The Black Box (novel)

The Black Box
Hardcover edition
Author	Michael Connelly
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Harry Bosch #16
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date	November 26, 2012
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	560 pp.
ISBN	978-0316069434
Preceded by	The Drop
Followed by	The Burning Room

The Black Box is the 25th novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the sixteenth novel featuring Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch. The book^[1] was published on 26 November 2012, "in part to honor the 20th anniversary of the character".^[2]

Plot

Bosch tackles a 20-year-old cold case which took place during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. A white photojournalist is found killed near a burned-out store. The case is reopened when Harry matches a shell casing he discovered at the scene to three other murders. In his personal life, Harry's daughter Maddie says she wants to become a member of the LAPD, after having expressed an interest in a law enforcement career in The Drop.

Reception

The book placed at #2 on the Chronicle bestseller list for San Francisco Bay Area booksellers, in December 2012.^[3]

In 2012, The Black Box won the world's most lucrative crime fiction award, the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing worth €125,000.^[4]

References

↑ "Coming Next? The Black Box". MichaelConnelly.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
↑ Barber, Brian (12 December 2011). "Michael Connelly not ready to 'Drop' beloved Detective Harry Bosch". Tulsa World. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
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↑ "Michael Connelly wins the RBA Award for his novel ‘The Black Box’". Catalan News Wire. 7 September 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2013.

Novels by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch series	The Black Echo (1992) The Black Ice (1993) The Concrete Blonde (1994) The Last Coyote (1995) Trunk Music (1997) Angels Flight (1999) A Darkness More Than Night (2001) City of Bones (2002) Lost Light (2003) The Narrows (2004) The Closers (2005) Echo Park (2006) The Overlook (2007) 9 Dragons (2009) The Drop (2011) The Black Box (2012) The Burning Room (2014) The Crossing (2015)

Mickey Haller series	The Lincoln Lawyer (2005) The Brass Verdict (2008) The Reversal (2010) The Fifth Witness (2011) The Gods of Guilt (2013)

Jack McEvoy series	The Poet (1996) The Scarecrow (2009)

Other novels	Blood Work (1998) Void Moon (2000) Chasing the Dime (2002)

Adaptations	Blood Work (2002) The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) Bosch (2015)

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