Title: Tragic characters and good plot make a great read.
Review: This mystery has it all for the lover of the "hard-boiled" genre. Harry Bosch is a compelling, unpredictable, intelligent, and, of course, tragic character. He makes his second appearance in The Black Ice, following his debut in The Black Echo. After reading The Black Echo, I immediately purchased The Black Ice and was not disappointed. Harry's character is "true" and multi-dimensional. The plot is complicated but not beyond belief. The other characters in the story add to the richness of the whole by giving an emotional undercurrent to the events unfolding. Michael Connelly writes police procedurals that have intelligence, tragedy and heart. The Black Ice is, in my opinion, the best of the five Harry Bosch novels, although they are all worth a read, just to keep up with Harry.
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