The Closers

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Len Cariou

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch joins LA's elite Open/Unsolved Unit to help piece together the mysterious death of a teenage girl.

He walked away from the job three years ago. But Harry Bosch cannot resist the call to join the elite Open/Unsolved Unit. His mission: solve murders whose investigations were flawed, stalled, or abandoned to L.A.'s tides of crime. With some people openly rooting for his failure, Harry catches the case of a teenager dragged off to her death on Oat Mountain, and traces the DNA on the murder weapon to a small-time criminal. But something bigger and darker beckons, and Harry must battle to fit all the pieces together. Shaking cages and rattling ghosts, he will push the rules to the limit -- and expose the kind of truth that shatters lives, ends careers, and keeps the dead whispering in the night . . .

Great Story - Great Narrator + Extras!

Reading Michael Connelly is like reading Frederick Forsyth. They don't have any "bad" books, just books with differing degrees of "Great".

This is my 5th or 6th Connelly read, and this ranks as one of his best. As others have stated, Harry Bosch is a very "real" character in a very believable situation. The story is great and keeps your interest. I couldn't wait for my morning commute to see what was going to happen next - even went for a walk one night when my commute ended at an important plot twist.

As always, the ending was unexpected and satisfying - even the two small stories after the case is solved.

On top of a great book are a few extras - First the nice jazz music at the beginning of each disk (as opposed to the cheesy music on many other books), Second a great narrator, and Third the conversation with Connelly after the book.

This is a real winner!! Right up there with "Blood Work".

Best if you are a fan

If you like Mr. Connelly's work and you enjoy the novels written from the perspective of his character Harry Bosch, this rocks. If you don't, you may not concur with the four stars. Police procedure is accurate and plodding and you can feel the character's frustration with the system he must be in to survive. Nice to have Harry back on the force. The afterword by Michael Connelly is a nice touch.

Len Cariou gets top marks as a reader. He also did a great job on The Narrows.

Trying to Keep up

I'm watching the TV show. It skips ahead. I just want to know what's going on.

Good detective whodunit

I enjoyed this story. It was an interesting and clever story and the narrator did an excellent job. It was a real page turner for me.

Another great Harry Bosch book.

Good to see Harry back on the force!
Intelligent plot and well written. Michael Connolly really understands his character and makes him very believable.