Review: Harry Bosch Times 3 Again
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
The stories in this book are Christmas Even, Father's Day, and Angle of Investigation.The first one is interesting due to the manner in which the victim meets his demise. It seems that the owner of the Pawn shop that the burglar had chosen to break into  on three previous occasions had grown tired of losing his merchandise and decided that if he were broken into again it would be the last time for the burglar. The story is also interesting in that we learn how Harry developed  developed a love for Jazz and especially for a certain saxaphone player.The second story is a sad one. We are challenged with the question of whether the death of a 15 month old deaf, and blind baby boy left in a car during a hot summer day was an accident or a planned event by a young, stressed out married couple who could not face the future of raising a handicapped child. The case is especially troubling for Harry's partner, Ignacio, who is a new father.The third story starts with a description of Harry's first dead body case as a 23 year old rookie cop and ends with him as a detective working the same case 33 years later as an open unsolved murder with three angles of investigation. There are thirty six names to run through the computer, a palm print, and cases involving a veterinary chemical commonly used as a date rape drug.The Palm print in the victims bathroom was the key to closing the case once again thanks to Harry's attention to details.These were three, very well written, Harry Bosch stories .I highly recommend them .