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Country United States Series Harry Bosch #16 Media type Print (hardcover) Originally published 26 November 2012 Genre Crime Fiction | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date November 26, 2012 Pages 560 pp. Publisher Little, Brown and Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by The Drop, The Burning Room, Nine Dragons Followed by The Burning Room, The Wrong Side of Goodbye Similar Works by Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch books, Crime Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Black Box is the 25th novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the sixteenth novel featuring Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch. The book was published on 26 November 2012, "in part to honor the 20th anniversary of the character".
Contents
Plot
Bosch tackles a 20-year-old cold case which took place during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. A white photojournalist is found killed near a burned-out store. The case is reopened when Harry matches a shell casing he discovered at the scene to three other murders. In his personal life, Harry's daughter Maddie says she wants to become a member of the LAPD, after having expressed an interest in a law enforcement career in The Drop.
Reception
The book placed at #2 on the Chronicle bestseller list for San Francisco Bay Area booksellers, in December 2012.
In 2012, The Black Box won the world's most lucrative crime fiction award, the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing worth €125,000.