Book description
FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years: the one that tells her the Poet has returned. Years ago she worked on the famous case, tracking down the serial killer who wove lines of poetry into his hideous crimes. Rachel has never forgotten Robert Backus, the…
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2 authors picked The Narrows as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Love the Harry Bosch series, and this doesn't disappoint
The thing I love about Michael Connelly is his very subtle way of keeping up the pace of the investigation without you even being aware he is doing so.
There are few things I like more than reading an author you’ve never known before, loving their work, and then discovering the author in question has several other titles available. I call the resultant state: heaven!
Michael Connelly is one such author. He doesn’t know how to write a bad book or even an average one, for that matter.
In my opinion the Harry Bosch series of books are even better…
From Paul's list on books where the detective, the reader and the author all walk in step.
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