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DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT, A by Michael Connelly - SIGNED FIRST EDITION UK BOOKSee all titles by Michael Connelly.
The novel begins when McCaleb, an FBI profiler forced into
retirement following a successful heart transplant, agrees to lend his
expertise to a particularly baffling murder investigation. The victim
is Edward Gunn, an alcoholic lowlife with a violent past. He was once
arrested -- by Harry Bosch -- for the murder of a Los Angeles
prostitute but managed, despite Harry's best efforts, to avoid
prosecution. McCaleb's analysis of the crime scene reveals a number of
anomalies: an unexplained head wound, a phrase ("Beware, beware, God
sees") written in medieval Latin, the replica of an owl placed in the
vicinity of the corpse. Following his instincts, McCaleb locates mirror
images of these arcane clues in a number of paintings by Harry's
namesake, the 15th-century Dutch master, Hieronymous Bosch.
Harry, meanwhile, is serving as chief investigator and star witness in
the sensational murder trial of a world-famous Hollywood director and
has no idea that he's just become the primary suspect in an unrelated
investigation. As the trial progresses, it becomes increasingly clear
that Harry's testimony is critically important and that any attempt to
destroy his credibility will undermine the case against a vicious,
well-connected killer.
Eventually, Harry learns about McCaleb's suspicions and forces
a confrontation. McCaleb takes a second look at the accumulated
evidence and begins to discern the outlines of a very different
scenario. As new revelations come gradually into view, the disparate
elements of the novel coalesce, and the narrative moves with increasing
urgency toward a violent, thoroughly satisfying conclusion.
Connelly is only a moderately gifted stylist, but he is a devious,
resourceful plotter and a world-class storyteller. His new book
generates the kind of irresistible momentum that very few novelists
ever manage to achieve. At the same time, it offers empathetic
portraits of two memorably complex protagonists with more than their
share of ghosts, griefs, and personal demons to contend with. A Darkness More than Night is an intelligent, compassionate, unfailingly entertaining thriller. It deserves the success it is doubtless about to achieve.
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