The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly, 482 pages.

This was Connelly's first novel back in 1992, and features his long-time character, Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch. Bosch and partner, Jerry Edgar, investigate the death of a junkie found in a storm drain. The first officers to the scene and the medical folk all assume it's an accidental overdose, but when Harry recognizes the dead man as a fellow "tunnel rat" from Viet Nam and notices some oddities at the scene, he begins an investigation. The evidence points to the dead guy being tied to a big bank robbery from several months back and that brings in the FBI and sets Harry in the sights (not for the last time) of Deputy Chief Irving. A good framework for this book and the rest of the series. Check our catalog.