Michael Connelly | The Black Echo
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly is the novel that introduced LAPD detective Harry Bosch and launched one of modern crime fiction's most celebrated series. When a body is discovered in a drainage tunnel near Mulholland Drive, the death initially appears to be a routine drug overdose. Bosch, however, notices evidence that suggests otherwise – and then recognises the victim as Billy Meadows, a fellow Vietnam veteran who served alongside him as a “tunnel rat.”
Convinced that Meadows was murdered, Bosch follows the evidence into an investigation where the dangers of present-day Los Angeles become entangled with memories of the underground tunnels of Vietnam. Dark, atmospheric and intricately plotted, The Black Echo establishes the qualities that would define the Harry Bosch novels: a relentless search for truth, a powerful sense of place and a detective whose difficult relationship with authority is matched only by his determination to see justice done. First published in 1992, it is Book 1 of the Harry Bosch series.
- • Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
• Language: English
• Cover: Paperback
• Publication date: October 6, 1997
• Number of pages: 480
• Dimensions: approximately 178 × 111 × 31 mm
• Weight: approximately 255–268 g
• Genre: Crime novel, detective novel, thriller, police prose
• Location: Los Angeles, California
• First publication of the novel: 1992






