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The Closers

Michael Connelly

After three years as a PI, Harry Bosch returns to the LAPD...
A superb page-turner of a novel from the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER.

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Three years after leaving the LAPD, Harry is back, working with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider.

Harry and Kiz are assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit. These
detectives are the Closers; they put a shovel in the dirt and turn over the
past. Harry and Kiz are immediately thrown into a politically sensitive
and dangerous case when a DNA match connects a white supremacist
to the 1988 murder of a mixed race 16-year-old girl. As he navigates
the case, Harry finds a police department far different from the one he
left three years earlier. A new Chief has been brought over from New
York to change the bad old culture of corruption - or that's the theory.

But one thing hasn't changed - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtually
meaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a 'retread'.
He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry will
make a mistake ...

'The Closers is more than just a terrific mystery that slowly builds into a breathless race against time, twisting and turning to the very last page. It is a fascinating portrait of a city ... It also highlights, with great sensitivity. 'the toll of violence over time'. However, as usual, hardbitten Harry [Bosch] is the main attraction. He's exactly the kind of cop you'd want to investigate your own murder.'

Mark Sanderson

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