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The Night Fire

A Harry Bosch Novel

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The Night Fire

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver
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SOME CRIMES LIGHT A FIRE THAT NEVER GOES OUT...

'One of the most eagerly awaited books of the year.'
The i newspaper, Best Crime Books for 2019

'There's something for everyone in this jam-packed plot'
New York Times

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A JUDGE MURDERED IN A CITY PARK
Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, defends the man accused.

A HOMELESS PERSON BURNED ALIVE
Detective Renée Ballard catches the case on the LAPD's notorious graveyard shift.

AN UNSOLVED HOMICIDE FROM A LIFETIME AGO
Harry Bosch is left a missing case file by his mentor who passed away. He was the man who taught Bosch that everybody counts, or nobody counts. Why did he keep the case all these years? To find the truth - or bury it?

IN L.A. CRIME NEVER SLEEPS
But in Ballard, Bosch and Haller: the fire always burns. Will it light the way - or leave their lives in ashes?

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CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY.

'One of the world's greatest crime writers' Daily Mail

'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' Ian Rankin

'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian

'A superb natural storyteller' Lee Child

'A master' Stephen King

'A genius' Independent on Sunday

'A terrific writer with pace, style and humanity to spare' The Times

'America's greatest living crime writer' Daily Express

'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction' Sunday Telegraph

'Justly regarded as one of the world's finest crime writers' Mail On Sunday

'No one writes a better modern thriller than Connelly' Evening Standard Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Law Detective
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The Night Fire is further proof of Connelly's undimmed creativity. Juggling a characteristically crowded storyline, Connelly demonstrates once again why he is held in such esteem
Taut cop thriller
Advanced and interwoven with characteristic meticulous craft
Michael Connelly is the greatest American crime writer of his generation. The tension builds from the first page. Past and present collide as three cases ricochet off each other in surprising ways
A cracker of a thriller, packed with surprising twists and turns, and seamlessly bringing together all of Michael Connelly's compelling lead characters, allowing each to shine in their own particular way.
Connelly has few equals as a thriller writer and it speaks volumes for the world he has created for Harry Bosch [...] The Night Fire is masterfully structured and a dizzying array of plot lines dovetail in a hugely enjoyable and satisfying series of finales.
One of the greatest crime writers roars back with a superb story [...] and never once draws breath.
Michael Connelly is at the top of his game in The Night Fire [...] complexity and compassion combine in a humdinger of a thriller.
Hugely enjoyable read.
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Connelly never fails to deliver. To me he is a most consistent author and all he writes is 5 stars. This book is just another of his brilliant story telling ability. Bosch is a character that I had warmed to, embraced, and rallied for - I have as a Bosch fan always dreaded the inevitable loss of Harry one day. Ballard has big shoes to fill, but once again Connolly is working his literary genius and she is becoming all I admired in Bosch and more. I love their flaws, humanity, tortured pasts and imperfect characters. I very much look forward to every release and devour them in one to two days. That is the followed by lamenting having to wait another year for the next book. I simply do not believe he can write a lacklustre or disappointing book.

Brilliant

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Bosh, continues to become a larger part of my life as he and I enter retirement. This partnership with Bollard is a perfect way for the author to cover police work not normally covered by male officers and yet a way for two like minded individuals to collaborate and thrive against an imperfect system.
The pace of this story & the collaboration between the two lead characters against a background of topical and realistic storytelling is exceptional.

Connelly only gets better

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Harry Bosch books are easy to read with interestingly woven stories. This is one of the better ones and it’s beautifully enhanced by the narration which brings it to life. Well worth a read.

A great read

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Got through this in one day. Loved it. I’m moving on to the next one immediately

Fantastic

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I found the variation in volume between narrators a bit distracting needing to be adjusted.... otherwise it was good

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