Book Review
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly – Surpassed every expectation.

Again, although a majority of the characters in this book were in the Prime series, it is by no means the same. The storyline is complex and engrossing.

This storyline was amazing. Just when I thought I knew who the killer was all of a sudden, there’s another person it could be.  Totally engrossing.

In this third installment of the Harry Bosch series, Michael Connelly finally introduces Honey (Money) Chandler into his cast of characters. She is the legal representative of  the widow of the man Harry killed before the first book started. That serial killer was known by the moniker The Dollmaker.

We get more background on Harry’s growing up who is father is his mother. Harry Bosch is fleshed out as a main character. We see that a relationship he had just started at the end of book two – The Black Ice – is now a full blown relationship. As with other books, the sex is either alluded to, implied or off the page. 

I cannot say enough about this storyline. I kept guessing and kept guessing and about the time I thought I had it figured out I was completely wrong. The conclusion was definitely unexpected, and for those of us who watched the series before reading the books it was both heartbreaking and astonishing.

Recommend?

I do recommend reading the Bosch books if you loved the Prime series and even if you didn’t. The intricacies and different threads have to be followed to unravel the mystery that is expertly tangled and then followed.

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