The Overlook: a novel by Michael Connelly

Short but Punchy**** June 30, 2007

Months after the confusion of Echo Park, Harry Bosch is back, this time on a different assignment with a wide mandate to investigate sensitive homicides. In his first case he gets a late night call re an apparent execution on the Overlook overlooking Los Angeles. Dr. Stanley Kent, radiologist, has been murdered. His wife is found bound in their home. Kent was contacted by the apparent kidnappers and instructed to steal cesium and bring it to the Overlook. Because of the suspected terrorism link the FBI gets involved and Harry is partnered again with his old flame, FBI Agent Rachel Walling. But Harry realizes that the FBI is unlikely to keep the LAPD involved as is their wont. So he pursues the investigation aggressively and uncovers the real villains while the FBI is left with mud on its face. This is a first-rate short novel by one of the best crime writers in the world.