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Harry Bosch Series

26 primary works • 32 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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4.15 · 221060 Ratings · 7071 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     · 97752 Ratings · 3693 Reviews · published 1993 · 171 editions
    Narcotics office Cal Moore's orders were to look i…

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    Book 3

    The Concrete Blonde
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    4.24     · 82343 Ratings · 3648 Reviews · published 1994 · 26 editions
    Detective Harry Bosch was sure he'd shot the seria…

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    Book 4

    The Last Coyote
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    4.27     · 87431 Ratings · 3129 Reviews · published 1995 · 26 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     · 79469 Ratings · 2585 Reviews · published 1997 · 7 editions
    Back on the job after an involuntary leave of abse…

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    Book 6

    Angels Flight
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    4.24     · 71951 Ratings · 2917 Reviews · published 1999 · 23 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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    4.17     · 71067 Ratings · 2816 Reviews · published 2000 · 163 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     · 66396 Ratings · 2759 Reviews · published 2002 · 22 editions
    Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year-old mur…

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    Book 9

    Lost Light
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    4.23     · 71070 Ratings · 2647 Reviews · published 2003 · 25 editions
    The vision has haunted him for four years--a young…

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    Book 10

    The Narrows
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    4.20     · 68013 Ratings · 2668 Reviews · published 2004 · 21 editions
    FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she…

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    Book 11

    The Closers
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    4.20     · 65305 Ratings · 2637 Reviews · published 2005 · 20 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     · 70460 Ratings · 2908 Reviews · published 2006 · 186 editions
    More than a decade ago, Harry Bosch worked on the …

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    Book 13

    The Overlook
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    4.02     · 58554 Ratings · 2756 Reviews · published 2007 · 25 editions
    In his first case with the Homicide Special Squad,…

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    Book 14

    Nine Dragons
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    4.06     · 59282 Ratings · 3547 Reviews · published 2009 · 23 editions
    The shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA…

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    Book 14.3

    Blue on Black
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    3.64     · 7298 Ratings · 451 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     · 13914 Ratings · 538 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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    4.07     · 17057 Ratings · 597 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     · 77080 Ratings · 3909 Reviews · published 2011 · 21 editions
    Book #15 from the series: Harry Bosch
    Listening Len…

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    Book 16

    The Black Box
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    4.16     · 70388 Ratings · 3928 Reviews · published 2012 · 22 editions
    In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links t…

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    Book 16.5

    Switchblade
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    3.70     · 12375 Ratings · 718 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 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     · 68991 Ratings · 4277 Reviews · published 2014 · 19 editions
    In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder …

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    Book 18

    The Crossing
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    4.29     · 74035 Ratings · 4580 Reviews · published 2015 · 17 editions
    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     · 81523 Ratings · 5153 Reviews · published 2016 · 16 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     · 74062 Ratings · 4544 Reviews · published 2017 · 15 editions
    Harry Bosch is back as a volunteer working cold ca…

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    Book 21

    Dark Sacred Night
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    4.18     · 86417 Ratings · 5483 Reviews · published 2018 · 15 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     · 78520 Ratings · 4781 Reviews · published 2019 · 14 editions
    Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come …

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    Book 23

    The Dark Hours
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    4.38     · 85499 Ratings · 5108 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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    4.47     · 88196 Ratings · 4636 Reviews · published 2022 · 11 editions
    LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch work …

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    Book 25

    The Waiting
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    4.35     · 75239 Ratings · 4210 Reviews · published 2024 · 49 editions
    LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying …

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    Book 26

    The Hollow
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · 10 editions
    Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the…

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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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    4.37     · 3920 Ratings · 132 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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    4.51     · 5150 Ratings · 79 Reviews · published 2000 · 26 editions
    The Last LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is su…

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