Synopsis
A south L.A. liquor-store murder investigation gets personal for Michael Connelly's popular hero Harry Bosch in 9 DRAGONS. It feels like Bosch has known John Li, the owner of Fortune Liquor, forever. His murder seems at first like a senseless killing, but quickly proves more complicated, as Bosch and his team uncover connections to a local member of a Hong Kong mafia crew. So when word reaches Bosch that his daughter--who lives in Hong Kong with her mother--is missing, he doesn't miss a beat getting across the globe. He journeys deep into this unknown city, stopping at nothing to bring her to safety.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2009-10-13 | | Series: | Harry Bosch |
| Size | | Length: | 377 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 21.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
Investigating the shooting death of a Chinese liquor store owner, detective Harry Bosch identifies a suspect in a Los Angeles member of a Hong Kong triad only to have his daughter go missing, a situation that prompts his high-stakes search across the Pacific. By the best-selling author of The Brass Verdict. 750,000 first printing.
Industry Reviews
"Readers will be happy to have Harry Bosch back in this action-packed, nail-biting thriller, as Connelly delves further into Harry's world." (top pick)
(11/01/2009)
"NINE DRAGONS ignites Bosch's personal and professional lives, bringing them together in an explosive manner....To say that NINE DRAGONS is coiled tight with suspense understates Connelly's accomplishment in portraying Bosch at the cusp of a new world, where the refuge foretold in that matchbook fortune has such portentous resonance and implications...."
(10/12/2009)
"[L]et's just say that a good writer can get away with just about anything he wants to."
(11/01/2009)
"This novel has much more action than the usual Connelly thriller. Bosch takes no prisoners here, for his daughter's life and liberty are at stake....NINE DRAGONS is a very good crime thriller."
(10/25/2009)
"Harry's personal and professional lives overlap in the engrossing NINE DRAGONS, the 15th novel -- and one of the best -- in this series....Connelly's character study of Harry continues to evolve as he finds new depth to the detective....Events in NINE DRAGONS will affect future novels, giving Connelly new fields to explore...."
(10/27/2009)
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