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Nine Dragons Reviews
"...the most wrenching Bosch novel yet. ...The jagged intersection between a cop's personal and professional lives is a recurring theme in many crime novels, but never has it been portrayed with the
razor-edge sharpness and psychological acuity that Connelly brings to the subject."
Bill Ott, Booklist * Starred Review
"9 Dragons is a gritty, coffee-and-cigarettes crime thriller full of smart twists and generous helpings of suspense. Fans of Michael Connelly can expect another exceptional thrill ride, while newcomers will be immediately engaged by the tortured and unrelenting Bosch."
Dave Callanan, Editor Review, Amazon.com, Best Books Of The Month
"the plot twists twice in the final pages to create an astonishing climax to a thriller not short of heart-in-the-mouth moments. Its hard to keep a long-running crime series fresh yet in Nine Dragons Michael
Connelly not only takes heroic Bosch to new places but changes his life forever. He just gets better and better."
Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard (UK)
"Connelly manages to make Hong Kong every bit as vivid and dangerous as his depictions of LA. What's more, with Bosch on personal overdrive, the tension and pace he builds has never been
greater, or more pertinent."
Henry Sutton, The Mirror (UK)
"Tenacious as ever, Bosch is even more formidable in his role as a protective father."
Publishers Weekly
"Connelly unveils his most personal Bosch story yet with this fish-out-of-water story. ...another Connelly masterpiece."
Jeff Ayers, Library Journal
"Overall, 9 Dragons is THE reason to begin your adventure in the Harry Bosch experience. Michael Connelly continues to write exciting stories that can not only engulf you in a compelling narrative, but with his most recent work the reader is left with a strong sense of choice and consequence. Rating: 10 out of 10! (highly recommended)"
Bookologists
"An apparently everyday murder in South Los Angeles takes Harry Bosch further and deeper than a case has ever sent him before."
Kirkus Reviews
"There are few novelists out there who can produce such compelling fiction so consistently."
Michael Carlson, Crime Time
"In common with all gifted writers, Michael Connelly has created his own peculiar world. He knows its terrain and understands its people, their strengths and their shortcomings. From it, he harvests
emotionally charged, entertaining, disquieting stories of which this, his latest, is a prime example."
Robert Wade, San Diego Union Tribune
"Connelly is a master at many of the things that draw us back to the deep well that is the noir novel."
Jesse Sublett
"No dash, no flash, no flair, no flights of rhetorical fancy. No extra words. No wasted motion. A Michael Connelly novel is a thing of cool beauty, meticulously plotted, rigorously controlled."
Julia Keller, Chicago Tribune
"The Bosch revealed in "9 Dragons" is vulnerable, a twist that makes him both deeper and more human... what remains most interesting is the new dimension added to the character a man who has
evolved over the series of 15 novels to become ever more interesting and real."
Robin Vidimos, Denver Post
"though Connelly remains a master at detailing the intricacies of "the job," it is Harry's longing for reunion and connection with his ex-wife and daughter, the overwhelming vulnerability he
feels as a father, that makes "Nine Dragons" another standout in the series that should satisfy all readers, whether they are new to Boschworld, occasional visitors or devoted denizens."
Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times
"Michael Connelly serves up this fifteenth installment of his Harry Bosch series in superb fashion. You would think after writing a character for so long that Connelly might begin to lose his edge or run
out of great story ideas. Thankfully, neither is true in this case. The Bosch we fell in love with so long ago is evident throughout these pages and we're reminded once again why Michael Connelly
consistently soars to the top of the bestseller lists."
Jake Chism, FictionAddict.com
""Nine Dragons" is one of Michael Connelly's best procedurals. Bosch fans will enjoy his latest outing, both in the L.A. setting and in a Hong Kong where the residents are celebrating the
Festival of Hungry Ghosts, with people burning money and other sacrifices to their ancestors."
David M. Kinchen, Huntington News
"Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch character is back in one of his best, most tension-thick novels ever."
Vicki Rock, Daily American
"I love a good, easy, fast paced, and action packed read and Nine Dragons delivered exactly what I craved. Even if you have never read any of Michael Connelly's other books (such as myself), Nine Dragons was able to stand on it's own without feeling like you've missed anything yet make a person want to go back and read more!"
Revenge of the Book Nerds Blog
"If you're a Harry Bosch fan you won't be disappointed. If you've never met Harry, don't worry, you don't need to read the other books to enjoy this one!"
Chicks With Books Blogspot
"With 9 Dragons, Michael's done it again, in a big way. This might be the best Harry Bosch novel since Echo Park. No more cold case unit, Harry's back in Homicide where he belongs, doing
what he does best - pissing people off, going off the grid, and solving crimes. ...When you read it, I believe you'll agree with me that 9 Dragons is awesome - a thrilling mystery from a wonderful
writer at the top of his form."
Just One More Page Blog
"The book is fast paced with a lot of action and a lot of multitasking. The plot is excellent (well, plots, really) and the pacing is perfect. ...I'm giving Nine Dragons a 10 of 10."
Book Series Reviews Blogspot
"With his power of narrative flow, Connelly examines what police work would be like in a lurid, exotic territory and demonstrates the universality of police work no matter the language or customs.
Hieronymous Bosch, new father, devoted parent, is a man taking measured steps in the habitat of moral monsters, and he knows the risks of a false move."
Critical Mystery Tour
"Michael Connelly weaves a masterful thriller "
Celebrity-Books.blogspot.com
"Mr. Connelly is a master of his genre."
TheFireSideReader.blogspot.com
"Wow, amazing! Nine Dragons was a total edge of my seat thriller. "
Outnumbered3-1.blogspot.com
"Connelly fans should rush to read 9 Dragons, an explosive thriller that changes the direction of Harry Bosch's life for good."
Bookloons.com
"As long as Mr. Connelly can deliver Harry Bosch tales of this caliber, Harry will continue to be one of the most intriguing law enforcement figures in fiction today!"
Lunch.com
"Harry's personal and professional lives overlap in the engrossing Nine Dragons, the 15th novel and one of the best in this series. Nine Dragons works as a gripping police procedural, an
intense character study and an international thriller. ...The excellent Nine Dragons ranks high among Connelly's novels."
Oline H. Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Michael Connelly's 9 Dragons gets my vote for Most Adrenaline Inducing Read of 2009. ...9 Dragons will leave you emotionally drained, and wowed beyond anything Connelly has ever written
(and that's saying a lot). Expect a ton of awards."
JC Patterson, Madison County Herald
"Nine Dragons, his latest, not only brings back popular Los Angeles homicide detective Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch, but also features an intricate, wide-ranging and utterly compelling story, to go
with credible, sympathetic characters and exotic locations, unusual for Harry, who seldom leaves L.A."
H. J. (Jack) Kirchhoff, The Globe and Mail
"This latest appearance is a complex and meticulously crafted tale, five years in the making, and packed with jump and juice. ..."9 Dragons" clamps onto thriller clichιs and turns them upside down.
What would be maudlin sentimentality in lesser hands is hammered down to steely human drama. This is Bosch at his sharpest and Connelly at his most engaging. High-voltage stuff."
Katherine Dunn, The Oregonian
"This is the first "fish-out-of-water" book in the series, the first time Connelly has allowed Bosch to venture far from Los Angeles. More important, it reveals a side
of Bosch we've never seen. Some enduring detective characters, such as Robert B. Parker's Spenser, have barely changed from book to book. Others, including Bosch and James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux,
have evolved gradually, the evils they battle endangering their sanity and even their souls. But with "9 Dragons," Connelly has taken a chance by transforming a character millions have come to
know well. In doing so, he has made Harry Bosch more human and interesting than ever."
Bruce DeSilva, San Francisco Examiner
"Connelly is in top form with the Bosch tale, his 15th: The story unfolds with exquisite procedural details; unexpected violence; and increased insight into the stoic,
jazz-loving, relentless, flawed detective who bears the burden of every case."
Nancy Gilson, The Columbus Dispatch
"In Bosch's most personal involvement in his 15 episodes of righting wrongs in Los Angeles, Connelly takes readers through workings of crime investigation and a richly described
tour of Hong Kong's Kowloon section, which is Chinese for "nine dragons." This is the culmination of Connelly's craft. With cherry-hued herrings tossed in to tease readers, Connelly is a righteous writer
of unparalleled skill, Jonathan Kellerman on steroids."
L. Dean Murphy, Mystery Scene Magazine
"I visited Hong Kong as a young sailor many years ago, and Connelly vividly describes the sights, sounds and smells that I remember so well. I especially like his descriptions of
the Festival of Hungry Ghosts (a good name for a future novel). I also spent a year living in Southern California and many times visited Los Angeles, the city of Raymond Chandler's mean streets and
Joseph Wambaugh's cops. Connelly, who worked as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, follows in their footsteps and captures the city, its inhabitants and its crime scene well. Nine Dragons is a very good crime thriller."
Paul Davis, Philadelphia Inquirer
"But the center of the book is a breathless, bloody quest through a city Bosch barely knows, a teeming metropolis of skyscrapers and high finance in the midst of celebrating the
ancient Festival of Hungry Ghosts. It's a foray outside his usual haunts that works, and one that takes him into new emotional territory as well. But the implications of the two cases the Hong Kong
crimes and Li's murder inevitably circle back to Los Angeles and play out in ways that surprise both the reader and Bosch right to the last page."
Colette Bancroft, St. Petersburg Times
"Connelly is superb at ratcheting up the tension level as well as creating strong, believable characters. This is one Harry Bosch novel you won't want to miss."
Ray Walsh, Lansing State Journal
"Scary, shocking and sublimely suspenseful."
New York Daily News
"Not since The Last Coyote has Connelly opened a window into the soul of Harry Bosch. The once "bulletproof" investigator finds another force at work in shaping his life. As a father Harry must view his options from a new vantage point, one that his is not ready to face. Connelly makes a major shift in his writing transforming Harry Bosch into a more human character. He does it flawlessly delivering his second amazing novel of the year."
John Hutchinson, VJ Books
"Each new book adds another string to Connelly's bow, though Nine Dragons is a more straightforward adventure thriller than some recent work (despite Bosch's very personal involvement). It's none the worse for that. The globe-spanning element here expands the canvas, and there's an appearance by Connelly's other protagonist, sardonic Mickey Haller plus some satisfying, out-of-the-blue narrative twists."
Barry Forshaw, The Independent (UK)
"Michael Connelly's 9 Dragons starts out as another dependable thriller in his Harry Bosch series and ends up as something deeper and more enriching because Connelly puts
his character's personal pathology to its most critical test."
Larry Aydlette, Palm Beach Post
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