Michael Connelly - City of Bones (Extract)

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This edition published in 2015First published in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin in 2009

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Praise for Michael Connelly

‘Connelly is one of the great crime writers, a novelist who creates a fictional world so succinctly, and inhabits it so purposefully, that you are convinced it must be real. His mastery of place and character, his ease with dialogue, his control of plot gives his books a subtlety that is irresistible’

Daily Mail

‘A clever plot, full of twists, to make a first-rate legal thriller’Sunday Telegraph

‘Connelly’s fifth novel to feature roguish defence lawyer Mickey Haller is even better than last year’s The Black Box’

Mail on Sunday

‘Expect surprises and plenty of dark moments in this punchy legal drama from an ever-reliable writer’ Financial Times

‘Connelly is superb at building suspense’ Wall Street Journal

‘In the crime fiction stakes Connelly is comfortably in the upper bracket’ Daily Express

‘A clever thriller with a brilliant double twist but also a heart-felt examination of the difference between natural justice and the law’ Evening Standard

‘Connelly masterfully manages to marry an absorbing court-room drama with a tense and exciting thriller of detection’

The Times

‘While the themes of Connelly’s LA crime novels are familiar (power, envy, corruption), his plotting is anything but’ Esquire

‘A story that’s as old as the genre itself but Connelly’s skill is such that it all feels entirely fresh and vibrant, but heartbreakingly poignant too’ Irish Sunday Independent

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A former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Connelly is the author of the Harry Bosch thriller series as well as several other bestsellers, including the highly acclaimed legal thriller, The Lincoln Lawyer. Michael Connelly has been President of the Mystery Writers of America. His books have been translated into 31 languages and have won awards all over the world, including the Edgar and Anthony Awards. He lives in Tampa, Florida, with his family. Visit his website at www.michaelconnelly.com.au

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FictionThe Black EchoThe Black IceThe Concrete BlondeThe Last CoyoteThe PoetTrunk MusicBlood WorkAngels FlightVoid MoonA Darkness More Than NightCity of BonesChasing the DimeLost LightThe NarrowsThe ClosersThe Lincoln LawyerEcho ParkThe Overlook

The Brass VerdictThe ScarecrowNine DragonsThe ReversalThe Fifth WitnessThe DropThe Black BoxThe Gods of GuiltThe Burning Room

Non-fictionCrime Beat

EbooksSuicide RunAngle of InvestigationMulholland DiveThe Safe ManSwitchblade

By Michael Connelly

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