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The Black Echo

The Black Echo

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  • Author：Michael Connelly
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Summary

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch， the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic。 This one is personal。。。because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war。 Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam。 From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city， his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit。 Pitted against enemies inside his own department and forced to make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance， Bosch goes on the hunt for a killer whose true face will shock him。

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Elaine ，

Yaaasssss。 This is my kind of mystery series， but if my given name was Hieronymus I would make people call me Hieronymus。 What's the fun of an audacious name if you just shorten it to Harry？In this one， Detective Hieronymus Bosch is called out to a body found in a drain pipe。 The deceased turns out to be Billy Meadows， an old war buddy with whom he performed search-and-destroy missions in the Viet Cong's massive underground tunnel complexes （I can't imagine a more terrifying battle environment。） Yaaasssss。 This is my kind of mystery series， but if my given name was Hieronymus I would make people call me Hieronymus。 What's the fun of an audacious name if you just shorten it to Harry？In this one， Detective Hieronymus Bosch is called out to a body found in a drain pipe。 The deceased turns out to be Billy Meadows， an old war buddy with whom he performed search-and-destroy missions in the Viet Cong's massive underground tunnel complexes （I can't imagine a more terrifying battle environment。） Hollywood PD tries to pull Hieronymus off the case， but because he traced an item pawned by the victim just days before， that lead brings him to the FBI's attention。 They're working a bank robbery， and it turns out Meadows' item was stolen out of a lockbox。 With potential insight into the vic's life and his excellent investigative skills， it's a no-brainer for the FBI to pull Bosch into a special assignment with agents Eleanor Wish and John Rourke。Hieronymus Bosch is a Vietnam veteran， and the novel devotes a great deal of focus on Tunnel Rats and the unimaginably terrifying work they did。 I'd heard of them before， but didn't know too much until reading this novel， and wow - those guys had nerves of steel。 Bosch still deals with nightmares 20 years after the war， but it's better than the heroin addiction Meadows picked up in the service and struggled with to the end。Full admission: I liked other elements of The Black Echo much more than the mystery itself。 I picked out the villains early on， but Connelly didn't work too hard to hide them。 I want to continue this series because of Bosch。 The man smoked and drank coffee endlessly （making me gag over his imagined breath）， but I find him an intriguing， sympathetic character that I want to follow through this series。 。。。more

Manda Nem ，

After reading Bloodwork I was hooked on Connelly's incredibly engaging writing style。 Perfect amount of detail that makes you feel like you are there， humour poked into a well crafted storyline that felt authentic。 After reading Bloodwork I was hooked on Connelly's incredibly engaging writing style。 Perfect amount of detail that makes you feel like you are there， humour poked into a well crafted storyline that felt authentic。 。。。more

Caren ，

3。25 stars

Nancy ，

Pretty sure I hadn't read this one before。 Novel features origin story of Bosch and Eleanor。 Pretty sure I hadn't read this one before。 Novel features origin story of Bosch and Eleanor。 。。。more

Paul ，

A Page Turner with a lot of TwistsHave read just about every Bosch book 。 Decided to read the first ， this was the best one。 Wish I had started with this one。 Its full of twists and turns and of course Bosch， is be investigated again。 Really liked the book。 Mr。 Connelly， ranks up there with Jeffery Denver， with his crime novels。 Wish there more Bosch books，to read the books are addicting。

David Seymour ，

I’ve read several Bosch books of various stages in his career。 I’ve enjoyed most of them but not this one。 I thought the storyline was too dragged out with too much detail。 The outcome was weird and having come across fond references to Eleanor Wish in later books I cannot work out how this was the beginning of a friendship that matures。 I was too far in to abort this novel and although it sets the scene for future investigations in my opinion this was not Michaels finest work。

Marco ，

Loved it。

Tiffany ，

The Black Echo was my very first Michael Connelly novel I picked up but surprisingly this is the first time after many times starting then losing interest a couple pages in。 I’ve finally read through this book and read through it I did front to back in two days。 Connelly’s first book made me feel like I was reading his 30th book， it’s amazing it reads like he’s been doing this forever。 In a way he and his titular character Harry Bosch share a similarity， being born for their crafts， writing and The Black Echo was my very first Michael Connelly novel I picked up but surprisingly this is the first time after many times starting then losing interest a couple pages in。 I’ve finally read through this book and read through it I did front to back in two days。 Connelly’s first book made me feel like I was reading his 30th book， it’s amazing it reads like he’s been doing this forever。 In a way he and his titular character Harry Bosch share a similarity， being born for their crafts， writing and homicide。 The story kept me invested to the point I wanted to hurry through whatever task I was doing if it let me get back to reading so I can find out what happened next。 I was able to follow the story without getting lost and still managed to be surprised when dealt with a heavy blow。 Overall I’m finally glad I made myself read this book and definitely a great entry book to the world of Michael Connelly and Harry Bosch。 An amazing start to a series that has yet to fail in keeping me invested and entertained。 。。。more

Doubledf99。99 ，

Audio book， Superb story， and Mr。 Hill does an excellent job as narrator。

James Wirrell ，

This is my first Harry Bosch book。 I would rate this book 3。5 stars， but round it down to 3。 This book kept my interest throughout as it was well paced with interesting characters and a solid mystery。 There were a few things that I wasn’t thrilled about。 I noticed that the author seemed obsessed with Bosch’s smoking habit - every single scene we are told if Bosch smoked or not and how he disposed of the cigarette ash。 Okay。 There is a strong noir feeling to this book， and I am not really a fan o This is my first Harry Bosch book。 I would rate this book 3。5 stars， but round it down to 3。 This book kept my interest throughout as it was well paced with interesting characters and a solid mystery。 There were a few things that I wasn’t thrilled about。 I noticed that the author seemed obsessed with Bosch’s smoking habit - every single scene we are told if Bosch smoked or not and how he disposed of the cigarette ash。 Okay。 There is a strong noir feeling to this book， and I am not really a fan of the noir style， so be forewarned。I liked that the mystery was complex enough to be interesting but the story never bogged down due to it being overly complex。 I also liked the characters （Bosch’s smoking habit excepted）。 I think I will enjoy this series。 。。。more

Argimiro ，

Ya había leído Connelly。Llego a Harry Bosch después de ver varias temporadas de la excelente serie。La adaptación a la serie es magnífica pero la novela no tiene desperdicio。 Un detective sólido y una trama muy bien construida y resuelta。Chapeau！

Gwenn Wright ，

I find some of the reviews of this book mind-boggling and tiresome。 It was published in ‘92。 That means he was probably writing it in ‘89 or ‘90。 Cell phones were not common then。 Cellphones in 89/90 cost like 3 grand， so yeah， they would have been running to pay-phones a lot。 “Connelly did this just so this could happen later on。”That IS how writing a book works。And some of the things that seem cliche now （the folder he tossed in the backseat）， wouldn’t have been so cliche then。I thought it wa I find some of the reviews of this book mind-boggling and tiresome。 It was published in ‘92。 That means he was probably writing it in ‘89 or ‘90。 Cell phones were not common then。 Cellphones in 89/90 cost like 3 grand， so yeah， they would have been running to pay-phones a lot。 “Connelly did this just so this could happen later on。”That IS how writing a book works。And some of the things that seem cliche now （the folder he tossed in the backseat）， wouldn’t have been so cliche then。I thought it was an excellent， fun read。 Were some of the scenes kind of lacking in energy？ Did they feel tedious？ Well， that’s detective work for you。 I appreciate Connelly’s ability to make you FEEL Bosch’s mind， to feel his inner-workings and drag us through the tedium， the self-doubt， the paranoia， all of it。 This was an amazing first novel and I’m eager to see how he progresses in the craft with each novel （yes， even to see how his stories keep up with emerging technologies）。 。。。more

Md Abdul Kayem ，

মাইকেল কনেলির হ্যারি বশ সিরিজের প্রথম বই হলো এই 'দ্য ব্ল্যাক একো'। এর আগে কনেলির 'দ্য পোয়েট' আর 'ব্লাড ওয়ার্ক' পড়েছিলাম। এই বইটা ব্লাড ওয়ার্ক থেকেও বেশি দারুণ বই ।পুলিশ প্রসিডিউরাল নিয়ে দারুণ একটা বই। বইটির সবথেকে বেশি ভালো লেগেছে হ্যারি বশের পার্সোনালিটি， চিন্তাভাবনার ধরনগুলো। বইয়ে শুরুতেই বশের ভিয়েতনামের এক সাবেক সহযোদ্ধারা অস্বাভাবিক মৃত্যুর তদন্ত থেকে শুরু হলেও কাহিনি শেষ পর্যন্ত যেভাবে গড়ায়， বশ যেভাবে কেস সলভ করে তা ছিলো চমৎকার। শেষে এসে একদম চমকে দিয়েছে， আর গল্পের পুরোটা জুড়ে কখ মাইকেল কনেলির হ্যারি বশ সিরিজের প্রথম বই হলো এই 'দ্য ব্ল্যাক একো'। এর আগে কনেলির 'দ্য পোয়েট' আর 'ব্লাড ওয়ার্ক' পড়েছিলাম। এই বইটা ব্লাড ওয়ার্ক থেকেও বেশি দারুণ বই ।পুলিশ প্রসিডিউরাল নিয়ে দারুণ একটা বই। বইটির সবথেকে বেশি ভালো লেগেছে হ্যারি বশের পার্সোনালিটি， চিন্তাভাবনার ধরনগুলো। বইয়ে শুরুতেই বশের ভিয়েতনামের এক সাবেক সহযোদ্ধারা অস্বাভাবিক মৃত্যুর তদন্ত থেকে শুরু হলেও কাহিনি শেষ পর্যন্ত যেভাবে গড়ায়， বশ যেভাবে কেস সলভ করে তা ছিলো চমৎকার। শেষে এসে একদম চমকে দিয়েছে， আর গল্পের পুরোটা জুড়ে কখনো মনে হয়নি কাহিনি কোথাও ঝুলে গেছে।লেখক হ্যারি বশ কারেক্টারটা ভালোই বিল্ডাপ করেছেন， তার সম্পর্কে তথ্য গুলো দিয়েছেন একদম আস্তে আস্তে， তাছাড়া তার গাড় ত্যাড়া মনোভাবটা সবথেকে বেশি ভালো লেগেছে， অবশ্য এই জিনিসটাই এই কেস সলভ করতে বেশি ভূমিকা রেখেছে।বইটিতে ইশরাক অর্ণব এর অনুবাদ ছিলো একদম ঝরঝরে সহজ সাবলীল। আমার কাছে দারুণ লেগেছে। আগের অনুবাদগুলোর চেয়ে এটা আরো বেশি সাবলীল মনে হয়েছে। বাতিঘরের বই ভালো লাগলেও তাদের বই বাইন্ডিং নিয়ে আমার চরম অসন্তোষ ছিলো তাদের বইগুলোর কভার খুলে যাওয়ার কারণে। কিন্তু， এই বইটার দেখলাম বাইন্ডিং মজবুত করেছে， সমস্যাটা হয়নি। 。。。more

Jesus Flores ，

Eco NegroHace ya algunos años， había leído el segundo libro， Hielo Negro， y lo había encontrado entretenido， aunque si con dudas de porque todo mundo odiaba a Harry。Finalmente， pude leer el primer libro， y si obtuve la explicación del porque odian a Harry。En cuanto a Eco Negro， si el libro está repleto de clichés del género， si es palomero， si plot armor a tope， si Harry tiene varias actitudes odiables， algunas cosas conforme aparecen las pistas son fáciles de intuir （hay un par de veces， donde Eco NegroHace ya algunos años， había leído el segundo libro， Hielo Negro， y lo había encontrado entretenido， aunque si con dudas de porque todo mundo odiaba a Harry。Finalmente， pude leer el primer libro， y si obtuve la explicación del porque odian a Harry。En cuanto a Eco Negro， si el libro está repleto de clichés del género， si es palomero， si plot armor a tope， si Harry tiene varias actitudes odiables， algunas cosas conforme aparecen las pistas son fáciles de intuir （hay un par de veces， donde es increíble que los detectives dicen X， y no se dan cuenta de lo que implica para el caso） pero de que te entretiene， te entretiene。El caso es interesante， van desarrollando la investigación y pistas de forma que te va guiando junto a los protagonistas， y te mantiene atento y tenso， vamos funciona。3。5 starSolo una pega， hay una escena que， si me saco de onda， un error de continuidad menor pero super visible porque esto ocurre en dos párrafos seguidos， igual y el error es del traductor。Un tanto spoilery（view spoiler）[Personaje X tiene un rifle y una pistolaDice que va a usar rifle por Y razón， y toma el rifle。Pero de repente en el siguiente párrafo， está apuntando con la pistola。 Y entonces pasa algo que no afecta que arma el personaje tiene en sus manos， y nuevamente el personaje tiene el rifle en la mano。Que paso ahí， por un segundo el rifle se convirtió mágicamente en una pistola？ Y luego de nuevo en rifle？（hide spoiler）]Y si no afecta para nada la historia， pero es de esas cosas que si te hace decir， “que， que， que paso aquí？？” 。。。more

Amos ，

Wow。 How in the world was this Mr Connelly's first book when it read like an offering from a rascally wordsmith in the thick of his prime？？ Dunno。。。。 What I do know is that with 20+ books in the Harry Bosch series my short-term reading future is pretty much dialed in， and it's looking like it's going to be MAD enjoyable。 Saaweeeeeet！ Runoutandgogetyousomeofthisposthasteyo Wow。 How in the world was this Mr Connelly's first book when it read like an offering from a rascally wordsmith in the thick of his prime？？ Dunno。。。。 What I do know is that with 20+ books in the Harry Bosch series my short-term reading future is pretty much dialed in， and it's looking like it's going to be MAD enjoyable。 Saaweeeeeet！ Runoutandgogetyousomeofthisposthasteyo 。。。more

Faizydah Erma ，

Too boring for me。 Take me 5 months to finish。

Deborah Stellato ，

I liked reading about early Bosch。 Once again I am not disappointed。 Good read！

Xabi1990 ，

¿Conectar -con los personajes- o no conectar？Esa es la cuestión。Si logras “conectar” te metes en la historia， la vives， te interesa y estás deseando saber qué pasa， cual es la siguiente vivencia， pensamiento o peripecia de esos seres a los que acabas de conocer pero pueden ser importantes en tus siguientes horas de lectura。Hace nada un amigo -Overhaul- ha reseñado Flores para Algernon。 NO me parezco nada al personaje principal de esa novela， Charlie， pero en la lectura vives con él， te alegras c ¿Conectar -con los personajes- o no conectar？Esa es la cuestión。Si logras “conectar” te metes en la historia， la vives， te interesa y estás deseando saber qué pasa， cual es la siguiente vivencia， pensamiento o peripecia de esos seres a los que acabas de conocer pero pueden ser importantes en tus siguientes horas de lectura。Hace nada un amigo -Overhaul- ha reseñado Flores para Algernon。 NO me parezco nada al personaje principal de esa novela， Charlie， pero en la lectura vives con él， te alegras con él， hasta lloras con él。¿A que las bases están claras？ Seguro。Vale， pues en El eco negro tenemos a Harry Bosch。 •tFuma sin importante quién tenga al lado （yo cuando fumaba lo tenía MUY en cuenta para no molestar）。•tEstá， cómo no， traumatizado （oye， pues yo soy normalito， normalito）。•tNo tiene ni un amigo con 40 años （uffff， tampoco coincido ahí）。•tEl humor no lo ha visto ni de lejos。 Ni en pensamientos ni en expresiones （estoooooo， no soy Sir Terry pero algo de eso tengo en mi vida）。Eso， que tampoco coincido mucho con Harry Bosch。 Tampoco lo hacía con Charlie Gordon （el de Algernon）。 Y sin embargo con aquél se me escapaba la lagrimica aun siendo cerca de Bilbao y con Harry ni fú ni fá。 Harry es un detective endurecido de manual。 De los clásicos。 Sin aditivos。 El libro está bien porque la trama está bien hilada， es honrada。 No nos hace trampas el autor con giros sacados de la manga， el lineal pero correcta。 Eso salva al libro。 Eso y el oficio del autor， que por supuesto sí se lo reconozco。Para mí es poco decir “salva” el libro。 Yo quiero disfrutar las páginas， estar deseando enganchar el libro y no soltarlo。 Que no me molesten， que me dejen leer。 Que me joda que se acabe y que casi a mitad del mismo ya esté buscando qué más tiene escrito el autor。 Que sin acabar esté pensando qué contaros para que le metáis a la saca y gocéis como yo lo he hecho。Pues con Harry Bosch no he encontrado nada de eso。 Tb decir que no soy ningún fiera del género。 Ejemplos para que veáis mis gustos en el género y por ello si s podéis fiar o no de mis estrellas:NO he triunfado （ninguno ha llegado al “8/10”） con:Los nórdicos （salvo Millennium）。Dasier Hammett。Raymon Chandler。Agatha Christie。Lincoln Child。Douglas Preston。Clive Clusser。John Connolly。Fred Vargas。Daniel Silva。Dickër。Lackberg。Arthur Machen。Murakami。Amelie Nothomb。 SÍ me gustan Camilleri， Gómez Jurado， Lorenzo Silva， Winslow， Eva García， Follett， Le Carré， Carmen Mola， Forsyth， Barker， Géllida， Kerr， Larsson， Redondo （alguno）， Rosa Montero， Zafón。Pues eso。P。D: Labijose， porfa， no me borres de tus amistades。 。。。more

Vicki Klemm ，

Yeah， Harry Bosch #1， finally found it！ Good read， the start of it all。

Russ ，

First book in the Harry Bosch series。 I also started watching the tv series。 It got a little confusing so I decided to finish reading the book。 Harry Bosch is a one of a kind police detective who by his actions tends to ruffle a lot of feathers。 Nevertheless he still gets the job done。 This was a very intricate story that didn't get resolved until the last few pages。 Isn't that what a good mystery is supposed to do？ First book in the Harry Bosch series。 I also started watching the tv series。 It got a little confusing so I decided to finish reading the book。 Harry Bosch is a one of a kind police detective who by his actions tends to ruffle a lot of feathers。 Nevertheless he still gets the job done。 This was a very intricate story that didn't get resolved until the last few pages。 Isn't that what a good mystery is supposed to do？ 。。。more

Derek Dunne ，

I really enjoyed this book， parts of it are a bit slow but worth sticking with。 Will read more by this author。

Robert Barone ，

Seemed to go on a little longer than it should have。

Cat。 ，

Bosch is called to a death of a junkie that he actually recognizes from his days as a 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam。 He hooks up with the FBI in trying to tie his co-rat's death to a huge bank robbery a few months earlier， and hijinks （and sex） ensue。 The interpersonal bits were fairly pedestrian， but the plot was fun。 Did not make me want to crawl around underground anytime in the immediate future。 Bosch is called to a death of a junkie that he actually recognizes from his days as a 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam。 He hooks up with the FBI in trying to tie his co-rat's death to a huge bank robbery a few months earlier， and hijinks （and sex） ensue。 The interpersonal bits were fairly pedestrian， but the plot was fun。 Did not make me want to crawl around underground anytime in the immediate future。 。。。more

Reshma Ramesh ，

What an exciting entry to the Harry Bosch universe。 Expertly written and thrilling！！ My first Michael Connelly's book was The Brass Verdict which I loved and from then on I'd been meaning to start with the Bosch Universe but hadn't until now。 Boy was I rewarded。When a corpse is reported in one of the reservoirs in the Hollywood Division of the LAPD， Detective Harry Bosch gets the call and he IDs him almost instantly。 Subsequently， Harry Bosch teams up with the FBI and that's how the story begins What an exciting entry to the Harry Bosch universe。 Expertly written and thrilling！！ My first Michael Connelly's book was The Brass Verdict which I loved and from then on I'd been meaning to start with the Bosch Universe but hadn't until now。 Boy was I rewarded。When a corpse is reported in one of the reservoirs in the Hollywood Division of the LAPD， Detective Harry Bosch gets the call and he IDs him almost instantly。 Subsequently， Harry Bosch teams up with the FBI and that's how the story begins。I've said it before and I'll say it again。 Michael Connelly is an expert storyteller and one of my all time favourite writers。 It's hard to believe this is his first book。 The writing is of someone who knows his craft and knows it well and as someone who adores some good crime/detective stuff， I absolutely enjoyed this thrilling ride。 The Black Echo is an expert， fast paced crime thriller that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you wanting for more！ 。。。more

Hannah U ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Couldn’t decide between 2。5 and 3， but rounded up because of the final twist that I did not expect。 Book is definitely old and at times relies on harmful stereotypes to get points across。 It was very， very slow to start， and I had a lot of trouble getting into it at first， though the last hour or so was a real roller coaster ride that I could not tear my eyes away from。 The cop lingo was a bit heavy in places for my taste， which was annoying （sometimes confusing） but not as distracting as it cou Couldn’t decide between 2。5 and 3， but rounded up because of the final twist that I did not expect。 Book is definitely old and at times relies on harmful stereotypes to get points across。 It was very， very slow to start， and I had a lot of trouble getting into it at first， though the last hour or so was a real roller coaster ride that I could not tear my eyes away from。 The cop lingo was a bit heavy in places for my taste， which was annoying （sometimes confusing） but not as distracting as it could’ve been。 Just not really my style。 The thing that bothered me the most about this novel， though， was the dialogue。 It was very wooden and unnatural at times， and I couldn’t figure out why the characters spoke the way they did。 It bordered on unrealistic and was just strange， and I found myself thinking several times as I read that， “no one actually talks like this。” The characterization was good and I felt all characters were well-developed。 Not sure if Bosch himself was particularly likable， but his deal with Wish at the end to get justice for Sharkey was a good move。 Not sure I will continue with Bosch novels， but this one did keep me entertained！ 。。。more

Jana ，

A very good story/mystery - love that this book is the first in a series and I can visit again with Harry Bosch。

Sarah Cordova ，

I don't know if it was the mass market copy I bought， but this book didn't have chapters and made it really confusing at first （I've never had that issue with mass market in the past）。 Good read， but was a little boring for me with all of the setting the stage for the series （such a deep dive into Vietnam， past， etc）。 I don't know if it was the mass market copy I bought， but this book didn't have chapters and made it really confusing at first （I've never had that issue with mass market in the past）。 Good read， but was a little boring for me with all of the setting the stage for the series （such a deep dive into Vietnam， past， etc）。 。。。more

Jennine ，

An oldie but goodie。。。

Betty Pickard ，

Fast-moving， never dull。 Having watched the Amazon Prime series， Bosch and looking forward to the latest season to be aired in June 2021， I was ready to read the Bosch crime novels。 I was able to put a face on the characters， crime scenes and his awesome stilt villa。 Keep writing Michael Connelly and your fans will continue reading and watching。。

Joe Flynn ，

Follows the Connelly formula nicely enough

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