Book Review: The Narrows by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch 10)

This novel also involves the death of another of Michael Connelly's other characters the FBI profiler Terry McCaleb. Harry Bosch the LA Detective is employed by McCaleb's wife to investigate the murder of her husband.

Bosch suspects that the serial killer the Poet is responsible for the killing and he follows leads that lead him to Las Vegas. The Poet is Robert Backus who has been presumed to be dead. Bosch contacts the FBI in Vegas and this also leads him to hook up with FBI agent Rachel Walling who is also heavily involved with the ex-FBI agent Robert Backus case. She comes out of her imposed exile in South Dakota and teams up with Bosch to track down the Poet.

Bosch also ends up rejoining the LAPD and eventually there is a terrific climax to the novel in the Narrows that are the flood relief channels in Los Angeles. However, did he kill Terry McCaleb or was Bosch on the wrong trail?

In this novel Harry Bosch goes through the complete affair with Rachel Walling and we also meet up with Eleanor his ex-wife and his daughter in Las Vegas too. Therefore there is some ongoing background in Bosch's life that is also enjoyable.

8/10 for me on this one.