The Concrete Blonde is the third book of Harry Bosch series.
If you like reading a methodical,procedural yet captivating novel, pick any one of the Bosch series.Though reading them in an chronological order is not important, but it is better if you do so.
Harry Bosch is a LAPD cop, who is facing a trial for killing a person three years back. Norman Church was killed by Harry during his course of investigation of a high profile serial killer case. Though Harry didn't intend to kill him but he strongly believes that he got 'The Dollmaker' that night.The killings also stopped since then confirming that Church was the killer indeed.
However, LAPD receives a note on the day when the trial begins.A note which challenges the cops to find a new victim ;an innocent blonde buried deep inside the concrete.Just like 'The Dollmaker', just the same way the sick killer used to do!
If Harry got the right guy 3 years back, then where did this note come from? Did Harry really get the right guy?
Or an innocent person was killed by an unruly cop and framed as a serial killer?
The book is a fascinating amalgamation of an intense court room drama and a police investigation. The author Michael Connelly has handled both the generes in his other books eg 'The Black Ice' is a police story whereas 'The Lincoln Lawyer' is a thriller based on a lawyer. But here, the blend is so intriguing that it becomes difficult to judge which part is more fascinating. As Harry juggles between his irksome trial and the unsettling case, you will feel his anxiety and helplessless at every nook of the book. The book maybe a bit slow in places as Harry delves into an old and busted case but it has so many chilling moments that you will find it difficult to put it down.
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