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Mulholland vue plongeante
Trois nouvelles inédites ! Suivies d’un extrait de Les Dieux du verdict, le nouveau roman avec Mickey Haller à paraître en octobre 2015.
Trois nouvelles (De mèche, Mulholland, vue plongeante et Coup double) pour nous dire la noirceur de l’âme humaine et ses conséquences. Un véritable tour de force.
D’un tripot clandestin où il s’agit de plumer l’adversaire aux cartes sans se faire prendre (De mèche) à un stade de base-ball où se joue la tragédie d’un flic qui adorait son fils (Coup double) en passant par Mulholland Drive, où un enquêteur spécialisé dans les accidents de voiture entend faire la lumière sur ce qui a bien pu arriver dans un des tournants les plus serrés et spectaculaires de cette route de montagne d’où l’on voit les deux versants de Los Angeles, Michael Connelly nous fait passer des profondeurs mêmes de l’hypocrisie, du calcul et du faux semblant à la lumière qui, pour lui, n’en fait pas moins elle aussi partie de ce qui constitue et l’individu et la Cité des Anges, où chacun tente de vivre et de subsister par tous les moyens, nobles et moins nobles.
Dans ce nouveau triptyque se dévoile en effet peu à peu un désir de réussir dans une ville impitoyable – parfois même seulement d’y survivre – qui conduit aussi bien à la fourberie qu’à des situations tellement invraisemblables que le rire ou les larmes ne sont jamais bien loin.
Trois nouvelles (De mèche, Mulholland, vue plongeante et Coup double) pour nous dire la noirceur de l’âme humaine et ses conséquences. Un véritable tour de force.
D’un tripot clandestin où il s’agit de plumer l’adversaire aux cartes sans se faire prendre (De mèche) à un stade de base-ball où se joue la tragédie d’un flic qui adorait son fils (Coup double) en passant par Mulholland Drive, où un enquêteur spécialisé dans les accidents de voiture entend faire la lumière sur ce qui a bien pu arriver dans un des tournants les plus serrés et spectaculaires de cette route de montagne d’où l’on voit les deux versants de Los Angeles, Michael Connelly nous fait passer des profondeurs mêmes de l’hypocrisie, du calcul et du faux semblant à la lumière qui, pour lui, n’en fait pas moins elle aussi partie de ce qui constitue et l’individu et la Cité des Anges, où chacun tente de vivre et de subsister par tous les moyens, nobles et moins nobles.
Dans ce nouveau triptyque se dévoile en effet peu à peu un désir de réussir dans une ville impitoyable – parfois même seulement d’y survivre – qui conduit aussi bien à la fourberie qu’à des situations tellement invraisemblables que le rire ou les larmes ne sont jamais bien loin.
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Michael Connelly 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.
After three years on the crime beat in L.A., Connelly began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo, based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America. Connelly has followed that up with over 30 more novels.
Over eighty million copies of Connelly’s books have sold worldwide and he has been translated into forty-five foreign languages. He has won 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), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho award (Spain) .
Michael was the President of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 2003 and 2004. In addition to his literary work, Michael is one of the producers and writers of the TV show, “Bosch,” which is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Michael lives with his family in Los Angeles and Tampa, Florida.
Michael Connelly 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.
After three years on the crime beat in L.A., Connelly began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo, based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America. Connelly has followed that up with over 30 more novels.
Over eighty million copies of Connelly’s books have sold worldwide and he has been translated into forty-five foreign languages. He has won 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), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho award (Spain) .
Michael was the President of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 2003 and 2004. In addition to his literary work, Michael is one of the producers and writers of the TV show, “Bosch,” which is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Michael lives with his family in Los Angeles and Tampa, Florida.
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June 30, 2020
Mulholland Dive is a trio of short crime stories by Michael Connelly, none of which were particularly standout. Besides the genre and the lack of quality, the other commonality between them is the twist ending.
Cahoots is about an illegal poker game where some of the players figure out they’re being cheated by two of the players - but who’s really cheating who? Mulholland Dive is about a detective investigating a fatal car accident on LA’s Mulholland Drive - or is he? Two-Bagger is about a pair of cops tailing a recently released inmate who they think is going to murder an enemy of someone inside - but who’s the real target?
Of the three, the title story’s twist ending was the only one I liked - it’s very clever, ironic even, with a great visual ending the pun title alludes to. Otherwise Mulholland Dive is a very dull procedural story for the most part as we find out, whether we wanted to or not (for me, not), how a car accident is reconstructed. The other two stories are similar in that nothing really happens until the ending.
And that’s the real weakness of these stories: they seem to exist to take up space for Connelly to give the reader the ending. It’s like he conceived the ending first and then put together the necessary preamble to lead up to it without much effort going into making that part entertaining.
Michael Connelly’s written some good short fiction but Mulholland Dive ain’t among them. I suggest checking out The Safe Man instead.
Cahoots is about an illegal poker game where some of the players figure out they’re being cheated by two of the players - but who’s really cheating who? Mulholland Dive is about a detective investigating a fatal car accident on LA’s Mulholland Drive - or is he? Two-Bagger is about a pair of cops tailing a recently released inmate who they think is going to murder an enemy of someone inside - but who’s the real target?
Of the three, the title story’s twist ending was the only one I liked - it’s very clever, ironic even, with a great visual ending the pun title alludes to. Otherwise Mulholland Dive is a very dull procedural story for the most part as we find out, whether we wanted to or not (for me, not), how a car accident is reconstructed. The other two stories are similar in that nothing really happens until the ending.
And that’s the real weakness of these stories: they seem to exist to take up space for Connelly to give the reader the ending. It’s like he conceived the ending first and then put together the necessary preamble to lead up to it without much effort going into making that part entertaining.
Michael Connelly’s written some good short fiction but Mulholland Dive ain’t among them. I suggest checking out The Safe Man instead.
September 6, 2019
3 short stories, filled a gap between new books.
September 12, 2016
Some terrific short stories from Connelly. Great fun!
January 17, 2019
This is a collection of 3 very short stories that are not in the Bosch Universe. They each have an element of crime in them and the ended goes BAM! I loved each one. A total unexpected hour of reading pleasure!
October 15, 2021
My favorite of the 3 stories was Mulholland Dive, followed by Two-Bagger and then Cahoots.
September 15, 2012
Three great short stories by Connelly, completely unrelated to the famed Harry Bosch. While none appear to relate to any of the major books written by Connelly, they tell quaint little stories, all set in L.A. A great read over a cup of coffee or on the bus from Point A to B;
Connelly is one of the great authors of the day and his way with words really does leave the reader wanting more. That said, I have missed Harry Bosch and cannot wait to see his next adventure.
Connelly is one of the great authors of the day and his way with words really does leave the reader wanting more. That said, I have missed Harry Bosch and cannot wait to see his next adventure.
June 16, 2021
Original Los Angeles crime fiction from Michael Connolly.
August 2, 2019
I had never read Michael Connelly before, but came across this audiobook of three very short stories that I listened on my commute to work. Good, not awe inspiring, but good enough to make me feel I would like to read some of his longer works. Bought ‘The Black Echo’ and hope to start it soon.
September 28, 2017
Three LA short stories from Michael Connelly with no Harry Bosch involved. All 3 have a twist in the tale and a good way to spend half an hour
September 15, 2020
Another Connelly short story collection. This was ok, but not really what I was expecting. These stories do not feature Harry Bosch or any other of Connelly's well known characters from his regular book series. When Connelly stories don't feature Bosch, Ballard, or Haller they usually aren't my favorite and that's the case here. All of these stories have a somewhat common theme that I won't disclose due to spoilers, but they are not the case investigation stories I love from Connelly. The twist makes the first story in this collection the best and it goes down hill from there. I didn't really care about the 3rd story about the gang cops interesting at all. A quick read though for any Connelly completionist. 2.5/5
November 20, 2025
These short stories were great! You can’t top Michael Connelly for crime fiction.
September 20, 2020
Mulholland Dive: Three Stories by Michael Connelly is a collection of three entertaining stories set on Mulholland in Los Angeles. Each story is complicated and violent in its own way. Each story is from a different time period. Yet, they all share the same idea that greed kills and does so violently. The only question is the how and when.
The read begins with “Cahoots” where clearly the poker game is rigged. McMillan is in a pork pie hat and has a braying laugh that he should die for just on its own. The cheating makes it worse. The narrator is getting very fed up with the laugh, the attitude, and the cheating. The narrator has a life philosophy where he believes in always taking back far more than what has been taken from him.
Next up is the story that inspires the collection title, “Mulholland Dive.” Detective Clewiston has been sent out to an accident scene on the legendary road. He is an expert in reconstructing a car crash. This is a special case with a lot of riding on what he determines led to the fatal plunge for the driver of a very expensive car.
Eugene Vachon just got out of prison and is about to arrive at the McDonald’s just a block from the bus depot. Detectives Stilwell and Harvick are set up on the place and waiting for him. It is Harwick’s first day in the Gang Intelligence Unit and Stilwell is the veteran providing leadership and experience. Word is Vachon is about to do something as a thank you of sorts for the protection he got in prison and they are there to stop it.
The three tales in Mulholland Dive: Three Stories are all good ones. Sadly, there is no sign of Bosch, or his brother, Haller, in these stories. The previously published tales in a variety of markets are all good ones. The reader is left to wonder if the final story, a contemporary piece, might have led to a follow up tale or novel featuring the characters as there seems to be a lot of potential there for a sequel.
Mulholland Dive: Three Stories
Michael Connelly
https://www.michaelconnelly.com/writi...
Little, Brown and Company (Hachette Book Group)
September 2012
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/tit...
ISBN# 978-0-316-23367-5
eBook (also available in audio format)
62 Pages
Material was obtained from the Dallas Library System by way of the Libby app.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2020
The read begins with “Cahoots” where clearly the poker game is rigged. McMillan is in a pork pie hat and has a braying laugh that he should die for just on its own. The cheating makes it worse. The narrator is getting very fed up with the laugh, the attitude, and the cheating. The narrator has a life philosophy where he believes in always taking back far more than what has been taken from him.
Next up is the story that inspires the collection title, “Mulholland Dive.” Detective Clewiston has been sent out to an accident scene on the legendary road. He is an expert in reconstructing a car crash. This is a special case with a lot of riding on what he determines led to the fatal plunge for the driver of a very expensive car.
Eugene Vachon just got out of prison and is about to arrive at the McDonald’s just a block from the bus depot. Detectives Stilwell and Harvick are set up on the place and waiting for him. It is Harwick’s first day in the Gang Intelligence Unit and Stilwell is the veteran providing leadership and experience. Word is Vachon is about to do something as a thank you of sorts for the protection he got in prison and they are there to stop it.
The three tales in Mulholland Dive: Three Stories are all good ones. Sadly, there is no sign of Bosch, or his brother, Haller, in these stories. The previously published tales in a variety of markets are all good ones. The reader is left to wonder if the final story, a contemporary piece, might have led to a follow up tale or novel featuring the characters as there seems to be a lot of potential there for a sequel.
Mulholland Dive: Three Stories
Michael Connelly
https://www.michaelconnelly.com/writi...
Little, Brown and Company (Hachette Book Group)
September 2012
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/tit...
ISBN# 978-0-316-23367-5
eBook (also available in audio format)
62 Pages
Material was obtained from the Dallas Library System by way of the Libby app.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2020
December 16, 2019
This book consists of three short stories. Two involve LAPD cops. I liked those two better than the first. Very quick read.
September 26, 2012
Three underwhelming short stories from Michael Connelly. Admittedly, I picked this up because I thought they were going to be Harry Bosch stories, like Connelly's last two short story compilations -- Angle of Investigation: Three Harry Bosch Stories and Suicide Run: Three Harry Bosch Stories. But it was more than just the absence of Harry Bosch that left this collection lacking. The stories had no cohesion -- the first about a backroom poker game where a cheater is exposed, the second about an LAPD accident reconstructionist, and the third about a pair of cops tailing an ex-con to a Dodgers game -- and all three were too short. All three also had rather predictable "gotcha" twists.
There was also a preview for Connelly's next Harry Bosch novel -- The Black Box -- and while I didn't read it, this collection did not lessen my enthusiasm for reading the book when it comes out.
There was also a preview for Connelly's next Harry Bosch novel -- The Black Box -- and while I didn't read it, this collection did not lessen my enthusiasm for reading the book when it comes out.
February 7, 2020
"Bish, Bash, Bosch"
Three shorts that remind us how good Connelly is at creating characters and plausible story lines. Sad that the marketing gimmick of packaging a preview for a new book with a throwaway intro has spread so far up the food chain. We deserve better.
Three shorts that remind us how good Connelly is at creating characters and plausible story lines. Sad that the marketing gimmick of packaging a preview for a new book with a throwaway intro has spread so far up the food chain. We deserve better.
November 9, 2012
A collection of three short stories by Michael Connelly - 4 stars - ebook only. Although the three stories are completely unconnected in time, place, or characters, they all have the type of surprise ending that will cause me to think about them as time passes.
The first story "Cahoots" takes place during poker game among a group of men six planning a robbery. The story is told as the first person remembrances on one of the players as he discovers that two of the other players are in "cahoots" to cheat the game. All is not as it appears to be.
Next is the story of an accident re-constructionist working a one car crash on L.A.'s Mulholland Drive in which the victim's Porsche has been driven off a cliff - thus, "Mulholland Dive." The accident investigator determines that the driver over-corrected, locked the brakes, and slid over the cliff to his death - a completely ordinary accident. Of course, all is not as it seems, and the twist shows us the truth of the accident, and the underlying truth behind the accident.
The last story, "Two Bagger", has two LAPD gang officers following 'Milky' Vachon, a recently released convict who was known to be a meth cooker and motorcycle gang wannabe. They believed that Vachon was about to receive instructions for a hit, and set up surveillance on him at a Dodgers baseball game. Too late we discover the truth of the hit, and the depth of police partnership. A story to think about.
I enjoyed all three stories. Although this book appears to be mostly a promotion for the upcoming Harry Bosch book "The Black Box" and I would have liked a book big enough to provide several more stories in addition to these, this was enough to whet my appetite for more from Connelly as I await the next Harry Bosch.
The first story "Cahoots" takes place during poker game among a group of men six planning a robbery. The story is told as the first person remembrances on one of the players as he discovers that two of the other players are in "cahoots" to cheat the game. All is not as it appears to be.
Next is the story of an accident re-constructionist working a one car crash on L.A.'s Mulholland Drive in which the victim's Porsche has been driven off a cliff - thus, "Mulholland Dive." The accident investigator determines that the driver over-corrected, locked the brakes, and slid over the cliff to his death - a completely ordinary accident. Of course, all is not as it seems, and the twist shows us the truth of the accident, and the underlying truth behind the accident.
The last story, "Two Bagger", has two LAPD gang officers following 'Milky' Vachon, a recently released convict who was known to be a meth cooker and motorcycle gang wannabe. They believed that Vachon was about to receive instructions for a hit, and set up surveillance on him at a Dodgers baseball game. Too late we discover the truth of the hit, and the depth of police partnership. A story to think about.
I enjoyed all three stories. Although this book appears to be mostly a promotion for the upcoming Harry Bosch book "The Black Box" and I would have liked a book big enough to provide several more stories in addition to these, this was enough to whet my appetite for more from Connelly as I await the next Harry Bosch.
August 31, 2018
These were three pretty good short stories, each one of them interesting in their own right. To me the Mulholland Drive story was the best because you got to learn about accident reconstruction, which was a part of police work he hasn’t talked about before. Well worth the read.
June 2, 2020
Not usually a fan of short stories but these are written very well and held my attention to the end. Each had a nice twist which Connelly sets up well.
October 26, 2025
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June 30, 2022
This is a collection of three or four short stories. I don't enjoy Connelly's short stories as much as his novels, but it's still Michael Connelly. Enough said.
October 21, 2023
3 short stories from Connelly. 2 were brilliant. 1 was good.
March 12, 2017
Three short stories from the master mystery scribe of Los Angeles.
May 12, 2020
Pretty entertaining collection of two short stories
Pretty entertaining collection of two short stories. The first one was much better, but both had interesting twists to them. A nice entertaining quick read.
Pretty entertaining collection of two short stories. The first one was much better, but both had interesting twists to them. A nice entertaining quick read.
September 13, 2012
I’m a big fan of Michael Connelly and as such I guess I should wear a kind of blindfold when it comes to his work, but alas that is not the case, so I just have to say that, in my humble opinion, Mulholland Dive is not as good as his two previous three-story ebook collections, Suicide Run and Angle of Investigation.
I don’t know if it’s the Harry Bosch component that’s missing here, but I do know that these stories seem a bit flawed. Yet again maybe that’s only because when it comes to short stories I really set the bar high.
When it comes to the stories themselves the best one is the last, Two-Bagger. A meth cook that goes by the name Eugene Vachon has just got out of jail, and two cops, Stilwell and Harwick, are waiting for him to arrive by bus in Los Angeles. According to the info received by the Gang Intelligence Unit, during his stay in jail Vachon was under the protection of the Road Saints Gang, which means that now that he’s out he’ll somehow have to return the favor. How? Most probably by killing someone, following Sonny Mitchell’s, the gang leader’s, orders. Who’s the indented target? Nobody knows. And that’s exactly why Stilwell and Harwick are on Vachon’s tail. The end arrives with a bang, and it’s exactly then that all the pieces fall together.
Cahoots, the first story of the three, takes place in the early 1930’s. The narrator is an unnamed man who’s playing cards with another five men, one of whom is a cheat. McMillan, the bad apple, talks to his co-players about a big heist, which involves stealing the gold and silver Olympic metals, melting them and selling them as bars, thus making themselves rich. The narrator, who tells the story in the present tense, though it has already come to pass, is certain that what McMillan is really trying to do is distract them, so he can take their money while feeding them tales of wealth and glory.
In-between the aforementioned stories, comes Mulholland Dive. Detective Clewiston, a reconstructionist for the LAPD, is heading to Mulholland Drive, where a man in an expensive car has taken a… dive down the hill. The man is dead, and it’s up to Clewiston to determine whether what happened was an accident or not. The victim, a celebrity of sorts, was in the middle of divorce proceedings, so if his death is ruled a homicide his almost ex-wife will become the prime suspect. If not, she’ll walk away richer than ever. What is the verdict going to be? Maybe the expected. The result? The unexpected.
At the end of these stories you can find a generous forty pages of Michael Connelly’s next novel, The Black Box, which comes out on November 26.
I don’t know if it’s the Harry Bosch component that’s missing here, but I do know that these stories seem a bit flawed. Yet again maybe that’s only because when it comes to short stories I really set the bar high.
When it comes to the stories themselves the best one is the last, Two-Bagger. A meth cook that goes by the name Eugene Vachon has just got out of jail, and two cops, Stilwell and Harwick, are waiting for him to arrive by bus in Los Angeles. According to the info received by the Gang Intelligence Unit, during his stay in jail Vachon was under the protection of the Road Saints Gang, which means that now that he’s out he’ll somehow have to return the favor. How? Most probably by killing someone, following Sonny Mitchell’s, the gang leader’s, orders. Who’s the indented target? Nobody knows. And that’s exactly why Stilwell and Harwick are on Vachon’s tail. The end arrives with a bang, and it’s exactly then that all the pieces fall together.
Cahoots, the first story of the three, takes place in the early 1930’s. The narrator is an unnamed man who’s playing cards with another five men, one of whom is a cheat. McMillan, the bad apple, talks to his co-players about a big heist, which involves stealing the gold and silver Olympic metals, melting them and selling them as bars, thus making themselves rich. The narrator, who tells the story in the present tense, though it has already come to pass, is certain that what McMillan is really trying to do is distract them, so he can take their money while feeding them tales of wealth and glory.
In-between the aforementioned stories, comes Mulholland Dive. Detective Clewiston, a reconstructionist for the LAPD, is heading to Mulholland Drive, where a man in an expensive car has taken a… dive down the hill. The man is dead, and it’s up to Clewiston to determine whether what happened was an accident or not. The victim, a celebrity of sorts, was in the middle of divorce proceedings, so if his death is ruled a homicide his almost ex-wife will become the prime suspect. If not, she’ll walk away richer than ever. What is the verdict going to be? Maybe the expected. The result? The unexpected.
At the end of these stories you can find a generous forty pages of Michael Connelly’s next novel, The Black Box, which comes out on November 26.
September 19, 2012
Mulholland Dive contains three short stories; none of them featuring any of Michael Connelly's previous characters (Bosch, Haller, McEvoy). I liked it okay -- but I was also too familiar with those characters by Connelly, and I felt like something is missing in these stories.
"Cahoots", the first story, was my least favorite. It's a story about backroom poker game gone deadly. I'm not very much into the card game. "Mulholland Dive" and "Two-Bagger" both have a twist of an ending I didn't see coming.
Michael Connelly was also generous enough to provide five teaser chapters for the upcoming Bosch's novel, The Black Box. However, since I don't like teaser chapters in principle (it will drive me crazy when I don't have the book yet in my hand), I don't read it. However, those who like teaser chapters, will probably be overjoyed.
"Cahoots", the first story, was my least favorite. It's a story about backroom poker game gone deadly. I'm not very much into the card game. "Mulholland Dive" and "Two-Bagger" both have a twist of an ending I didn't see coming.
Michael Connelly was also generous enough to provide five teaser chapters for the upcoming Bosch's novel, The Black Box. However, since I don't like teaser chapters in principle (it will drive me crazy when I don't have the book yet in my hand), I don't read it. However, those who like teaser chapters, will probably be overjoyed.
January 16, 2018
A poker game being played while a robbery is being planned, an automobile accident that isn't quite what it seems to be, and a scheduled assassination by an ex con comprise the three themes of these well written, enjoyable stories from Michael Connelly.
Having authored and published a book of short stories, it is safe to assume that I am a fan of the genre and having read many of Connelly's crime novels it would also be safe to assume that I am a fan of his.
Both assumptions would be correct. Mulholland Drive affords the reader three of Connelly's stories replete with well defined characters, plot twists and an "I never saw that coming" ending so typical of Connelly's style.
Mulholland Drive makes for a great addition for the reader's nightstand: a quick read with the patented Connelly "gotcha" ending.
Bob Stockton
Having authored and published a book of short stories, it is safe to assume that I am a fan of the genre and having read many of Connelly's crime novels it would also be safe to assume that I am a fan of his.
Both assumptions would be correct. Mulholland Drive affords the reader three of Connelly's stories replete with well defined characters, plot twists and an "I never saw that coming" ending so typical of Connelly's style.
Mulholland Drive makes for a great addition for the reader's nightstand: a quick read with the patented Connelly "gotcha" ending.
Bob Stockton
September 11, 2016
I was aware that Michael Connelly had a large following, but I had never read any of his books. Then, I found this as a short Kindle book.
WOW, this guy can write!
The three short stories are masters of the short story art form. My favorite, the title story, is a prime introduction to Connelly's police procedure knowledge which is used effectively to move the narrative along. The ending has a nice devilish twist.
I immediately got his novel,"The Closers", one of his Harry Bosch series.
M. Connelly is now my favorite writer.
Highly recommended.
WOW, this guy can write!
The three short stories are masters of the short story art form. My favorite, the title story, is a prime introduction to Connelly's police procedure knowledge which is used effectively to move the narrative along. The ending has a nice devilish twist.
I immediately got his novel,"The Closers", one of his Harry Bosch series.
M. Connelly is now my favorite writer.
Highly recommended.
September 11, 2012
really excellent short stories in Connelly genre. Cops, killers, accidents-but-not, irony, pathos. And all of this in a few short paragraphs. Gritty and intense, each one. I bot ebook on special offer from Connelly's fb page. Also includes preview of his newest, Black Box, due in Nov 2012. I paid $1.99 so you MIT wanna "like" author FB pages, for great deals!
February 14, 2013
Three pretty good stories in this one. They aren't Connelly's known characters, but they also aren't necessarily what you'd expect. In some way, there's something a little bit questionable about the characters in all of these stories. Like the best of Connelly's writing, these are quick and engaging reads. They are well worth it if you're a fan.
November 14, 2013
I enjoyed these three short stories by Michael Connelly immensely. The second one, "Mullholand Dive" is my favorite; got a huge kick out of it. The third one was first published in 2001 in a collection with Elmore Leonard and another author. You just can't go wrong with Michael Connelly...
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