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Author: Michael Connelly
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Angels Flight (Harry Bosch) Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446607278
ISBN: 0446607274
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446607278
ISBN: 0446607274
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
Editorial Review of Angels Flight (Harry Bosch)
Michael Connelly, whose novel The Poet won the 1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery, is already recognized as one of the smartest and most vivid scribes of the hard-boiled police procedural. Now, with his much-anticipated sixth Harry Bosch novel, Angels Flight, Connelly offers one of the finest pieces of mystery writing to appear in 1998. Bosch is awakened in the middle of the night and, out of rotation, he is assigned to the murder investigation of the high-profile African American attorney Howard Elias.When Bosch arrives at the scene, it seems that almost the entire LAPD is present, including the IAD (the Internal Affairs Division). Elias, who made a career out of suing the police, was sadistically gunned down on the Angels Flight tram just as he was beginning a case that would have struck the core of the department; not surprisingly, L.A.'s men and women in blue become the center of the investigation.Haunted by the ghost of the L.A. riots, plagued by incessant media attention, and facing turmoil at home, Bosch suddenly finds himself questioning friends and associates while working side by side with some longtime enemies. Angels Flight is a detective's nightmare scenario and is disturbingly relevant to the racially tense last decade of the 20th century. Amidst the twists and turns of his complex narrative, Connelly affirms his rightful place among the masters of contemporary mystery fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley
Customer Reviews of Angels Flight (Harry Bosch)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Harry, we have to stop meeting like this !
Review: Another night spent with Harry into the wee hours. The author just keeps the suspense growing and twists twistier. I wasn't prepared to like this novel as much as the others. An attorney who lives to sue the LAPD -- and picks the race card out of every deck he's dealt -- and all the politicos covering their collective butts -- no thanks. But this was REALLY a good read. Of course, as usual, the FBI and IAD hassle Harry at every turn and he always has somebody trying to bring him down. That part gets older with each new book. But you gotta love Harry -- he just keeps fighting. Does it bother anyone else that Harry carries a briefcase? It just doesn't ring true to his character. I'm seeing Dirty Harry one minute and then Poindexter the Geek the next. Do homicide dectectives carry briefcases? All the more reason Harry would not.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Harry Boils Over After a Long Spell in the Pressure Cooker
Review: Angels Flight was written near the ebb of LAPD's reputation: OJ Simpson had skated after the police investigation proved to be corrupt in most peoples' minds and Rodney King had been beaten, enraging those who feared and despised LAPD. Angels Flight is an attempt to re-create that era and give a sense of the pressures on those who were trying to do their duty while public relations and political concerns ran amok. The cross-currents of those disparate interests suck Harry Bosch into a cesspool of duplicity from which he'll be likely to escape.
In Trunk Music, Harry had married . . . perhaps not wisely. As Angels Flight opens, she's gone . . . and Harry can't seem to get her back: The lure of the casinos is calling its siren sound.
Harry has the weekend off: His team in Hollywood isn't on call. He's surprised when the top brass call him out in the middle of the night on a murder that occurs on the incline railway in downtown LA: That's Robbery Homicide territory. He's even more surprised when the murder scene has already been combed over and Internal Affairs desk types are everywhere. There are two deceased: One is a civil rights lawyer who makes his living suing cops . . . and who is about to lower the boom on the Robbery Homicide crew. Harry quickly appreciates that having two partners who are African Americans is part of why he's "leading" the case.
Despite lots of pressure to pin the case on someone, anyone, Harry continues to investigate. What he learns suggests even darker secrets than appeared on the surface.
Will he be able to outfox those who want a sacrificial lamb? How will his marriage take the strain? Can he keep his job? Will the city sleep quietly?
The plot is a demanding one that helps reveal a lot about the police and Harry's perspective: Michael Connelly paints a broad landscape of human depravity that will stay with you. You'll probably become well engaged in the story, even if the situation seems forced to you in the beginning.
I think you will enjoy this book a lot more if you have already read the prior books in the Harry Bosch series. Give yourself a treat and go back if you haven't read them already.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A very dark tunnel full of twists and turns - no angels fly near Angels Flight
Review: Bosch was in a very bad place when he received the call-out. He was anxiously waiting for his wife, or at least a call from her - she had disappeared again. She was going back to the gambling and going away from him and he didn't know what to do to help her, to bring her back. Then he gets the call. It wasn't his team's turn in rotation - in fact, where he was told to go wasn't even within their jurisdiction - Angel's Flight, a short train hop up and down a steep hill, was within the RHD purview. However, it was Irvin Irving on the phone and he brooked no arguments, nor questions - he merely said to come and to bring Harry's partners.
The crime would tear the flimsy bandages L.A. had put on over the gaping wounds left by the Rodney King beating, by the O.J. Simpson trial - it would tear those flimsy bandages right off. Howard Elias - the victim - made his living by continually picking at those bandages - by suing the L.A.P.D. whenever he could, by keeping the race card constantly on the table and continually stirring the cauldron of racial strife - all so he could make enough money to keep his opulent lifestyle. It was pretty much assumed from the beginning that there was a high chance someone associated with law enforcement in L.A. had done this; however, all stones were to be kicked over. While investigating the murder, Bosch discovered that Elias had a source within the L.A.P.D. - someone highly placed who could get sensitive information to Elias - information that was not supposed to be provided, information that was supposed to be kept confidential. He also discovered that this source had, right before the killing, suddenly decided to stop providing information.
Filled with the blood of the innocent - and not-so-innocent - this book was dark and disturbing to read. And I really, really enjoyed it. This sort of story is why Connelly has been such a success over the years; he can write some great noir fiction. If you are a fan of noir, Bosch, or Connelly, be sure not to miss this installment of the series.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Good book, great ending
Review: This book took me a long time to get into, but once I did, it seemed to hum right along. The only problem I found was with the personal problems the main character was having. They seemed to be a bleed over from another book, perhaps? You weren't really getting enough of the story for it to be part of this story, so it was annoying and distracting (I understand that the main character has to be somewhat distracted by personal problems, but for goodness sakes, explain them well enough that we understand!). Also, at the end, there was a line that, to me, indicated that the story was not so "wrapped up" as the author would have you believe. I think there was more to it.... Not in a sequel sort of way, but in a "well, there could be more but we're leaving it to your imagination" sort of way.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Angel's Flight isn't about angels
Review: The Margin
I took a short hietus from Connelly's mysteries in favor of Stuart Woods. I like Woods and plan on reading all his work, but recently completed Michael Connelly's Angel's Flight and had to write this review.
AF is another well researched police procedural. Mix Harry Bosch, and his down to earth crime fighting perspective, as well as authentic social events of the decade and you have the makings for a thought provoking, complicated mystery chuck full of the dark places we readers like to go.
Howard Elias is a successful LA attorney who made a name for himself filing and winning law suits against the beleaguered police department, mostly for excessive force during arrests of suspected criminals that happened to be black, Elias himself an African American.
Bosch is tapped to investigate this potentially volitile crime, although the murder didn't occur in his district. Why? Because his boss knows the cops are prime suspects and Harry's relationship with the rank and file is different, sort of a love/hate relationship. He didn't have many friends on the force, only a partner or two, and he didn't have many enemies either, but he did have almost everyones respect. A claim IAD couldn't make. This investigation had to be done right, no room for error. Bosch gathers his team and they begin the arduous hunt for the killer.
Don't start this novel at bed time, you might end up late for work.
Marvin Wiebener, author of The Margin, a mystery.
Review Summary: Harry, we have to stop meeting like this !
Review: Another night spent with Harry into the wee hours. The author just keeps the suspense growing and twists twistier. I wasn't prepared to like this novel as much as the others. An attorney who lives to sue the LAPD -- and picks the race card out of every deck he's dealt -- and all the politicos covering their collective butts -- no thanks. But this was REALLY a good read. Of course, as usual, the FBI and IAD hassle Harry at every turn and he always has somebody trying to bring him down. That part gets older with each new book. But you gotta love Harry -- he just keeps fighting. Does it bother anyone else that Harry carries a briefcase? It just doesn't ring true to his character. I'm seeing Dirty Harry one minute and then Poindexter the Geek the next. Do homicide dectectives carry briefcases? All the more reason Harry would not.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Harry Boils Over After a Long Spell in the Pressure Cooker
Review: Angels Flight was written near the ebb of LAPD's reputation: OJ Simpson had skated after the police investigation proved to be corrupt in most peoples' minds and Rodney King had been beaten, enraging those who feared and despised LAPD. Angels Flight is an attempt to re-create that era and give a sense of the pressures on those who were trying to do their duty while public relations and political concerns ran amok. The cross-currents of those disparate interests suck Harry Bosch into a cesspool of duplicity from which he'll be likely to escape.
In Trunk Music, Harry had married . . . perhaps not wisely. As Angels Flight opens, she's gone . . . and Harry can't seem to get her back: The lure of the casinos is calling its siren sound.
Harry has the weekend off: His team in Hollywood isn't on call. He's surprised when the top brass call him out in the middle of the night on a murder that occurs on the incline railway in downtown LA: That's Robbery Homicide territory. He's even more surprised when the murder scene has already been combed over and Internal Affairs desk types are everywhere. There are two deceased: One is a civil rights lawyer who makes his living suing cops . . . and who is about to lower the boom on the Robbery Homicide crew. Harry quickly appreciates that having two partners who are African Americans is part of why he's "leading" the case.
Despite lots of pressure to pin the case on someone, anyone, Harry continues to investigate. What he learns suggests even darker secrets than appeared on the surface.
Will he be able to outfox those who want a sacrificial lamb? How will his marriage take the strain? Can he keep his job? Will the city sleep quietly?
The plot is a demanding one that helps reveal a lot about the police and Harry's perspective: Michael Connelly paints a broad landscape of human depravity that will stay with you. You'll probably become well engaged in the story, even if the situation seems forced to you in the beginning.
I think you will enjoy this book a lot more if you have already read the prior books in the Harry Bosch series. Give yourself a treat and go back if you haven't read them already.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A very dark tunnel full of twists and turns - no angels fly near Angels Flight
Review: Bosch was in a very bad place when he received the call-out. He was anxiously waiting for his wife, or at least a call from her - she had disappeared again. She was going back to the gambling and going away from him and he didn't know what to do to help her, to bring her back. Then he gets the call. It wasn't his team's turn in rotation - in fact, where he was told to go wasn't even within their jurisdiction - Angel's Flight, a short train hop up and down a steep hill, was within the RHD purview. However, it was Irvin Irving on the phone and he brooked no arguments, nor questions - he merely said to come and to bring Harry's partners.
The crime would tear the flimsy bandages L.A. had put on over the gaping wounds left by the Rodney King beating, by the O.J. Simpson trial - it would tear those flimsy bandages right off. Howard Elias - the victim - made his living by continually picking at those bandages - by suing the L.A.P.D. whenever he could, by keeping the race card constantly on the table and continually stirring the cauldron of racial strife - all so he could make enough money to keep his opulent lifestyle. It was pretty much assumed from the beginning that there was a high chance someone associated with law enforcement in L.A. had done this; however, all stones were to be kicked over. While investigating the murder, Bosch discovered that Elias had a source within the L.A.P.D. - someone highly placed who could get sensitive information to Elias - information that was not supposed to be provided, information that was supposed to be kept confidential. He also discovered that this source had, right before the killing, suddenly decided to stop providing information.
Filled with the blood of the innocent - and not-so-innocent - this book was dark and disturbing to read. And I really, really enjoyed it. This sort of story is why Connelly has been such a success over the years; he can write some great noir fiction. If you are a fan of noir, Bosch, or Connelly, be sure not to miss this installment of the series.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Good book, great ending
Review: This book took me a long time to get into, but once I did, it seemed to hum right along. The only problem I found was with the personal problems the main character was having. They seemed to be a bleed over from another book, perhaps? You weren't really getting enough of the story for it to be part of this story, so it was annoying and distracting (I understand that the main character has to be somewhat distracted by personal problems, but for goodness sakes, explain them well enough that we understand!). Also, at the end, there was a line that, to me, indicated that the story was not so "wrapped up" as the author would have you believe. I think there was more to it.... Not in a sequel sort of way, but in a "well, there could be more but we're leaving it to your imagination" sort of way.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Angel's Flight isn't about angels
Review: The Margin
I took a short hietus from Connelly's mysteries in favor of Stuart Woods. I like Woods and plan on reading all his work, but recently completed Michael Connelly's Angel's Flight and had to write this review.
AF is another well researched police procedural. Mix Harry Bosch, and his down to earth crime fighting perspective, as well as authentic social events of the decade and you have the makings for a thought provoking, complicated mystery chuck full of the dark places we readers like to go.
Howard Elias is a successful LA attorney who made a name for himself filing and winning law suits against the beleaguered police department, mostly for excessive force during arrests of suspected criminals that happened to be black, Elias himself an African American.
Bosch is tapped to investigate this potentially volitile crime, although the murder didn't occur in his district. Why? Because his boss knows the cops are prime suspects and Harry's relationship with the rank and file is different, sort of a love/hate relationship. He didn't have many friends on the force, only a partner or two, and he didn't have many enemies either, but he did have almost everyones respect. A claim IAD couldn't make. This investigation had to be done right, no room for error. Bosch gathers his team and they begin the arduous hunt for the killer.
Don't start this novel at bed time, you might end up late for work.
Marvin Wiebener, author of The Margin, a mystery.