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Michael Connelly's fourth novel cuts to the very core of Harry Bosch's character, as he is drawn to investigate a thirty-year-old unsolved crime: the murder of his mother.

Harry's life is a mess. His house has been condemned because of earthquake damage. His girlfriend has left him. He's drinking too much. And he's even had to turn in his badge: he attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely pending a psychiatric evaluation.

At first Bosch, resists the LAPD shrink, but finally he recognizes that something is troubling him, a force that may have shaped his entire life. In 1961, when Harry was eleven, his mother was brutally murdered. No one was ever even accused of the crime.

Harry opens up the decades-old file on the case and is irresistibly drawn into a past he has always avoided. It's clear that the case was fumbled. His mother was a prostitute, and even thirty years late the smell of a cover-up is unmistakable. Someone powerful was able to keep the investigating officers away from key suspects. Even as he confronts his own shame about his mother, Harry relentlessly follows up the old evidence, seeking justice or at least understanding. Out of the broken pieces of the case he discerns a trail that leads upward, toward prominent people who lead public lives high in the Hollywood hills. And as he nears his answer, Harry finds that ancient passions don't die. They cause new murders even today.

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'Connelly has, with great skill, given us a detective who inhabits a world filled with torment , fear and danger.' -- People Magazine

'His Harry Bosch stories are genuine modern classics.' -- The Independent on Sunday --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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'Connelly has, with great skill, given us a detective who inhabits a world filled with torment , fear and danger.' (People Magazine)

'His Harry Bosch stories are genuine modern classics.' (The Independent on Sunday) --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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The 4th Harry Bosch novel from the award-winning No.1 bestselling author. After being put on involuntary stress leave for attacking his boss, LAPD detective Harry Bosch tackles his mother's murder case. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Harry Bosch's life is a mess. His new house has been condemned because of earthquake damage. His girlfriend has left him. He's drinking too much. And he's even had to turn in his badge: he attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely pending a psychiatric evaluation. At first Bosch resists the LAPD shrink, but finally he recognizes that something is troubling him, a force that may have shaped his entire life. In 1961, when Harry was twelve, his mother was brutally murdered. No one was ever even accused of the crime. Harry opens up the decades-old file on the case and is irresistibly drawn into a past he has always avoided. It's clear that the case was fumbled. His mother was a prostitute, and even thirty years later the smell of a coverup is unmistakable. Someone powerful was able to keep the investigating officers away from key suspects. Even as he confronts his own shame about his mother, Harry relentlessly follows up the old evidence, seeking justice or at least understanding. Out of the broken pieces of the case he discerns a trail that leads upward, toward prominent people who lead public lives high in the Hollywood hills. And as he nears his answer, Harry finds that ancient passions don't die. They cause new murders even today. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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A former police reporter for the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Michael Connelly is the author of the acclaimed Harry Bosch thriller series, the Mickey Haller novels and several other bestsellers. He lives in Tampa, Florida, with his family. Visit his website www.michaelconnelly.co.uk --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of over thirty novels and one work of nonfiction. With over eighty million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into forty-five foreign languages, he is one of the most successful writers working today. A former newspaper reporter who worked the crime beat at the Los Angeles Times and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Connelly has won numerous awards for his journalism and his fiction. His very first novel, The Black Echo, won the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. In 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in the movie adaptation of Connelly's 1998 novel, Blood Work. In March 2011, the movie adaptation of his #1 bestselling novel, The Lincoln Lawyer, hit theaters worldwide starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. His most recent New York Times bestsellers include The Law Of Innocence, Fair Warning, The Night Fire, Dark Sacred Night, Two Kinds Of Truth, and The Late Show. Michael is the executive producer of Bosch, an Amazon Studios original drama series based on his bestselling character Harry Bosch, starring Titus Welliver and streaming on Amazon Prime. He is also the executive producer of the documentary films, "Sound Of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story' and 'Tales Of the American.' He spends his time in California and Florida.
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Reviewed in Australia on 14 January 2018
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Connelly knows how to write! You don't have to read them in order, but it does give you a continuity doing so.

In ‘The Last Coyote’ LAPD detective Harry Bosch is suspended for assaulting his boss. Harry's character still acts with his own sense of honor and duty. Never taking his eyes off of the goal. He pursues a cold case on his own time - the unsolved murder of his own mother more than thirty years before. He soon uncovers a cover-up perpetrated by powerful people. He insists on doing things his own way, and must deal with unexpected consequences.

Connelly is in top form, providing us with an intriguing plot and strong multi-dimensional characters, his story line is tight right until the end of the book.
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G R OLSEN
one of the better Bosch novels
Reviewed in Australia on 7 July 2019
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Watchers of the TV series would know how producers/writers take pieces out of chronology from various Bosch novels and re-assemble these for the TV dramas. The Last Coyote is the seed material for Bosch searching for the killer of his dead prostitute mother, and differs considerably from the TV series treatment of the same. Locations and characters are clearly drawn as Bosch (on leave after putting his colleague through a window) stays ohome on leave and draws pieces together from the 'murder book' detailing his mother's death, and meets people who knew her, suspects, other interesting characters from LA to Florida and back. There are twists, and a satisfying ending, but I like Connelly most of all because he writes in 3rd, not 1st person, with the sort of detail of procedure, setting, beurocracy politics, rivalries, grudges, that an insider has, tricks used to manoeuvre between difficult and less difficult personal in the machine. The novels aren't far from the police reporting Connelly used to do, but with more action, attention to the psychology of players, closure. Recommended.
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Janny
Harry solves his mother’s murder
Reviewed in Australia on 7 April 2019
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I liked the storyline but Harry was so grumpy! He was not at all likeable in this book. He compares himself to the last coyote, and maybe this is an apt comparison, but I don’t find him to be s sympathetic character in this novel. I understand that he is in a bad place: he has lost his relationship; his house has been damaged by earthquake; and he has been suspended. He has time on his hands so sets about investigating his mother’s murder. I am re- reading the Bosch series which I started reading in the early 2000s and I had forgotten a lot. Unfortunately, there is a lot of repetition from one story to the next, and Connelly explains way too much about police acronyms, procedure, etc and I find this annoying as it interrupts the flow. I was very surprised by the ending. I actually prefer the tv series, which are based on several books.
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Angelface
Best Connelly I’ve read
Reviewed in Australia on 30 March 2018
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Excellent crime thriller where the troubled , authentic but savvy Harry Bosch goes on a personal journey seeking redemption. Complex and exciting, the plot weaves and twists but leads to a satisfying denouement. I really enjoyed this book.
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Trevor Puckeridge
Keep them coming.
Reviewed in Australia on 12 December 2019
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As always Harry didn’t disappoint, great characters and a gripping story.
The personal stories behind the crime is always fascinating.
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chassyh
Harry’s mother’s mystery
Reviewed in Australia on 12 February 2019
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They all count says Harry while searching for his mother’s killer
Fast pace, good characters, suspenseful plot
Another enjoyable read thank you
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Not as good as many of the previous books read
Reviewed in Australia on 13 February 2018
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It seemed obvious that there was different writer as there is no mention of Bosch's ex wife and daughter. Not as good as many of the previous books read, although Bosch still remained Bosch.
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Holly38
These Harry Bosch Mystery stories are great. I am now addicted to reading them
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These Harry Bosch Mystery stories are great. I am now addicted to reading them. Each one seems better than the last and I love the way previous characters are mentioned and kept in the stories. I look forward to continue reading these books as the series progresses.
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J. H. Bretts
One of the best in the Bosch series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2021
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I discovered Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch thrillers rather late in the day and so am now reading my way back to the early books in the series. The Last Coyote - from the mid-1990s - is one of the very best, with high stakes: Harry is driven to finding his mother's killer. The plotting is amazing and full of surprises, the prose is very vivid, and the story peopled with strongly realized characters. Highly recommended.
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Mr. R. J. Barclay
To finally find out exactly what happened with Harry's Mother does give a good insight into the mindset of our Hero and this ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2017
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I started a short while ago with Book 1 and have continued to read them all one after the other. Having watched the TV Series on Prime aswell and found that what they seem to be doing there is mixing and matching the crimes with the books but in a weird order.
To finally find out exactly what happened with Harry's Mother does give a good insight into the mindset of our Hero and this book does keep you gripped (they all do If I'm being really honest).
Michael Connelly has a very good way of letting the story carry you along and it also keeps a realism that you don't tend to find these days.
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James Brydon
Taut, well-paced and coherent thriller - Bosch on top form.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2015
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Michael Connelly's masterful creation, Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch, could so easily lapse into cliché though, like Ian Rankin's John Rebus, whom he resembles in many other ways, he retains his plausibility and integrity.

Like Rebus, Bosch had ended up as a police detective having previously served as a soldier, and has Rebus's deep-rooted aversion to authority. In the first tow novels in the series he found himself either under investigation by Internal Affairs or actually on suspension; in the third he was the defendant in a civil action prompted by his shooting dead a suspected serial killer. As this novel opens we learn, gradually, that he has once again been suspended following a confrontation with Lieutenant Pounds, his divisional commander, which resulted in the senior officer being thrown through a window. As a consequence of that incident Bosch is required to attend psychiatric evaluations with a therapist used by the police force who will contribute towards the decision over Bosch's future.

In the meantime, finding himself with ample free time, Bosch decides to investigate the murder more than thirty years earlier of Marjorie Philips Lowe - his mother. The circumstances of his mother's death bear a close resemblance to the Black Dahlia killing recounted by James Ellroy, though Connelly puts a different twist on it (and relates the story in a far more accessible manner).

Like Rebus, Bosch is a man driven by inner demons, though he always retains his sensitivity. Connelly writes clearly, never relaxing the tension, though also never compromising his character's plausibility or essentially empathetic nature. The plot is sinuous but credible, and conveyed with great cohesion.
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FANTASTIC READ!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2020
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In the many years that I have been reading crime the two stand out characters are Rebus and his creator Ian Rankin and Harry Bosch written by Los Angeles ex crime reporter Michael Connelly. The Last Coyote is no 4 in the series and to me one of the best, in it Detective Bosch tries to finally solve the case of who murdered his mother Marjorie Lowe. The Last Coyote is a lovely thoughtful title and one that Bosch thinks he has an affinity to. One evening he sees a mangled bedraggled coyote and he uses this imagery in his conversations with his psychiatrist Carmen Hinojos, she adds her timely interpretation...."For what it's worth I think it's clear you identify with the coyote, there are not so many policemen like you left and you feel some threat to your existence or your mission."....

Connelly's portrayal of Bosch as a lonely maverick of a man using his nonconformist methods to fight crime is nothing short of brilliant..."Loneliness had been the trash can fire he huddled around for most of his life."..."It was always in the silences that Bosch felt most comfortable with the women who had moved through his life."....."He felt the numbness of disappointment that comes from broken hopes and wondered if he would ever talk to her again.".. Bosch is able to devote his time to this case as he has been temporarily suspended following an incident with Lieutenant Pounds and the story naturally plays out in a political arena where the perpetrator has been able to stay undetected for many years. The ending when it occurs will surprise you in a beautifully constructed study of a detective loathed by many, loved by a few, a man not always at peace with himself on an endless search for atonement...."The sex created a world without intrusion. One so vital that it could have lasted an hour or maybe only a few minutes and he wouldn't have known the difference."
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A. M. Attwood
As gritty and beguiling as the city it portrays.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2016
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Harry Bosch is one of the benchmarks against which crime is measured - and with good reason.
The first person narrator has a gripping voice, and the plotting is as taut as a piano wire, but what makes this book memorable is the way that the setting is revealed - sometimes with clarity, other times through a fog. Just like the weather in LA.
The story - Harry cold-casing his mother's murder - is a little far-fetched, to say the least, but Hollywood is, after all, a land of broken dreams.
I'd go an get no 5 now, if the Kindle edition didn't have such a ludicrous price. C'mon guys, I could get a used p/back for less than half the price.
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