A former Los Angeles Times crime reporter, Michael Connelly’s familiarity with L.A. adds a steamy kind of street cred to his hardboiled, gritty detective novels — especially his bestselling series of mysteries featuring dark detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch.

          City of Bones is a dazzling Harry Bosch thriller — about the past reaching up to grab the present. When the bones of a twelve-year-old boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that recalls the darkest memories from his own haunted past. The bones have been buried for years, but Bosch unearths the child’s identity and fractured life, determined he will not be forgotten.

          Then a love affair begins to blossom for Bosch – until a disastrous mission leaves him in more trouble than ever before, as he faces an unimaginable decision…