Like all the other books in Bosch series I've read, The Black Box is a nice quick read that doesn't require too much thinking and delivers a fairly straightforward police procedural. This time Harry Bosch is working a cold case from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. My main qualm with the book is that in comparison to the other books the stakes here are pretty low... and most of the personal trouble for Harry involves a rather tame Internal Affairs investigation. Connelly's/Bosch's style doesn't quite suit what is needed to make a cold case investigation that compelling. Overall it was totally lacking in action up until the last fifty pages or so. It isn't a bad book but I'd recommend any other book in the series I've read over it. C+
Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Black Box by Michael Connelly
Like all the other books in Bosch series I've read, The Black Box is a nice quick read that doesn't require too much thinking and delivers a fairly straightforward police procedural. This time Harry Bosch is working a cold case from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. My main qualm with the book is that in comparison to the other books the stakes here are pretty low... and most of the personal trouble for Harry involves a rather tame Internal Affairs investigation. Connelly's/Bosch's style doesn't quite suit what is needed to make a cold case investigation that compelling. Overall it was totally lacking in action up until the last fifty pages or so. It isn't a bad book but I'd recommend any other book in the series I've read over it. C+
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