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Celebrating 25 Years of Michael Connelly

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January 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Black Echo and the first appearance of LAPD Detective Harry Bosch. To celebrate, we're giving away the ultimate Connelly prize pack that includes a copy of every single Michael Connelly book, plus the first two seasons of BOSCH on DVD.

Twenty-five years is a long time in today's fast-paced world, and the past quarter-century has seen huge technological change. Harry Bosch is no Luddite, but he knows that there's no substitute for old-fashioned, hard-yards police work.

For your chance to win this incredible prize pack, all you need to do is tell us what do you think is the greatest advance in policing and forensics of the past 25 years, and why?

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LUCKY WINNER TEENA MILLER!

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

Michael on set

About Michael Connelly

About Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 21, 1956. He moved to Florida with his family when he was 12 years old. Michael decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing - a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.

After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. In 1986, he and two other reporters spent several months interviewing survivors of a major airline crash. They wrote a magazine story on the crash and the survivors which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. The magazine story also moved Connelly into the upper levels of journalism, landing him a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest papers in the country, and bringing him to the city of which his literary hero, Chandler, had written.

Michael is the bestselling author of twenty-nine novels and one work of non-fiction. With over sixty million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into thirty-nine foreign languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. His very first novel, The Black Echo, won the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. In 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in the movie adaptation of Connelly's 1998 novel, Blood Work. In March 2011, the movie adaptation of his #1 bestselling novel, The Lincoln Lawyer, was released starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. His most recent #1 New York Times bestsellers include The Crossing, The Burning Room, The Gods of Guilt, The Black Box, and The Drop. The Wrong Side Of Goodbye is his latest Harry Bosch novel.

Michael is the executive producer of BOSCH, an Amazon Studios original drama series based on his bestselling character Harry Bosch, starring Titus Welliver. He is also the executive producer of the documentary film, Sound Of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story. He spends his time in California and Florida.

Reviews

Michael Connelly has won nearly every major award given to mystery writers, including the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (France) and Premio Bancarella Award (Italy). In 2012, The Black Box won the world's most lucrative crime fiction award, the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing worth €125,000.

PRAISE FOR MICHAEL CONNELLY'S WORK

'Connelly continues to discover new depths to his character and new stories to tell that reveal those depths in always compelling ways. Hats off one more time to a landmark crime series.'
- Booklist starred review

'This latest Bosch outing is its own accomplishment: brooding and intricate, suspenseful and sad. In short, it's another terrific Michael Connelly mystery.'
Washington Post

'Michael Connelly is the Chandler of our age... ...The Wrong Side of Goodbye only enhances Connelly's status.'
South China Morning Post

'utterly engrossing work from the reigning master of the police procedural.'
Kirkus

'Connelly's exceptional gift for crafting an intricate and fascinating procedural hasn't faded a bit. Our protagonist remains, after 19 books, one of the most intriguing creations in crime fiction, even as he faces his impending retirement. A humdinger of an ending will have readers anxiously awaiting the next book.'
Library Journal starred review

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The Books

  • The Black Echo

    The Black Echo

    The first ever Harry Bosch novel - the book that started it all.
  • The Black Ice

    The Black Ice

    Harry Bosch investigates the drug-trafficking underworlds of inner city Los Angeles and the wastelands of Mexico.
  • The Concrete Blonde

    The Concrete Blonde

    Four years ago, Harry Bosch shot the notorious serial killer The Dollmaker. Now Harry is accused of killing the wrong man.
  • The Last Coyote

    The Last Coyote

    After being put on involuntary stress leave for attacking his boss, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is drawn to investigate a 30 year old crime - his mother's murder case.
  • The Poet

    The Poet

    Michael Connelly's breakout thriller: A cunning, poet-quoting serial killer of unprecedented savagery executes one homicide cop after another.
  • Trunk Music

    Trunk Music

    The murder of a Hollywood producer has all the signs of a Mafia hit but something doesn't add up to Harry Bosch.
  • Blood Work

    Blood Work

    Terry McCaleb, one of the most effective serial-killer investigators in the history of the FBI, hunts down his heart donor's killer.
  • Angels Flight

    Angels Flight

    A lawyer is found murdered on the eve of a landmark trial at the foot of Angels Flight in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
  • Void Moon

    Void Moon

    Cassie Black is an ex-con who needs to make one more score in order to fulfill the dream that sustained her in prison.
  • A Darkness More Than Night

    A Darkness More Than Night

    Both Terry McCaleb and Harry Bosch are featured in a story that is a murder mystery, a legal thriller, and a psychological drama.
  • City of Bones

    City of Bones

    When the bones of a 12-year-old boy are found Harry is drawn into a case that brings up dark memories.
  • Chasing the Dime

    Chasing the Dime

    Would you risk your life for a woman you've never met? A thriller about a simple wrong number that opens a line into terror.
  • Lost Light

    Lost Light

    Harry Bosch rediscovers a startling unsolved murder among his old case files. He cannot rest until he finds the killer.
  • The Narrows

    The Narrows

    Private investigator Harry Bosch confronts a villain who's long been in hiding - a friend known as the Poet.
  • The Closers

    The Closers

    Harry Bosch is back with a badge. Teaming with former partner Kizmin Rider, Harry is assigned to the Open-Unsolved team.
  • The Lincoln Lawyer

    The Lincoln Lawyer

    Introducing Mickey Haller, 'The Lincoln Lawyer': a blistering tale about a cynical defence attorney whose one remaining spark of integrity may cost him his life.
  • Echo Park

    Echo Park

    Bosch reopens the hunt for a psychotic killer who stalked the streets of Los Angeles years before.
  • The Overlook

    The Overlook

    An execution on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam entangles Bosch with F.B.I. Agent Rachel Walling and Homeland Security.
  • The Brass Verdict

    The Brass Verdict

    A bullet speaks louder than words . . . Lincoln lawyer Mickey Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch are both on the case.
  • The Scarecrow

    The Scarecrow

    Crime reporter Jack McEvoy, who made his career when he broke the story of The Poet, is onto another story that will bring him face to face with evil.
  • Nine Dragons

    Nine Dragons

    From the streets of L.A. to the shimmering skyline of Hong Kong, Harry Bosch pursues the criminals who have kidnapped his daughter.
  • The Reversal

    The Reversal

    Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case.
  • The Fifth Witness

    The Fifth Witness

    Mickey Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in.
  • The Drop

    The Drop

    Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two.
  • The Black Box

    The Black Box

    Every bullet tells a story - Detective Harry Bosch searches for a killer who thinks he's been safe for twenty years.
  • The Gods of Guilt

    The Gods of Guilt

    Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case - the murder of a former client.
  • The Burning Room

    The Burning Room

    Detective Harry Bosch and his new partner investigate a recent murder where the trigger was pulled years earlier.
  • The Crossing

    The Crossing

    Can Harry Bosch defend a man accused of murder without betraying everything he believes in?
  • The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Only Harry Bosch can uncover LA's darkest secrets in the latest gripping thriller from global bestseller Michael Connelly.
  • Crime Beat

    Crime Beat

    Michael Connelly was an award-winning journalist before he became one of the leading crime writers of his generation.