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    Echo Park

    By Michael Connelly

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    Harry Bosch tiene la oportunidad de reabrir un caso en el que trabajó en el pasado y que había quedado sin resolución; se traga del asesinato de Marie Gesto, una joven desaparecida años atrás. Bosch tuvo siempre el presentimiento de que nunca encontrarían con vida a Gesto y cuando las circunstancias le forzaron a cerrar el caso, se quedó con la desagradable sensación de haber dejado escapar al culpable por obviar un detalle de la investigación. Por ello recibe, entre escéptico y aliviado, la confesión de un hombre que alega estar detrás del asesinato de la joven.
    Las circunstancias que envuelven el caso son atípicas dado el interés de un político por llegar a un pacto con el presunto culpable. Arguye que resultaría beneficioso paa ambas partes: el detenido detallaría qué pasócon otros casos irresolutos cuya autoría se atribuye, evitando así la pena de muerte. A Bosch no le gusta la propuesta, pero no puede reprimir su deseo de cerrar un caso que le ha inquietado durante años. Su intuición no le engaña: se trata de uno de los casos más complejos de su carrera.
    Echo Park son muchas cosas: una novela emocionante de principio a fin, una trama policial inteligente cuyas piezas acaban encajando a la perfección, una oportunidad para profundizar aún más en el enigmático e interesante personaje de Harry Bosch, una invitación a adentrarse en la relación entre la clase política y el cuerpo policial, así como una reflexión acerca de las trágicas consecuencias que el error más nimio puede ocasionar en una investigación.

    LanguageEspañol
    PublisherRoca editorial
    Release dateJul 17, 2013
    ISBN9788499187297
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    Echo Park
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    Michael Connelly

    Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. His books have been translated into 36 languages and have won many awards. He lives with his family in Florida.

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    • 4/5
      Enjoyable twists and turns.
    • 4/5
      Another solid addition to the Harry Bosch series. I listened to this book which was read by Len Cariou, my favourite narrator for Harry Bosch's voice. In this book Harry and his partner Kiz Ryder are working in the Open Unsolved section of the LAPD. Harry keeps pulling out the file of a case he worked on thirteen years before in which a young woman had been abducted and never found. Harry had a suspect, the son of a rich oilman, but was never able to prove anything. Every so often though he would pull this man in for questioning. He has the file on his desk again when he gets a call from another detective who went to archives looking for it. A man was stopped driving through Echo Park by police who had been in the area and thought he looked suspicious. When they looked in his van they saw several garbage bags with blood leaking out of them. Raynard Waits had dismembered two young women so he was looking at the death penalty. His lawyer had suggested to the DA that Waits would give details about a number of other unsolved murders in return for the death penalty being dropped. One of the cases was Bosch's unsolved disappearance. Waits said he could lead police to the location of where she was buried. So Harry and Kiz Ryder joined the field trip to find the site. They took a path through a wooded area and at one point there was a steep drop that could only be negotiated by going down a ladder. Waits could not do it while his hands were cuffed so the cuffs were removed but only while he went down the ladder. He then led the group to the grave. When he was being returned to the van he had been brought in his cuffs again had to be removed so he could go up the ladder. At the top of the ladder Waits grabbed the other detective's gun, shot him and Kiz Ryder and another policeman and took off to the parking lot where he stole the van the forensic team had used. Bosch did not pursue because he was trying to save Kiz Ryder's life. Although he was put on home duty he continued to look for Waits, bringing in FBI profiler (and former lover) Rachel Walling to help. It looks like Bosch and Walling might make things work between them as well as find Waits but, in the end, Harry is alone again. He does manage to take down Waits and flush out a department snitch who helped Waits and his lawyer. And he also proves that his initial hunch was right.Great plotting by Connelly.
    • 4/5
      This latest instalment in the career of Detective Harry Bosch finds him still working in LAPD’s ‘cold case’ unit. Almost predictably, he soon finds himself revisiting a case that he had formerly worked on himself – the hitherto unsolved disappearance (always treated as a suspected murder) thirteen years ago of Marie Gesto. Bosch had always remembered that case and had frequently reviewed the files in the intervening period, but had failed to make any progress. The case has resurfaced because Raynard Waits, who had been arrested while driving a van containing body parts from two other unrelated murders, has confessed to the killing of Marie Gesto, in a bid to bargain his way out of a certain death penalty by admitting to several other unsolved murders. An ambitious senior prosecutor, who is standing for election for the post of District Attorney, wants to score a high profile success with the case. As part of the preparation for the trial, he arranges for Waits to take police officers to the grave of Marie Gesto, so that her body might finally be recovered.While on the field trip to review the burial site, Waits manages a daring escape, killing a couple of the officers set to guard him, and goes on the run. While the senior police chiefs and the Prosecutor’s Office become increasingly embroiled in politicking to ensure that the other side takes the blame, Bosch, temporarily reunited with FBI Special Agent Rachel Walling, digs deeper into Waits’s background and tries to hunt him down.Bosch is as obdurate, yet also as empathetic and plausible, as ever. He is far from perfect, yet he is able to recognise and confront his flaws. Connelly has a simple and direct style that snares and then holds the reader’s attention immediately. Perhaps not the strongest book in the series, but still very good.
    • 4/5
      Echo Park
      4 Stars

      When a suspected serial killer confesses to a cold case that has plagued detective Harry Bosch for 13 years, he gets drawn into the political machinations of the police and the DA's office. What starts out as a routine interrogation turns into a complex conspiracy that may have devastating consequences for Harry and his partner.

      As with many of the Bosch books, the 2nd half is better than the 1st. The initial setup and progression is rather predictable as the killer is introduced and the reader waits for the other shoe to drop. Thankfully, when it does, the clever twists and turns of the case transform an otherwise mundane story into an engrossing thriller.

      Harry is one of those intense and brooding heroes always on the brink of self-destruction. His recklessness is particularly apparent in this installment as guilt and anger lead him to question is judgment and his mission.

      As I've stated in past reviews, romance is not Connelly's forte. Nevertheless, the pairing of Harry with FBI agent Rachel Walling has been a stroke of genius. Their interactions are engaging and she is a good match for him both personally and professionally. Considering the way things turn out here, it would be a pity if Connelly allowed this relationship to slip through Harry's fingers.
      Only time (and the next book) will tell.
    • 5/5
      Harry Bosch investigates an old case that haunted him for years when details of the case coincide with a new series of gruesome killings. Haunting book, even the bad guy is a little sympathetic.
    • 4/5
      This was my first Harry Bosch novel. It takes place in LA and has all the parts you would expect in a police mystery--good cop, bad cop, evil villain. I enjoyed the book, but I don't know that I will bother to get another from the series. It has enough twists to keep one turning the pages, but i found it a bit formulaic and predictable.
    • 4/5
      Harry's back and Persistent as ever. I was a bit disappointed in the last few Bosch novels but after reading "Echo Park" Michael Connelly and Harry Bosch are back with this excellent and well told tale. Harry Bosch has returned from retirement and is now working in the Open Unsolved Unit. The book opens with Harry working on a case that involves the murder of a young beautiful girl. Harry still remains a believable character. He has his flaws but overall he is a pretty decent fellow. In other words he's the same old Harry that I have always enjoyed reading about. Echo Park continues Harry's journey into the dark side of men and once again he gets knocked around, but his persistence keeps him faithfully at doing his job. In summary, I give Echo Park a enthusiastic endorsement.
    • 4/5
      Michael Connelly created another super Mystery. After I finished reading Echo Park I thought "what a great story" and I really enjoyed it. The plot was super and the author kept the action moving while keeping me wondering what was going to happen next. Overall, I though Echo Park was thrilling mystery and Michael Connelly as always never disappointed me in this story.If you are a mystery fan then don't miss this one. It's a fast pace of a read that will keep you turning page after page.
    • 4/5
      I've probably said this about a hundred times on this website, but I think Michael Connelly is excellent, and love the Harry Bosch books.

      So I guess it's no surprise that I really enjoyed this story and would definitely recommend it.

      I don't want to spoil any twists, but there is one part especially where the character Harry Bosch is led to believe something by another character, and as a reader I genuinely felt the gravity of it and the pain felt by Harry Bosch at this realisation. (I hope that's cryptic enough for people who have read it to know what I mean, and for people who haven't to not have anything spoiled..!)

      I also liked the way that the main 'bad guy' in this is written, and the way he is introduced is very cleverly done because, as a reader, you already dislike them before they appear. I also found the legal wranglings and deals going on behind the scenes very entertaining.

      Michael Connelly has an incredible ability to really make the reader feel what his characters are going through, and this book is no exception to that.

      Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Harry Bosch is Connelly's most popular character and he has put out over a dozen Bosch novels over the years. He is here an LAPD detective who came back from retirement to work cold cases, including a few he couldn't put down over the years. Marie Gesto disappeared after stopping at the Mayfair Market on Franklin on her way up Beachwood to the Sunset Stables. Her car and her neatly folded clothes were found in an apartment garage overlooking the Hollwyood Bowl, but her body was never found. Bosch always believed that it was a rich man's son who did it, but Bosch couldn't prove it even though he had hassled the son so much that there were countless restraining orders keeping Bosch away from the son.

      A man is found during an Echo Park traffic stop with bags of body parts with him. Soon, it turns out that the man is ready to confess to nine other murders including Marie Gesto's in order to avoid the needle. Although he leads Bosch and others to Gesto's body, Bosch isn't buying it and a world of trouble both political and law enforcement wise opens up. It was a great read. In fact, it was quick easy reading and absolutely compelling. Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      In 1993, Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket in Hollywood, LAPD detective Harry Bosch caught the case, but the young woman never turned up, dead or alive, and it was an investigation Bosch couldn't close. Now Bosch works in the Open-Unsolved Unit, where he still keeps the Gesto file on his desk, when he gets a call from the DA. A man accused of two heinous killings is willing to come clean about several others in a deal to avoid the death penalty. One of these is the murder of Marie Gesto. Bosch is now tasked with taking the alleged killer's confession to make sure he is not scamming the authorities to avoid a date with death. In doing so, Bosch must get close to a man he has sought - and hated - for thirteen years. When Bosch learns that he and his partner missed a clue back in 1993 that could have led them to Gesto's killer - and that would have prevented all the murders that followed - his whole being as a cop begins to crack.
    • 3/5
      This was an engaging, quick read. It was my first Michael Connelly book, and I'm not a big fan of authors who use the same character in multiple books. I think that's because character development is so important to me in a book and in the case of reappearing characters, each individual book does not have a lot of character development. Because of that, I doubt I'll read another Michael Connelly book.
      The story kept me engaged throughout the book and I did find myself wanting to pick it up again and again, however, I thought the ending was disappointing. Everything was just tidied up in the last couple of chapters a little too neatly. Overall, though, it's a good murder mystery novel.
    • 4/5
      This is a nice addition to the series. The plot is a bit complicated but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Thank goodness it's more updated with technology - I don't think I could read another where Harry puts his cellphone in a briefcase after he uses it.
    • 4/5
      Another quick Harry Bosch read, although I think this one ended too quickly without tying up all the loose ends as they related to Pratt, Olivas and O'Shea. A good, engaging read and I do hope Kiz will be OK.
    • 3/5
      Did not enjoy this book as good as his others in the series. When he receives word that somebody has confessed to the 1995 homicide of Marie Gesto, Detective Harry Bosch is surprised and relieved. For more than a decade, details of this savage murder had eaten away at the sensitive investigator. His emotions heighten, though, when he hears the murderer speak and learns that police missed a clue that could have led them to Gesto's killer and thus prevented nine subsequent murders. The realization leaves Bosch reeling with uncertainty about his colleagues and his own commitments.
    • 4/5
      Great story, good ending.
    • 3/5
      Though I missed Michael Connelly's visit to Dublin in late November, I thought it a good time to revisit his Harry Bosch series, it being some time, years even, since I had last read him. My choice was 'Echo Park', for no particular reason other than it being readily to hand. Echo Park was first published in 2006 and is the 12th in the series featuring Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch. In it a convicted killer is ready to admit to a killing thirteen years previously as part of a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty, a case Harry was involved in but which remained unsolved. Harry over the years had revisited the case time after time to see if any further progress could be made, but never to any avail, despite his resolute belief in the guilt of one particular suspect. And now this new development suggests that his long time chief suspect was innocent all along.Not the most riveting of reads this police procedural, it lacks atmosphere and is a bit formulaic. That said the plot is well enough constructed, but character development is not very strong, Bosch included, mores the pity. Depth of character I like, but it ain't here. An ok read at best, but nothing memorable. I had given this 4 stars first time around but find myself downgrading that to 3 on a second reading, maybe the result of having read a lot of very good crime novels in the interim.
    • 3/5
      Really enjoyable mystery. Really liked the character of Harry Bosch. The climax was gruesome and completely satisfying. The book had everything you need: a good plot, characters you can love and hate, and a satisfying ending. Recommended!
    • 3/5
      Decent police procedural, but I'm going to leave it on the laundry room shelf for my neighbors to enjoy (which may be where I got it). LA policeman Harry Bosch revisits an old case, when the bad guy confesses years later. There is a lot of police work connecting the dots, talking to people, going to crime scenes, etc. Solid but not especially thrilling.
    • 4/5
      Moving right along at a really fast pace Connelly yet again misses the opportunity to fine tune, or at least devote a paragraph towards Bosch's relationship with his ex wife and daughter. Another thing that is irksome is this continuing saga of bad cops. Of course the LAPD has it's share of corruption, but surely it would be realistic to have them go annoy another Detective or two for a while. Even so, this was one of the better ones. It moves great, has some interesting twists, and you're as stunned as Harry when the betrayer is revealed.
    • 5/5
      Synopsis:Back to the LAPD, Harry Bosch is now working with the Open-Unsolved Unit. All of a sudden, a serial-killer is caught by chance, and he's going to cooperate with the LAPD by pleading guilty to some murders in order to avoid capital punishment. One of these cases has been haunting Bosch since he began the investigations back in the early 90's, and he will now face the murderer he had been seeking for years.Personal Opinion:That's what I call a page-turner! Beautifully written, fast-paced and intriguing thriller by Michael Connelly, featuring his star character Harry Bosch. It's been my first Bosch story and I'm looking for more, as it's been a pleasant read.The plot is so interesting that you can't help but keep reading, the book being suspenseful from beginning to end. Don't expect the classic detective story, though; there's action, but the case is approached from a procedural perspective.The book turns out to be a kind of disclosure of the relations between politics, power and money. It is also a permanent debate between what's just and what's unjust (Bosch is constantly involved in a self-dispute about it). Actually, our main character shows his reflective personality by pondering over what he reckons is to be a detective.On the other hand, the story presents a rather classical stage for noir novels, but I'd say that Connelly does a good job describing the places and the environments of downtown LA, Hollywood and the surroundings of Echo Park.All in all, I just can say that I really enjoyed my first "Bosch experience" and that I highly recommend this novel to anyone looking for good detective stuff. Henceforth:
    • 4/5
      Bosch returns as the lone wolf. The crime and intrigue were well set up with an interesting albeit simple psychological profile. The political intrigue was a thin and rather unbelievable. Good but not Connelly's best.
    • 4/5
      That "Echo Park" is my first experience with a Michael Connelly novel is a little hard for me to believe since it is at least the seventh or eighth Harry Bosch novel that I've purchased over the years. I've been aware of Connelly's success for a very long time, and even ran into him at a Houston bookstore when he was signing one of his first Harry Bosch books. But, read him, I had not done until now, so it was probably not a great idea for me to start with the twelfth book in the series - too much water under the bridge for Harry, his co-workers, his lovers (past and present), his friends and his enemies.That is not to say that "Echo Park" does not work well as a standalone novel, because it does stand just fine on its own. It is more the feeling I got that so much had already happened between some of the book's main characters that Connelly did not feel it necessary to fully develop them again in "Echo Park." But I'm not discouraged - I now plan to read the rest of the series in the order in which the books were written.Harry Bosch, now almost 60 years old, has returned to the LAPD where he works cold cases, some of which he has been working off and on for years, a few even from home before he rejoined the department. Harry was never able to forget the Marie Gesto case involving a young woman, assumed murdered, whose body was never found. All Gesto left behind was an empty apartment and the neatly folded set of clothing found on the seat of her car.Harry has a favorite suspect for the crime and periodically pushes on the man until a lawyer forces him to stay away from the suspect. When Harry is notified that someone else is willing to confess to the Gesto murder as part of a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty, he is slow to give up on his favorite suspect. It is only when serial killer Reynard Waits leads the police to where Gesto's body was hidden more than a decade before that Harry begins to believe that the real killer has been found.His instincts have served Harry well through the years, however, and his sense of unease about what he is told about Gesto's murder keeps him poking around the edges of the case until he becomes certain that there is much more to the plea bargain than he has been told.The Harry Bosch of "Echo Park" is a borderline rogue cop, a guy determined to see justice done, department rules, be damned. He is willing to risk not only his own life, but the life of his FBI lover, Rachel Walling, if it means that he gets his man. Echo Park is a textbook police procedural, even if Bosch does not always follow accepted police procedure, but it is also quite a thriller, encompassing an exciting manhunt and showdown that bring out both the best, and the worst, in Harry Bosch.Bosch seems to be a good cop trying to get by because it is all he knows how to do. It will be interesting to see how Harry ages as the series continues to move along, but first I am going to visit the much younger Harry Bosch from 1992's "The Black Echo" to see how different he was as a cop close to 20 years younger than the one in "Echo Park." It should be an interesting trip.Rated at: 3.5
    • 4/5
      Detective Harry Bosch, who has recently returned to the force after a try-out at retirement, is still haunted by some of his open cold cases, particularly the death of Marie Gesto, over a decade ago. He checks the case file out periodically and while he has it out this time, the Echo Park bagman (named because he was caught with garbage bags of body parts)is caught and eventually brokers a deal naming the Gesto murder as his. They call on Bosch to help verify the details of Raynard Waits confession, which includes a field trip to the grave site of Gesto. Somewhat predicatably, things go south and Bosch is caught in the middle of quite the mystery. A solid police procedural novel.
    • 4/5
      This is #12 in the Harry Bosch series of mystery/thrillers, and it's the last one I will be reading. I just got worn down by the sameness of it all. It's what makes series books appealing, on the one hand, that comfortable familiarity; but too much of it loosens my grip on the give-a-damn lever.Now that Harry's in the unsolved crimes unit, he runs across a 13-year-old case of his that's bugged him and worried him because he feels sure there's something he and/or his partner missed. Enter a convicted killer facing death, willing to cop to the crime. Trouble is, Harry's not at all sure he did it.So there you have it. You know the whole story. Don't flag me for spoilering, either, because all that's in the flap copy. Now you see why I am done with the series: The basics are good, but the *oomph* that could sustain me over the long haul is gone.
    • 3/5
      Harry Boesch is now part of the cold case division working a case of a missing woman that he investigated 13 years earlier. Harry fixes on a psycho as the killer while dealing with corruption in the ranks. He enlists the help of a female friend in the FBI but acts recklessly and is put on home suspension. I didn't enjoy this book as well as the others in the series that I've read.
    • 5/5
      I love Harry Bosch books and this one was great as well! The book was suspensful and interesting from start to finish.
    • 4/5
      Another well written and fast paced Harry Bosh novel by Michael Connelly, Good plot and intriguing serial killer thriller.
    • 4/5
      A good Harry Bosch story. Connelly manages to maintain the high standards of this series of cop thrillers
    • 4/5
      Another briskly entertaining crime novel from Connelly.