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Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch's Zagat's Guide to LA for BEAMay 9, 2008 If anyone can make Los Angeles seem angelic in the midst of demonic human hijinks, it would be Michael Connelly. I don't read tons of detective novels or thrillers, but I always read Connelly's -- not only does he write well, he changes things up with each book, even within the same series. This year Connelly's publisher, Hachette, has teamed up with the Zagat guidebook folks to create "Michael Connelly's Los Angeles 2008: Restaurants, Nightlife & Attractions," a special Book Expo America pub that's backed by a promo for Connelly's new novel, The Brass Verdict, and some of the best passages from previous Connelly titles about the City of Angels.Here's a sample: Mulholland Drive: Mulholland was literally the backbone of Los Angeles. It rode like a snake along the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains from one end of the city to the other. Clewiston knew of places where you could stand on the white stripe and look north across the vast San Fernando Valley and then turn around and look south and see across the west side and as far as the Pacific and Catalina Island. It all depended on whether the smog was cooperating or not. And if you knew the right spots to stop and look. Mulholland had that top-of-the-world feel to it. It could make you feel like the prince of a city where the laws of nature and physics didn’t apply. The foot came down heavy on the accelerator. That was the contradiction. Mulholland was built for speed but it couldn’t handle it. Speed was a killer. — “Mulholland Dive”, Los Angeles Noir Posted by Bethanne Patrick on May 9, 2008 | Comments (6)               
May 9, 2008
In response to: Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch's Zagat's Guide to LA for BEA JOHN DOUGLAS commented: I love all of the Harry Bosch novels but I think his two best books are THE POET and BLOOD WORK.
May 9, 2008
In response to: Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch's Zagat's Guide to LA for BEA lita commented: It seems as though my favorite Harry Bosch book is always the last one I read, however, I truly adored CONCRETE BLONDE.
May 10, 2008
In response to: Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch's Zagat's Guide to LA for BEA Jay Willson commented: I'd have to say THE NARROWS, because I really enjoyed reading Connelly's broadening of his character universe by bringing in Terry McCalab and Rachel Walling into the world of Harry Bosch. Outstanding stuff. In typical Connelly fashion, he also brings the waterways of L.A. alive in his description of "the narrows."
May 14, 2008
In response to: Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch's Zagat's Guide to LA for BEA JJ Cooper commented: The Closers for me. Harry returns to the LAPD. Well written in third person and brings back some of the chaacter we loved and loathed.
June 11, 2008
In response to: Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch's Zagat's Guide to LA for BEA Aquaria commented: It's easier to say which one wasn't a favorite. That would be Angels Flight.
August 29, 2008
In response to: Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch's Zagat's Guide to LA for BEA Eastbaykiller commented: Hands down it has to Echo Park.
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