From Publishers Weekly
Starred
Review. Bestseller Connelly's dazzling 13th Harry Bosch novel
(after 2006's Echo Park) reunites Bosch with his former
flame, FBI agent Rachel Walling. Bosch must break in a new partner,
rookie Iggy Ferras, when they're called to look into the execution
of physicist Stanley Kent on a Mulholland Drive overlook. When a
special FBI unit, headed by Walling, arrives and tries to usurp his
case, claiming it's a matter of national security, Bosch refuses to
back down. Walling's focus on the potential theft of radioactive
material from the hospital where Kent was lending his expertise to
cancer treatment and her unwillingness to share information only
make Bosch more determined to solve the case. This is a quick read,
almost half the length of Connelly's previous novels, but he spares
no punches when it comes to complexity and suspense. The scramble
to investigate threats to national security, justified or
otherwise, is a timely subject and one on which Connelly puts a
brilliant new spin. (May 22)
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From Bookmarks Magazine
Michael Connelly originally published The Overlook as a
serialized novella in the New York Times Magazine; the 16
sections contained 3,000 words each. Although expanded to novel
form, The Overlook weighs in as a good, if slim (and
perhaps, as a few critics claim, slight), addition to the Harry
Bosch series. For the most part, the novel succeeds in maintaining
Connelly's trademark fast-paced action, plot twists, suspense, and
spare, humorous writing-all over the course of 12 hours. Some
reviewers cited tired characters, dull romance, a bizarre time
frame, and plotting missteps, but for followers of Harry Bosch,
The Overlook is a worthy addition.
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