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  • Echo Park: Harry Bosch Series, Book 12

  • Written by: Michael Connelly
  • Narrated by: Len Cariou
  • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)

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Echo Park: Harry Bosch Series, Book 12

Written by: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Len Cariou
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Publisher's Summary

In 1993, Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the 22-year-old was never found. Now, more than a decade later, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the district attorney. A man accused of two heinous murders is willing to come clean about several others, including the killing of Marie Gesto. 

Taking the confession of the man he has sought and hated for 13 years is bad enough. Discovering that he missed a clue back in 1993 that could have stopped nine other murders may just be the straw that breaks Harry Bosch.

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What the critics say

"Superior crime fiction, as suspenseful as it is psychologically acute." (Booklist

"Smooth prose and plausible characters, even the secondary figures, elevate this several notches above the standard cop vs. serial-killer thriller." (Publishers Weekly

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  • Joel
  • 2006-11-05

Another excellent Connelly novel.

For an audio book to be enjoyable and worth the read there must be two components. First the story must be well written and the plot engaging. Second it must be well read. In Echo Park both components are excellent. Both the dialog and the characterization of Bosch are well maintained throughout the book. It is as good as any of his other books, which I have either read or listened to all of his books.

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  • Deborah
  • 2006-11-19

Connelly is the best of the best

There is nobody, and I mean nobody who writes this genre better than Connelly. He doesn't muck up Bosch's life with unrealistic actions or relationships. I thought he was coming too close to it with Walling, but thankfully he let Bosch be who he really is...a flawed man, an honorable yet somewhat unhonorable cop, and a great detective. I was glad it was nearly pure storyline, without the ex-wife and daughter present as well. I don't want to see Connelly take Bosch down the Lucas Davenport route.

The story is one that at the beginning just eats at a mother (me) - a child killed and the killer never found. One could absorb the frustration Bosch had felt throughout the long years of the investigation. The emotional tragedy he felt. It was compelling.

Connelly is the best of anyone at capturing the essence of personalities of the different policemen who deal with Harry. Nakamura was a photograph to me by the time Connelly gets through with him. All the characters are sparingly, yet very effectively drawn. I love that about Connelly.

This is a really, really, really good book. I would have given it 4-1/2 stars because I found the lead-up to the end just a tad overdone and a bit unbelievable maybe (the restroom scene), but I was fascinated with this book the entire time I was listening.

I can't wait to meet Bosch again.

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  • Lisa
  • 2006-10-15

Echo Park

This book was well worth the wait, it has all of the best of Harry Bosch. This had twists and turns that were completely unexpected and kept you on the edge until the last minute. I love all of Michael Connelly's books and this was just as close to perfect as they come. Harry is a great, flawed character that is so real you believe everything that happens to him and end up wishing for more.

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  • Chip Atkinson
  • 2011-01-03

Just a Great Detective Novel

You will never regret listening to one of Connelly's Harry Bosch novels. The story is great, Bosch is one of the great modern detective characters I've ever encountered.

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  • rvwilder
  • 2006-10-19

Very disappointing

Usually Connelly's novels are a cut above the crime thriller genre, but this one falls terribly short. Yes, the plot is interesting, but the bravado and unrealistic antics of the cop hero really get tiresome. Too much tough talk and weak characterization add up to a flimsy work. The romantic angle, especially the narrator's annoying personification of Bosch's lover, is absolutely dreadful. It's hard to believe that the same author wrote the Lincoln Lawyer. It seems that he is now into the mode of "churning out" titles, and poor ones at that.

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  • sjames
  • 2006-10-14

horrible

I am almost 2 hours into this book and it is sooo slow and boring. I usually like Michael Connelly, but this one goes nowhere for the first 2 hours, there is no action, just a lot of slow talking. I will continue to listen, I hope that it picks up, but I am tempted to give up. In all fairness, I am only 2 hours into a 10 hour book, so it may pick up, but if you like your books to get right into the action, it does not happen here.

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  • Kindle Customer
  • 2008-12-12

Read the book instead...

It was difficult for me to get interested in this one, because the narration was awful!

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  • Lia
  • 2009-11-26

Excellent listen

This is my 5th or 6th Michael Connelly book. I love the stories: they are intriguing and tense, and keep the listeners interest. I enjoyed the narration and the book very much

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  • gabiv3
  • 2019-02-28

Love this book, love the series but...

Normally I like this narrator, Cariou, but he sounds like he has a cold. Its distracting.

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  • Jeff
  • 2007-03-26

Dull

I'm almost halfway through this book and I am bored with it. The narrator is just plain dull. The plot is o.k. but horribly told. Wish I could trade my credit in for another book.

5 people found this helpful