  Cormac Writes — Authority: 124
  Keith "Rawdog" Rawson interviewed Michael Connelly over at BSC Review! And please, ignore that disrespectful idiot who wouldnt honor Michael Connelly or the video camera, and kept taping and wrapping packages! May you get a particularly painful paper cut that becomes mildly infected!
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• IFOA

  
  Dani Couture — Authority: 108
  Allo, allo! I’ll be hopping on the Yonge subway line several times in October to read and sit on a panel at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) in Toronto. Oh, won’t you pull out your Metropass and join us? Peep Night — IFOA Friday, October 23, 200910:00pmBrigantine Room235 Queens Quay WestThe internet ...
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• Bouchercon Diary - Day Two

  
  Jen's Book Thoughts — Authority: 124
  Alrighty, lets return to the Bouchercon recap! Friday, Day 1 (for me), was outstanding. How did Saturday have a chance? mmm.... I got up a little on the early side, took care of the bothersome necessities (shower, dressing, etc). Then I wandered out to find some tea and the first panel I was going to attend. I went ...
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• Review: Nine Dragons

  
  Bermudaonion's Weblog — Authority: 472
  John Li, the owner of Fortune Liquors, has been murdered and Harry Bosch and his partner, Ignacio Ferras, have been assigned the case.  When they get to the scene of the crime, they discover that Li’s wife doesn’t speak English, so they call in David Chu, a detective from the Asian Gang Unit for help.  They ...
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• Bouchercon Diary - Day One

  
  Jen's Book Thoughts — Authority: 124
  I hemmed and hawed about how I wanted to set up my recap of Bouchercon, and I decided to do this by day. Then at the end, Im going to show some pictures of the scrapbook. Naomi asked what it looks like now, and I promised Jason Pinter I would put some pictures up so everyone could see. For those who do not know. I ...
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• Book: Nine Dragons

  
  What Gift? — Authority: 133
  Book: Nine Dragons An investigation into a cold-blooded murder introduces Detective Harry Bosch to a Chinese underworld lurking in the dark recesses of the City of Angels. Its tentacles are far reaching, yet it remains shrouded in secrecy due to time-honored cultural traditions that keep the exploited from ...
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• Top 10 Things I Learned at Bouchercon

  
  Jen's Book Thoughts — Authority: 124
  O.k., I have so much to share with you all about Bouchercon. There arent enough adjectives to describe the extent of amazing-ness. There WILL be other Bouchercons for me, but this one will always hold a very special honor in my memories. So, anyway, Im going to start out with a quick little fun post before I load you ...
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• Nine Dragons

  
  Cheryl's Book Nook — Authority: 500
  I want to thank Miriam with Hachette for sending me a copy of this book to review. My review: Detective Harry Bosch is back but this time the case is personal. Detective Bosch and his partner, Ignacio Ferras respond to a shooting at Fortune Liquors. A place that Harry knows very well. For many years Harry ...
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• Book Tour and Review: 9 Dragons

  
  Rundpinne — Authority: 136
  Title: 9 Dragons Author: Michael Connelly Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: October 12, 2009 Hardcover: 374 pages ISBN: 9780316166317 Genre: Suspense/Thriller From the Publishers Website : LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of ...
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• Book Tour and Review: 9 Dragons

  
  Rundpinne — Authority: 136
  Title: 9 Dragons Author: Michael Connelly Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: October 12, 2009 Hardcover: 374 pages ISBN: 9780316166317 Genre: Suspense/Thriller From the Publishers Website : LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of ...
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• Death is my beat, and lets hope it stays that way

  
  The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers — Authority: 421
  By David HeinzmannIt’s been a rough few years in the newspaper business and it feels like the waters won’t be smoothing out any time soon. Next week we’re expecting to see new circulation numbers across the industry that reflect a further slide in the number of people buying the paper.As everybody knows, ...
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• Tour & Giveaway: 183. Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly...

  
  drey's library — Authority: 427
  About the book: LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life. Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the stores owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Lis family that ...
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• Tommy Lee Jones to Direct The Lincoln Lawyer

  
  Cinematical — Authority: 754
  I dont think theres enough Tommy Lee Jones on cinema screens, and Im not alone in hoping hed jump right back behind the camera again after his 2005 debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada . But it looks like hes going back behind the camera, as Variety reports that hes in talks to direct and costar in ...
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• #10: Nine Dragons

  
  SuperSave Price.com — Authority: 164
  Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (Author) (36) Release Date: October 13, 2009 Buy new: $27.99 $16.37 24 used & new from $14.99 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Hot New Releases in Books list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.) See original here: #10: Nine Dragons
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• Tommy Lee Jones in talks to Helm and co-star in THE LINCOLN LAWYER

  
  GeekTyrant — Authority: 606
  Some more Southern-drawl may be joining  Matthew McConaughey in Lakeshore’s feature adaptation of  The Lincoln Lawyer .  Tommy Lee Jones is in negotiations to helm and co-star in the adaptation of  Michael Connelly’s 2005  best-seller, with John Romano penning the screenplay. The Lincoln Lawyer ...
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• Tommy Lee Jones To Direct THE LINCOLN LAWYER Starring McConaughey

  
  Rama's Screen — Authority: 154
  The great Tommy Lee Jones is ready to go behind the camera once again, I thought The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada was a great work but maybe this next gig would help him prove to others that he’s an actor turned director that deserves to be recognized. According to Riskybizblog , Jones is set to direct ...
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• Nine Dragons-Teaser Tuesdays

  
  Rundpinne — Authority: 136
  Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t ...
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