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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780446401302
From Publishers Weekly
Starred
Review. Bestseller Connelly’s dazzling 13th Harry Bosch novel
(after 2006’s Echo Park) reunites Bosch with his former
flame, FBI agent Rachel Walling. Bosch must break in a new partner,
rookie Iggy Ferras, when they’re called to look into the execution
of physicist Stanley Kent on a Mulholland Drive overlook. When a
special FBI unit, headed by Walling, arrives and tries to usurp his
case, claiming it’s a matter of national security, Bosch refuses to
back down. Walling’s focus on the potential theft of radioactive
material from the hospital where Kent was lending his expertise to
cancer treatment and her unwillingness to share information only
make Bosch more determined to solve the case. This is a quick read,
almost half the length of Connelly’s previous novels, but he spares
no punches when it comes to complexity and suspense. The scramble
to investigate threats to national security, justified or
otherwise, is a timely subject and one on which Connelly puts a
brilliant new spin. (May 22)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. –This text refers to the
edition.
From
Michael Connelly originally published The Overlook as a
serialized novella in the New York Times Magazine; the 16
sections contained 3,000 words each. Although expanded to novel
form, The Overlook weighs in as a good, if slim (and
perhaps, as a few critics claim, slight), addition to the Harry
Bosch series. For the most part, the novel succeeds in maintaining
Connelly’s trademark fast-paced action, plot twists, suspense, and
spare, humorous writing-all over the course of 12 hours. Some
reviewers cited tired characters, dull romance, a bizarre time
frame, and plotting missteps, but for followers of Harry Bosch,
The Overlook is a worthy addition.
Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.
–This text refers to the
edition.
In his first case since he left the LAPD’s Open Unsolved Unit
for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch is called
out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for
national security. A doctor with access to a dangerous radioactive
substance is found murdered in the trunk of his car. Retracing his
steps, Harry learns that a large quantity of radioactive cesium was
stolen shortly before the doctor’s death. With the cesium in
unknown hands, Harry fears the murder could be part of a terrorist
plot to poison a major American city.
Soon, Bosch is in a race against time, not only against the
culprits, but also against the Department of Homeland Security and
the FBI (in the form of Harry’s one-time lover Rachel Walling), who
are convinced that this case is too important for the likes of the
LAPD. It is Bosch’s job to prove all of them wrong.
From AudioFile
By now, most listeners
will agree that Len Cariou IS Harry Bosch. Cariou took over about
five novels back and has made his own mark with the Connelly books.
The only negative fans may voice about Connellys latest is that its
very short–about half the usual length. Thats probably because it
started out as a New York Times serialized novel (16 weeks) and was
expanded for hardcover and audio publication. In it, Bosch
investigates the murder of a doctor and the disappearance of some
radioactive cesium. Naturally, Bosch and the FBI lock horns. The
case also brings back Boschs lost love, Agent Rachel Walling.
Cariou handles all his characters with aplomb, and Bosch with the
gruff preciseness listeners have come to expect. A.L.H. AudioFile
Best Audiobook of 2007 © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine–
Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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