The Night Fire - Michael Connelly

The Night Fire

By Michael Connelly

  • Release Date: 2019-10-22
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 4,426 Ratings

Description

A FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
A CrimeReads Best Crime Novel Notable selection
Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renée Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him---new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, and his widow gives Bosch a murder book, one that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD twenty years before -- the unsolved killing of a troubled young man.

Bosch takes the murder book to Detective Renée Ballard and asks her to help him discover what about this crime lit Thompson's fire all those years ago. As she begins her inqueries -- while still working her own cases on the midnight shift -- Ballad finds aspects of the initial investigation that just don't add up.

The bond between Bosch and Ballard tightens as they become a formidable investigation team. And they soon arrive at a disturbing question: Did Thompson steal the murder book to work the case in retirement, or to make sure it never got solved?
Written with the intense pacing and masterful suspense that have made Michael Connelly "the hard-boiled fiction master of our time" (NPR), The Night Fire continues the unofficial partnership of two fierce detectives determined not to let the fire with burn out.

Reviews

  • Another Great Read

    5
    By PJoesco
    Truly enjoyable. Hard to put down. When you think you have it figured out, its like curveball coming.
  • Outstanding

    5
    By Scott_A_Miller
    5 Stars. Really enjoying the Ballard books. I really need to get further into the early Bosch stuff. I think I’m only 5 or 6 in. Connelly is outstanding. I loved the way he wove the stories together for this one. Both were great mysteries. I have a lot of catching up to do with his catalog.
  • HELP Needed AUDIO

    5
    By sdg763
    I thought I ordered an audio book. I can’t read the written word anymore. Please credit my account.
  • The Night Fire

    4
    By olddue1
    Very entertaining murder mystery with plenty of twists and turns. Lots of unlikely scenarios but still fun. Readers will enjoy I.
  • Nails

    5
    By Bobmandoo
    Won’t have to trim them for a while.
  • Wowww …

    5
    By eagleye88
    Recommended !
  • Too much scatalogical language

    1
    By C,Editor
    F’ing and blinding for the vocabulary impaired- the writing otherwise is great. What a shame!
  • What a ride . . twists & turns on every page!

    5
    By frenchy0674
    Enjoyable crime fiction . . couldn’t put it down!
  • Best of the series so far

    3
    By Madiluc
    Although not the best of his books it was the best of this series a little to contrite.
  • The Night Fire

    5
    By harveystl
    Connelly is simply the best!