Michael Connelly, The Black Echo

Martin Kich (Wright State University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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First circulation or publication 1992

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United States (Country of Origin)

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Crime and Detective
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This novel is Connelly’s first, and it introduces Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch, the character at the center of the extended series for which Connelly has become most widely known. Bosch is a Vietnam veteran serving in the Robbery and Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). When we are introduced to him, he has already been a cop for two decades, and he has established a reputation as a relentless and skilled investigator with little patience for the public-relations concerns or political ambitions of his superiors. In fact, his career has become the subject of a feature film, and the money that he has been paid for serving as a consultant on that film has allowed him to buy a house set on pilings high in the Hollywood hills. As the novel opens, Bosch has been…

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Citation: Kich, Martin. "The Black Echo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 October 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41688, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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