In A Darkness More than Night, Michael Connelly brings together in a clash of values Terry McCaleb, the semi-retired profiler of Blood Work and Harry Bosch, the burned-out LAPD veteran who most recently appeared in Angels Flight. 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. –Roz Kaveney

4 Responses to “A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch)”

1. Anonymous sagt:

   3. September 2003 um 00:00

   Dieses Buch ist eines der Besten, die ich je gelesen habe. Es ist nicht nur sehr spannend und fesselnd, so daß man sich kaum eine Minute davon lösen möchte. Die Geschichte macht süchtig nach all den anderen Harry Bosch Krimis von Michael Connelly.
   Durch ihre unerwarteten Wendungen ist sie nie vorhersagbar und überrascht den Leser immer wieder. Sehr empfehlenswert!!!!
2. Thorsten Mühl sagt:

   21. Januar 2003 um 00:00

   This is the 5th HB novel I’ve read. Generally speaking, it is a very solid, suspensful novel. However, in my opinion, MC has written much better books. You realise too early in which dirction the plot is heading. Moreover, it seems that MC, in a darkness more than night, wasn’t very creative. He was apparently running out of ideas so he maybe thought, why not bring two characters of previously successful books together? But it doesn’t work that simple. In comparison with Bosch (one of my absolute favorite characters regardless what book) McCaleb falls very short. He just can’t compete with Bosch, that’s for sure!!!
   In addition, I was also dissapointed to see so many similarities with an excellent book that had been previously written: the concrete blond. It is also a mixture of police thriller and courtroom story. But the concrete blond is, by far, the better book. Anyway, fans of HB will like it. For everyone else I higly recommend to read the HB novels (starting with the black echo and so forth) right from the beginning.
   cheers
3. joerg.arlt@gmx.net sagt:

   6. Dezember 2001 um 00:00

   A perfect book to match the chilly season. A plunge into the darker regions of the human mind and drives. It is thoroughly enjoyable and well
   executed, offering chapter after chapter of real
   surprises you’re best advised not to try to outguess. Rather take the author’s hand and let him guide you, step by careful step, through this dark, mind-twisting tale.
4. Alec Trevalyan sagt:

   5. Dezember 2001 um 00:00

   Connelly lässt seine drei Helden in einem Roman auftreten. Geht das gut? Für den Leser wirkt es zunächst etwas verwirrend, dass Harry Bosch zunächst nur eine Nebenperson und später sogar Tatverdächtiger ist. Terry McCaleb ist einem Mörder auf der Spur, dessen modus operandi in immer näher an Harry Bosch führt, der selber gerade als Mitglied der Anklage in einen Mordfall verwickelt ist. Der Weg dorthin ist spannend, wie man es von Connelly gewohnt ist. Langsam entfaltet sich das Puzzle vor den Augen des Lesers. Zwei Dinge sind zu kritisieren: Connelly schafft es nicht wirklich, seinen Held Bosch aus einer anderen Perspektive zu zeigen. Die Außensicht ist hin und wieder vorhanden, wird aber nicht konsequent eingesetzt. Bosch bleibt in diesem Buch eine eher blasse Figur. Dadurch wirkt das Ende dann leider auch etwas konstruiert, da Boschs Motivation im Dunklen bleibt. Lesenwert ist das Buch allemal.