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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• BENGHAZI: PROTECTING THE THRONE

  
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  by Michael Connelly As a result ofthe May 8 th House of Representatives Committee hearing on theSeptember 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya threechilling conclusions can be drawn. First, the four Americans who were killedwere abandoned by the very government they so bravely served. Days ...
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• Top Five Literary Crime Novels of All Time

  
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  Author :  Sharry Helms Crime and suspense thrillers have always been in high demand amongst fiction aficionados. These books, if well written, completely hook up the reader and prove to be a compulsive page-turner. Lately, the popularity of this genre has seen tremendous boost because of publishing of some really ...
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• “Both sides seemed properly cowed by the judge.”

  
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  The Reversal by Michael Connelly It usually was the best moment of a case. The drive downtown with a suspect handcuffed in the backseat. There was nothing better. Sure there was the eventual payoff of a conviction down the line. … Continue reading →
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