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Angels Flight (Detective Harry Bosch Mysteries) :: 0446607274
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| Michael Connelly, whose novel The Poet won the 1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery, is already recognized as one of the smartest and most vivid scribes of the hard-boiled police procedural. Now, with his much-anticipated sixth Harry Bosch novel, Angels Flight, Connelly offers one of the finest pieces of mystery writing to appear in 1998. Bosch is awakened in the middle of the night and, out of rotation, he is assigned to the murder investigation of the high-profile African American attorney Howard Elias. When Bosch arrives at the scene, it seems that almost the entire LAPD is present, including the IAD (the Internal Affairs Division). Elias, who made a career out of suing the police, was sadistically gunned down on the Angels Flight tram just as he was beginning a case that would have struck the core of the department; not surprisingly, L.A.'s men and women in blue become the center of the investigation. Haunted by the ghost of the L.A. riots, plagued by incessant media attention, and facing turmoil at home, Bosch suddenly finds himself questioning friends and associates while working side by side with some longtime enemies. Angels Flight is a detective's nightmare scenario and is disturbingly relevant to the racially tense last decade of the 20th century. Amidst the twists and turns of his complex narrative, Connelly affirms his rightful place among the masters of contemporary mystery fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
In the realm of mystery writers, with or without Harry Bosch, his detective, Michael Connelly is unsurpassed. This plot has a political slant to it, and is another page-turner!
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Author: Guest
In the post-Rodney King and OJ era, race is a huge factor in the affairs of the LAPD. When a vociferous police critic, black lawyer Howard Elias, is gunned down on an LA trolley, the Angel's Flight, racial tensions come to the fore. Detective Harry Bosch knows that damage control is a top priority when he is assigned to the case with his two black partners, Rider and Edgar. But his actions are constrained by the IAD and the FBI being assigned to the case, with Asst Chief Irving being apprised of every move.
Since Elias' current case involved police brutality, it is widely assumed that a cop gunned down the attorney. Bosch has to walk a tightrope in avoiding a rush to judgment and following the trail left by Elias. From a series of anonymous letters, the situation in which Bosch finds himself veers in the direction of pedophilia as the cause of a young girl's death, with ramifications for Elias.
The book moves slowly at first, with much time devoted to getting warrants and searching offices, apartments, etc. In the midst of all of this, Bosch's new wife (see Trunk Music), Eleanor, decides that she prefers a world of gambling to that of a policeman's wife. Justice is finally served, with deserved high costs to a leading LA family and not-deserved costs to a cop's family.
Bosch is his usual skeptical self, daring to question assumptions and superficialities. He is able to obtain a measure of justice for the community, while his personal affairs unravel. Another good Connelly book, but not the best.
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Author: Guest
I downloaded this detective procedural in electronic format and read it on my Palm during my commute to work. Better than the usual, routine story about a murder, this novel focuses on the tensions between the LAPD and the people of Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney King incident. It's an entertaining read with substance, as the plot touches on the racial biases and political issues that play an often unacknowledged role in law enforcement in a contemporary urban environment.
I've found e-books to be economical, as they are often priced several dollars less than a mass market paperback, and they can be easily moved to an external storage device after I'm done reading them on my handheld. And since I have to carry my Palm around with me everyday in order to access my calendar and contacts files, an electronic book eliminates the need to carry printed reading material, and thus reduces the weight in my shoulder bag.
Michael Connelly's books are particularly appropriate for the handheld medium because they are plot-driven page-turners that don't require me to check footnotes or an index. I'm not sure I'd be equally enthusiastic about using the electronic format for a text book or research report.
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Author: Guest
Published in 1998/99, this is Connelly's sixth Harry Bosch story; by now he has twice that many novels, not all in the Bosch set. "Flight" is another fine entry starring the intellectual, somewhat reclusive LAPD homicide detective, although in this one Bosch is still married to (gambling addict) Eleanor, the cause of much anxiety as a sub-plot to this tough yarn. Things get rolling when Bosch is called out late at night -- out of turn and out of territory -- when a black lawyer specializing in suing the LAPD turns up dead on an inclined railway just days before a high profile case against the cops goes to court. Various police brass and Internal Affairs are at the scene, and all are worried about another round of Rodney King-type riots. As the teams pursue various issues, the complex plot shifts from one suspect to another, most of whom are fellow men in blue; but Bosch doggedly chases all the clues despite the chiefs wanting this one over and done fast, with Bosch's ex-pard Sheehan on a platter as the bad guy. The role of a pedophile web site and a young girl's wealthy parents add dark tension to matters as well. In several twists near the incredibly suspenseful ending, the blame shifts back and forth among perps as fast as one can keep the pages turning! And the final ironic dispensation of justice is just that.
We've read enough of Connelly's work now to rate him very highly in this genre. He crafts terrific, complicated, and intriguing plots that are difficult to scope out till quite near the very end. While his leading men and ladies are hardly perfect, we soon care about them; we feel their pain and frustration with not only the quirks of the case at hand, but even just the same life stuff with which we readers have to contend! His fan base only grows side by side with his booklist. Enjoy!
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Author: Guest
The murder of the famous lawyer Howard Elias leaves Harry Borsh in the middle of a political mess. Elias was the lawyer who was going after the RHD cops for assault of his client. But, a day prior to the hearing, Elias is found dead with a woman. Immediately, the cops are the centre of attention. Since, Elias was black, hell break lose on the cops as it becomes more of a racial tragedy than a homicide.
Harry has been assigned to the case with his team. Now, harry is given IAD officials to help out the case. But, whom should harry trust ?? I could sense of tension building in the book. Micheal connelly has written an excellent one.
Digging deeper into Elias leads to the door of another murder and harry is left wondering about the connection between the two murders. The second murder is of a girl of a Car Czar. But, mysterious notes from Elias office leads harry to a different motives of murder and he sense what is connecting both the murders.
This was the first book my micheal connelly that I have read. I must say this is by far the best I have read in recent times. It has everything that you expect in a book.
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