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The Overlook

Author: Michael Connelly
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

52 reviews
Sales Rank: 13997

Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 3.9 x 1

ISBN: 0446401307
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446401302
ASIN: 0446401307

Publication Date: January 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

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Customer Reviews: Read 47 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

Don't Bother just wait June 28, 2008
It is unlikely Connelly will ever write a "Bosch" book this sloppily again on that basis I will buy his next one , I've bought all the others .Unless you are a hardcore fan and want to say you've read them all avoid this . It reads like James Patterson writing by numbers and is predictable .

2 out of 5 stars

Very disappointing... June 17, 2008
Too short, too rushed and too predictable - I guessed the "perp" straightaway. This story should have remained a newspaper serialisation and not found its way onto bookshelves. I love Michael Connelly's books normally - let's hope he gets back up to speed soon!

4 out of 5 stars

Find the cesium by solving a murder May 15, 2008
A radiotherapist is shot to death on an overlook near his home. It looks like another "ordinary" homicide until it is discovered that right before his death he stole 26 ampoules of radioactive cesium from one of the hospitals where he worked. The cesium would be exchanged against his wife, who is kidnapped. All lights start flashing at the FBI, especially when a witness thinks he might have heard someone calling "Allah" at the moment of the shot. Harry Bosch is not only up against a murderer, but also against special terrorism units from both the FBI and his own LAPD. His mission is to find that killer, which he is sure will lead to the cesium, the mission of the terrorism units is to find the cesium, forget about the killer. In the end both are a little bit right and the solution is much more mundane, but also more sad, than one would initially expect.

Another one in the Harry Bosch series with Harry having yet another partner, but teaming up with the FBI agent Rachel Walling that we already met in previous books. Not the most nerve-wracking book of the series, but a solid piece of detective writing again.

3 out of 5 stars

It'll keep me going for a Bosch fix, but not to his usual standard March 28, 2008
I'm a huge Connelly fan, and was delighted that this was released in paperback in time for me to bring it on holiday. I read it within 24 hours, and it was fine - but fine isn't what I expect of Michael Connelly. I was glad to get the Harry Bosch fix, but this was really easy to figure out, and for once didn't have me on the edge of my seat (or sun lounger). The only thing worth remembering from this book is that Bosch is older - in my mind he seems a lot older than in the last book...
Well, for the die-hards, you've probably bought it already - for those who have heard wonderful things about Connelly - don't buy this book unless you're very stuck! And try to start with the first ones he wrote!

2 out of 5 stars

Rip off for the price March 8, 2008
I love HB and some of MC's other novels esp The Poet.

Like other fan reviewers here and elsewhere I can only add my disapointment and feeling of being ripped off. I didn't know there was a new HB book out until a week ago so I spent a voucher to get this. At the time I thought hmm this is a bit short on pages and the font's a bit larger than usual. No hardback - just this halfway house format. Nor could I believe the price. Halfway between pback and hback. A tinge of feeling of being ripped off came back to me. If I had not got the voucher I think I would have waited - maybe to get it from the library or buy it from Amazon's MP.
Well, I have read it now and while it's been fun this rip off feeling came back again. It's a bit like modern PC games such as CoD IV, all over too soon.
Worse, it is the first MC HB tale I have guessed the ending way ahead. It's a clever ruse but highly unbelievable.
On the upside there's some more fill in stuff about HB's Vietnam era and his family life. But all told it's a shade too cynical and I expected better of this distinguished author and his publisher.
Please Mike don't do this to us again. We can only look forward to the next genuine HB novel as I sure there will be more.