title: The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde
author:  Michael Connelly 
description: Michael Connelly is the author of ten novels, including the bestselling series of Harry Bosch novels and the bestsellers Void Moon, Angels Flight, Blood Work, and The Poet. He lives in Los Angeles.
zlib_text: Synopsis:
  
  LAPD detective Hieronymous (aka Harry) Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk.
  Called out on a routine drug overdose case, Bosch soon realises that the
  victim found lying in the Mullholland Dam drainpipe is no accident case. Billy
  Meadows was a fellow “tunnel rat” in Vietnam and Harry swears to bring the
  killer to justice.
  
    
  
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  The Black Echo
  
  Michael Connelly
  
    
  
  The first book in the Harry Bosch series
  
  copyright © 1992 by Michael Connelly
  
    
    
  
   _This is for W. Michael Connelly_  
   _and Mary McEvoy Connelly_
  
    
    
    
    
  
  > PART I
  
    
  
   **SUNDAY, MAY 20**
  
    
  
  The boy couldn’t see in the dark, but he didn’t need to. Experience and long
  practice told him it was good. Nice and even. Smooth strokes, moving his whole
  arm while gently rolling his wrist. Keep the marble moving. No runs.
  Beautiful.
  
  He heard the hiss of the escaping air and could sense the roll of the marble.
  They were sensations that were comforting to him. The smell reminded him o