Review: Three very interesting stories showing Bosch's tenacity and cleverness
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2011
Each of the three short tales in this kindle version is excellent. We read how Harry doggedly uses his understanding of human nature generally and criminals in particular to solve crime cases.Suicide RunThe first focuses on a time that Bosch was a night shift detective and hears about the third apparent suicide during his four days on night shift. But was it a suicide? The woman was a very pretty 24 year old who was trying to get into the film industry. Bosch discovers some inconsistencies, including an apparent suicide note, written in pencil, but no pencil nearby.Cielo AzulThe second case is a first person account where Bosch expresses his anguish about a case that began ten years earlier. An approximately fifteen year old nude girl is found who was strangled. Bosch works with an FBI profiler, who appears in another novel, and discovers the killer. Now ten years later he is still trying to find out who the girl is. He visits the killer, a week before his execution, hoping that the killer will reveal her identity.One Dollar JackpotThis clever third tale is about a 38 year old female poker player who is shot outside her home after winning over six thousand dollars. Bosch is convinced that her husband committed the murder, but how can he prove it. He uses a trick.