A Darkness More Than Night
Michael Connelly
Orion
<p>Harry Bosch meets an ex-FBI profiler in one of the most disturbing cases he has faced . . . From the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER.<br>
Terry McCaleb's enforced quiet lifestyle on the island of Catalina is a far cry from the hectic excitement of his former role as an FBI profiler. However, when small-time criminal Edward Gunn is found dead, McCaleb becomes embroiled in a disturbing and complex case leading him to cross the path of Harry Bosch.<br>
This infamous detective has always teetered on the brink of darkness in order to get inside the head of the killer. Is it possible that he has stepped across that finely drawn line and embraced darkness?<br>
**</p>Amazon.co.uk Review<br>
<p>In <em>A Darkness More than Night</em> , Michael Connelly brings together in a clash of values Terry McCaleb, the semi-retired profiler of <em>Blood Work</em> and Harry Bosch, the burned-out LAPD veteran who most recently appeared in <em>Angels Flight</em>. McCaleb is called in unofficially when someone hog-ties acquitted rapist and murderer Gunn and leaves him to strangle himself, and he soon finds everything from the way Gunn died to the plastic owl left watching the corpse pointing him solidly in one direction. Meanwhile Bosch is orchestrating a high-profile case against a Hollywood producer with a taste for strangling his mistresses and a security adviser whose dislike of Bosch goes back a very long way... This is an ingenious thriller which is also a powerful parable about justice and just how far it is possible to go in pursuit of it; Connelly is as intelligent about human motivation and the misunderstandings that destroy friendship as he is about forensics, art history and the mechanics of prosecution. By bringing together two series characters, he ensures that we care passionately about the outcome of his puzzle and his argument; we have a lot invested in who is right, and who is innocent. -- <em>Roz Kaveney</em></p><br>
Amazon Review<br>
<p>In <em>A Darkness More than Night</em> , Michael Connelly brings together in a clash of values Terry McCaleb, the semi-retired profiler of <em>Blood Work</em> and Harry Bosch, the burned-out LAPD veteran who most recently appeared in <em>Angels Flight</em>. McCaleb is called in unofficially when someone hog-ties acquitted rapist and murderer Gunn and leaves him to strangle himself, and he soon finds everything from the way Gunn died to the plastic owl left watching the corpse pointing him solidly in one direction. Meanwhile Bosch is orchestrating a high-profile case against a Hollywood producer with a taste for strangling his mistresses and a security adviser whose dislike of Bosch goes back a very long way... This is an ingenious thriller which is also a powerful parable about justice and just how far it is possible to go in pursuit of it; Connelly is as intelligent about human motivation and the misunderstandings that destroy friendship as he is about forensics, art history and the mechanics of prosecution. By bringing together two series characters, he ensures that we care passionately about the outcome of his puzzle and his argument; we have a lot invested in who is right, and who is innocent. -- <em>Roz Kaveney</em></p>