La città buia (The Overlook)

by Michael Connelly

Overview

Sul belvedere vicino a Mulholland Drive viene ritrovato un cadavere. La vittima, identificata come il dottor Stanley Kent, è stata freddata con due colpi di pistola alla nuca: a prima vista, una tipica esecuzione.
L’indagine è affidata al detective Harry Bosch. È il caso che aspettava, il primo da quando ha lasciato l’Unità Casi Irrisolti per la Squadra Speciale Omicidi. Ma appena Bosch inizia a far luce sulla vita di Kent emergono le prime contraddizioni. Non risulta, infatti, che l’uomo avesse contatti con il crimine organizzato; di certo si sa che poteva liberamente accedere a pericolosissime sostanze radioattive in quasi tutti gli ospedali della contea.
Il quadro iniziale, quello di un banale omicidio per un regolamento di conti, assume in breve contorni inquietanti, che rendono l’indagine molto più complessa e urgente. Bosch deve lottare contro il tempo non solo per inchiodare i colpevoli, ma anche per battere l’FBI e il Dipartimento di Sicurezza Nazionale, convinti che la faccenda sia troppo delicata per la polizia di Los Angeles. Non solo: la sua ex amante Rachel Walling fa parte del team di federali che cerca di soffiargli il caso, rendendogli il lavoro ancora più difficile.
Seguendo implacabile la sua pista, Bosch si affida ancora una volta all’istinto, con la consapevolezza che, oltre a un omicidio da archiviare, questa volta c’è in ballo una minaccia che incombe su tutta Los Angeles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788858500842
Publisher:	EDIZIONI PIEMME
Publication date:	10/07/2010
Series:	Harry Bosch (Foreign Language Editions) Series , #13
Sold by:	EDIZIONI PIEMME - EBKS
Format:	eBook
File size:	556 KB
Age Range:	18 Years
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Best known for his dark police procedurals featuring the tough, complex and emotionally scarred LAPD detective, Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch, Michael Connelly has been called "infernally ingenious" (The New York Times), "one of those masters...who can keep driving the story forward in runaway locomotive style" (USA Today) and "the top rank of a new generation of crime writers" (The Los Angeles Times).

Consistently exquisite prose and engrossing storylines play an integral role in his swelling success. However, Connelly believes that solid character development is the most important key. As he explained to MagnaCumMurder.com, "I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true."

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connelly attended the University of Florida; there he discovered the works of Raymond Chandler -- author of many classic Los Angeles-based noir dramas such as The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, and Farewell, My Lovely. The cases of Philip Marlowe inspired Connelly to be a crime novelist -- and by studying journalism, he put himself in the perfect position. "I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about -- police and criminals, the criminal justice system," he told MagnaCumMurder.com.

After graduation, Connelly worked the crime beat for two Florida newspapers. When a story he and a colleague wrote about the disastrous 1985 crash of Delta Flight 191 was short-listed for the Pulitzer, Connelly landed a gig in Marlowe's backyard, covering crime for one of the nation's largest newspapers -- The Los Angeles Times. Three years later, Harry Bosch was introduced in The Black Echo, which earned Connelly the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Connelly has since won every major mystery honor, including the Anthony (The Poet, Blood Work) and the Macavity Award (Blood Work).

While Connelly has written stand-alone novels that don't feature his tragic protagonist Harry Bosch, he is best identified by his rigid, contentious and fiery -- but also immensely skilled and compassionate -- detective. According to The Boston Globe, the Bosch series "raises the hard-boiled detective novel to a new level...adding substance and depth to modern crime fiction."

Called "one of the most compelling, complex protagonists in recent crime fiction" (Newsweek) and "a terrific...wonderful, old-fashioned hero who isn't afraid to walk through the flames -- and suffer the pain for the rest of us" (The New York Times Book Review), Bosch faces unforgettable horrors every day -- either on the street or in his own mind. "Bosch is making up for wrongs done to him when he rights wrongs as a homicide detective," Connelly explained in an interview with his publisher. "In a way, he is an avenging angel."

Bosch is clearly a product of his deadly, unforgiving environment. "The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work," said Connelly in the same interview. With each passing novel, Bosch looks deeper and deeper into the abyss; and readers continue to return to see just how far he will gaze.

Hometown:

Sarasota, Florida

Date of Birth:

July 21, 1956

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Education:

B.A. in Journalism, University of Florida, 1980

Website:

http://www.michaelconnelly.com