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Harry Bosch Series

25 primary works • 31 total works
Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch – a Los Angeles Police Department detective who retired and became a private investigator for a couple of novels, before returning to LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit, a fictional unit based on LAPD's actual Cold Case Homicide Unit, and later the Robbery Homicide Division (RHD) Homicide Special Unit.

Book 1

The Black Echo
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4.14 · 215398 Ratings · 6793 Reviews · published 1992 · 24 editions
For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, …

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    Book 2

    The Black Ice
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    4.13     · 94132 Ratings · 3561 Reviews · published 1993 · 22 editions
    Narcotics office Cal Moore's orders were to look i…

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    Book 3

    The Concrete Blonde
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    4.23     · 79194 Ratings · 3494 Reviews · published 1994 · 1 edition
    Detective Harry Bosch was sure he'd shot the seria…

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    Book 4

    The Last Coyote
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    4.26     · 84527 Ratings · 3010 Reviews · published 1995 · 178 editions
    LAPD detective Harry Bosch is down on his luck - h…

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    Book 5

    Trunk Music
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    4.22     · 76864 Ratings · 2461 Reviews · published 1997 · 6 editions
    Back on the job after an involuntary leave of abse…

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    Book 6

    Angels Flight
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    4.23     · 68672 Ratings · 2792 Reviews · published 1999 · 2 editions
    An activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.…

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    Book 7

    A Darkness More Than Night
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    4.16     · 67532 Ratings · 2708 Reviews · published 2000 · 5 editions
    Terry McCaleb, the retired FBI agent who starred i…

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    Book 8

    City of Bones
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    4.14     · 63290 Ratings · 2646 Reviews · published 2002 · 191 editions
    Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year-old mur…

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    Book 9

    Lost Light
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    4.22     · 68497 Ratings · 2549 Reviews · published 2003 · 158 editions
    The vision has haunted him for four years--a young…

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    Book 10

    The Narrows
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    4.19     · 65406 Ratings · 2578 Reviews · published 2004 · 3 editions
    FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she…

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    Book 11

    The Closers
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    4.20     · 62949 Ratings · 2562 Reviews · published 2005 · 4 editions
    Detective Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD with t…

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    Book 12

    Echo Park
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    4.19     · 67972 Ratings · 2815 Reviews · published 2006 · 1 edition
    More than a decade ago, Harry Bosch worked on the …

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    Book 13

    The Overlook
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    4.01     · 56183 Ratings · 2659 Reviews · published 2007 · 1 edition
    Sul belvedere vicino a Mulholland Drive viene ritr…

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    Book 14

    Nine Dragons
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    4.06     · 56708 Ratings · 3457 Reviews · published 2009 · 1 edition
    Harry Bosch is assigned a homicide call in South L…

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    Book 14.3

    Blue on Black
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    3.65     · 6758 Ratings · 423 Reviews · published 2010 · 7 editions
    A short story featuring LAPD detective Harry Bosch…

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    Book 14.5

    Suicide Run
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    4.11     · 13034 Ratings · 511 Reviews · published 2011 · 24 editions
    LAPD Detective Harry Bosch as we've never seen him…

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    Book 14.7

    Angle of Investigation
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    4.06     · 16332 Ratings · 568 Reviews · published 2011 · 24 editions
    This second collection of Harry Bosch short storie…

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    Book 15

    The Drop
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    4.21     · 74440 Ratings · 3809 Reviews · published 2011 · 1 edition
    Book #15 from the series: Harry Bosch
    Listening Len…

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    Book 16

    The Black Box
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    4.16     · 67606 Ratings · 3845 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links t…

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    Book 16.5

    Switchblade
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    3.71     · 11770 Ratings · 689 Reviews · published 2014 · 19 editions
    An anonymous tip puts Bosch on a case that has rem…

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    Book 17

    The Burning Room
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    4.14     · 66509 Ratings · 4182 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder …

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    Book 18

    The Crossing
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    4.29     · 70941 Ratings · 4473 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition
    Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, b…

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    Book 19

    The Wrong Side of Goodbye
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    4.34     · 79032 Ratings · 5059 Reviews · published 2016 · 89 editions
    Harry Bosch is California's newest private investi…

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    Book 20

    Two Kinds of Truth
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    4.29     · 71170 Ratings · 4447 Reviews · published 2017 · 1 edition
    Harry Bosch is back as a volunteer working cold ca…

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    Book 21

    Dark Sacred Night
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    4.19     · 82202 Ratings · 5309 Reviews · published 2018 · 8 editions
    LAPD Detective Renée Ballard teams up with Harry B…

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    Book 22

    The Night Fire
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    4.29     · 74611 Ratings · 4636 Reviews · published 2019 · 73 editions
    Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come …

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    Book 23

    The Dark Hours
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    4.39     · 81643 Ratings · 4938 Reviews · published 2021 · 71 editions
    Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike…

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    Book 24

    Desert Star
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    4.48     · 84305 Ratings · 4466 Reviews · published 2022 · 52 editions
    LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch work …

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    Book 25

    The Waiting
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    4.37     · 66732 Ratings · 3818 Reviews · published 2024 · 46 editions
    LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying …

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    Book 1-3

    The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 1: The Black Echo / The Black Ice / The Concrete Blonde
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    4.36     · 3869 Ratings · 131 Reviews · published 2001 · 25 editions
    The Black Echo:
    For Harry Bosch - hero, loner, nigh…

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    Book 4-6

    The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 2: The Last Coyote / Trunk Music / Angels Flight
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    4.50     · 5039 Ratings · 78 Reviews · published 2000 · 5 editions
    The Last LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is su…

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