The shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA brings Harry Bosch back to the Rodney King riots and the moment a stranger gave a young cop sanctuary. Now the debt must be repaid, and Harry soon discovers the old man's death was no ordinary hold-up.

Homing in on clues disregarded by the cops on the scene, Harry builds a picture of corruption and intimidation, with the local Triads at the heart of it. But as he tries to build a case and breach the impenetrable wall of silence in the local community, he finds he is taking a dragon by the tail - a dragon whose talons reach well beyond LA, and even the States.

Suddenly the most precious thing in Harry's life is under threat, and he will need to leave the familiarity of his home turf, alone and without backup, if he is going to stop his worst nightmare from happening.

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Another superb thriller from a master of the genre (Simon Shaw MAIL ON SUNDAY)

As always, Connelly hs produced another master class in detective fiction. (CATHOLIC HERALD) --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 international bestselling author of the Harry Bosch thriller series and the legal thriller series featuring Mickey Haller, as well as several stand-alone bestsellers. His most recent #1 bestseller is Dark Sacred Night, in which the legendary Harry Bosch joins forces with Connelly's newest LAPD protagonist, Detective Renee Ballard.

Michael Connelly's books have sold more than seventy-four million copies worldwide. They have been translated into 40 languages and have won awards all over the world, including the Edgar and Anthony Awards. Michael Connelly has also been awarded the 2018 CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing.

Connelly is the executive producer of the successful TV series, Bosch, starring Titus Welliver. Bosch Season 4 is now available on SBS in Australia, with Season 5 to screen in 2019 and Season 6 also going into production.

Michael Connelly's new true crime podcast, Murder Book, will premiere on 28 January, 2019.

Michael Connelly spends his time in California and Florida.

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Loxy

Not as good as other books in this series

Reviewed in Australia on 26 July 2015

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I've read quite a few Harry Bosch books (not in any order) and usually I really enjoy them for what they are - a good thriller. However, this one just didn't grab me like the others and I think it's mostly because I just found Harry so unlikable this time around. Harry has always been a bit arrogant and controlling but he's also always had a real endearing side too. This time around I just found him plain unlikable and that detracted from the usual pleasure I get from reading this series.

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Harry Bosch Dilema

Reviewed in Australia on 20 April 2018

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Another story about the hero Bosch who is involved in investigating a murder involving Chinese both in LA and Hong Kong. As the investigation proceeds Mattie, his daughter is kidnapped. Death, conspiracy and twists combine to make this another for Bosch fans.

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Mr D.A.

Michael Connelly never disappoints

Reviewed in Australia on 25 February 2019

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I have read a lot of these novels and I look for the new ones. They may be formulaic but you don’t get that feeling when you are reading them.
I would highly recommend this author to anyone and only add the proviso that the reader keep a record of the titles as they go through them because they will want to read them all.

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Barrell52

Harry Bosch,stubborn , resourceful , human the consummate detective

Reviewed in Australia on 1 October 2018

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Michael Connelly's main man Harry Bosch detective puts reality back into detective work, believable , hard uncompromising and above all real excitement .a book that must be read.

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Ken Murray

Well worth the read.

Reviewed in Australia on 22 June 2015

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I must admit that I am a great fane of author Michael Connelly and especially the harry Bosch mysteries. The novel, Nine Dragons is no exception. It has a good fast moving story line and not too over the top. I enjoyed the read.

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michael

great story line.

Reviewed in Australia on 26 June 2020

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I did enjoy this book.

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Allen T. Barnett

Best ever

Reviewed in Australia on 19 December 2016

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This was Harry's most exciting adventure! Impossible to put the book down
Going to look for next one now,
Amazing

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Harry Bosch is the best.

Reviewed in Australia on 31 July 2015

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Another excellent Michael Connelly book. The author keeps you wanting to turn pages to see what happens next. Love his work and will continue to buy his books.

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Paul S

A totally absorbing and atmospheric crime thriller that reveals a more vulnerable Harry Bosch than we have ever seen previously

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2018

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There are many things to enjoy in Nine Dragons, but also one that some readers may find a little irritating.
I found the tension and pace of the story relentless and there are a number of quite unexpected twists in the plot which will appeal to budding armchair detectives. However, for me, the outstanding quality of this story lies with its characterisation of Bosch. In this story he is like a fish out of water on a number of levels; his personal life receives a lot more coverage, particularly his father-daughter relationship which until now had been somewhat distant. The story is set in South Los Angeles and Hong Kong, both areas where Bosch feels less 'at home'. He is a lot more stressed in this book for a number of reasons that I will not mention as I do not want to reveal too much of the plot, but his trusted coping mechanisms are being stretched to the limit in this story. There are also a couple of events that hit him hard personally (as they probably would most people) and which strike without warning, catching us readers by surprise. In short, he appears much more vulnerable and less self-assured in this story than in any of the previous ones in the series.
However, the aspect of this book that some readers may find irritating relates to what Harry is able to achieve in Hong Kong in a very short space of time given the extremely sparse information he has at his fingertips and his ability to function with virtually no sleep and no jet-lag. The impression is that he is working virtually solely on adrenaline and conjecture. This did not spoil the story for me but unlike many previous stories in the series, made this one just a little less credible.
Overall however, I found this story really engaging. It contains the usual elements one expects to find in a Harry Bosch story - plenty of action, a few red herrings and blind alleys, and lots of page-turning tension. But unlike many of the more recent stories in the series (to date), this one has a much greater focus on Harry's character, his vulnerabilities, and his personal life which, for me, provided a whole new dimension to the series.

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Pat45

Did not enjoy at all.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2020

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I usually love Harry Bosch books & all the books by Michael Connelly but I did not enjoy this book at all. I guess having read it fairly recently,I had formed images of Eleanor’s life in Hong Kong with her Chinese partner & her daughter Maddie based on the TV series. It would appear that Eleanor’s life as written in the books had no bearing on the TVseries. I preferred the outcome in the TV series. If Eleanor had to die, better in LA than in Hong Kong & nota death brought about directly by Maddie’s actions.

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Mark Chisholm

The Least Engaging Bosch Story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2018

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Like most people once into a Harry Bosch story its often hard to put it down which is why this book was such a surprise because honestly, I found myself labouring through it.

And in all honesty its because Bosch relocates to Hong Kong for a good chunk of the story which somehow jars a bit with the usual placing and pace of a Connolly book.

Don't get me wrong, because Connolly still writes a great story, but for me personally this one is not among his best. It is however necessary as part of the bigger Bosch storyline that follows on from this book.

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Malcolm R

Further adventures of H Bosch

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2018

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At first you think Harry is back to his best, not trusting anyone, wanting to do things by himself and going at crime like a bull at a gate. Then his daughter is kidnapped and he rages through Hong Kong, like said Bull, following a tenuous lead intuiting like a clairvoyant and shooting everyone in sight; in other words a fairy tale adventure. He comes back, solves the case naturally putting his personal life under the utmost strain, we also get to meet the insufferable Mickey Haller again who brow eats a pair of Hong Kong detectives into submission. Far fetched is putting it mildly. Eminently readable though.

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NDalby

Connelly and Bosch still going strong...now for the next one!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2016

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Since watching the Amazon TV series of Bosch (with the excellent Titus Welliver who in my opinion has truly made the role his own) I've been making my way through the novels to see how the source material which the series is based on compares. So far I've covered up to this book, number fifteen, in less than 5 months which is truly a record for any character series I've read to date and I think lends weight as to how compelling the character and stories are. Are some (including this one) fully believable as to the story elements...no, but it is after all meant to be entertaining fiction.

Book number fifteen in the series see's Bosch trawling the mean backstreets of Hong Kong in search of his daughter, while trying to figure out how see figures into a triad case back in Los Angles. The further Bosch digs into her disappearance the more dangerous the outcome for all involved, leaving Bosch with more heavy burdens to bare.

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hertsj

A superb read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2020

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I'm a great Michael Connolly fan but even by his standards this book is superb. I couldn't put it down. One of the things I like so much about his books is the fact that he doesn't pepper the pages with too many characters but the plots - oh, they are masterful. Absolutely loved this one and thoroughly recommend it.

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xxenigmaxx1

Story felt Rushed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 February 2015

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I’m a Michael Connelly fan. I own a copy of just about all of his books. They are generally superior fare amongst the bestseller lists, but Nine Dragons, I felt, was one of his weaker offerings. The felt story rushed, with prose that was workmanlike and flat. Connelly seems to be eschewing the more procedural plot lines of his earlier work for thriller-based plots that I don't believe match his temperament. In Nine Dragons, Connelly exhibits the same voice that has enthralled readers of his work for years, and he shows a Harry Bosch who has lost none of the toughness and grit that have inhabited the best of the Bosch books. But here Bosch is thrust into situations that are unbelievable and demand too much coincidence for even the most dedicated reader of Connelly's works. Still, like a bad day at golf being better than a good day at the office, Nine Dragons is worth the read, even if it leaves the reader with a little bitter aftertaste

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Sam Quixote

Harry does a Liam Neeson

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2009

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Harry Bosch gets involved in a liquor store shooting where the chinese owner is killed and his search leads him to a bagman for a triad, one of China's many gangs. Then he receives word that his daughter has been kidnapped and he charges off to Hong Kong to set her free.

First of all, the book is really two stories. The police procedural, which takes up the first 170 pages and the final 70 pages, and a Taken-like thriller in the middle 120 pages. The first 170 pages are dreary and take a long while to set up the story with nothing much happening. Connelly finds 5th gear though in Part 2 when Harry lands in Hong Kong and things start moving. I don't think it's much of a spoiler to say Harry gets his daughter back, and this was the best part of the book. Not as bloody or fun as the Liam Neeson film Taken but similar and enjoyable nonetheless.

What detracted from the book for me were the revelations in the final 70 pages of the book. I won't mention them here but it's here we find the shooting and the kidnapping are separate making for two different unconnected storylines. Then the red herrings and coincidences really mount up leading to an ending that is just so utterly laughable it trivialised the entire book and the thriller style story. Essentially Connelly seems to have lost the plot entirely with this book and ended up writing a complete mess that barely makes sense and barely comes together in the end.

That said it was enjoyable for the most part and was a quick read (2 days) but Connelly's style seems a bit simplistic while the clever plot devices he used in previous good books like "Lincoln Lawyer" and "Echo Park" seemed overplayed and I can totally understand readers' reactions to "Nine Dragons" as utilising one too many tricks. You get the feeling it was a rush job from start to finish and seeing as this is his third book in a year I'd say that's accurate. The least engaging of the three this year anyway, I'd say for completists only. Most people reading this will be put off from reading a usually brilliant writer so I'd suggest a better Harry Bosch book like "Echo Park".

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Good, solid stuff let down by an inferior ending

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2011

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In the latest Harry Bosch thriller, Harry finds himself investigating the murder of a shop owner who helped him out in a previous murder (I forget which novel it was featured in, though). This inevitably turns out to be more complicated than it first appears and soon Harry is involved with the Chinese Triad and also finds himself in Hong Kong.

It's a good read and moves along at a good pace. However, the book is let down by what feels like a rushed ending (something that has become an alarming trend in Connelly's books), especially taking into account the events that occur, which I felt deserved a bit more than a few quick paragraphs.

It's made even worse by a lengthy middle section that is setting the story up for a gripping finale, only for it to fizzle out. There are a couple of twists near the end that sort of work but I felt a bit cheated by them.

Nine Dragons is a decent book and worth a read, I was hooked for a great deal of the book and struggled to put it down. I was disappointed by the last chapter or two unfortunately, but maybe that's just me.

I'm still a huge Connelly fan, and if you are too this is still well worth picking up.

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Lynn P. Andrews

Connelly And Bosch At Their Best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2013

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Every so often a favourite author fails to impress and I must admit that couple of books from Michael Connelly over the years have left me adrift. This was not one of them. I was gripped from start to finish although I thought it would go off on a limb once Harry Bosch had to fly off to Hong Kong. But it didn't, I stayed gripped.
When I began reading I feared the subject of Triads would put me off - it's not my sort of topic to be honest - but this side was more of an undercurrent than prominent and I soon found myself caught up in the story. There have been a few turning points in Bosch's life but previously the changes have not made too much of a difference to his overall outlook on his life, both private and professionally. From here on in he will find his singular way of dealing with everything having to alter and changes are already being noticed.

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RPG

Not The Best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2015

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Not his best book, the plot was fairly unbelievable in places. The author seems to be less confident when his characters are from overseas and his understanding of international law is poor - a typically American attitude towards other countries. He should stick to his own turf. I'll take the next in the series as up to now they have been pretty good, but if the decline in believability continues it may be the last one I'll read.

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C.Elder

retire this character

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2011

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A promising title.
But it soon becomes a rehash of a theme seen many times before.
Daughter of protagonist kidnapped in HK seemingly by baddies to warn him off the case.
He goes to HK to track them down and find her.
In totally unbelievable fashion,he achieves all this in less than 20 hours so that he can leave on the evening flight back to LA.And this even though he has only visited HK a few times on holiday.He can track down where his daughter is held in the teeming,congested city with pinpoint accuracy from a short video of her.And he doesn't speak Chinese,and he stands out like a sore thumb in the Chinese community and,,,,,the implausibles stack up into such a high pile that they make the story stupid in its unbelievability.

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1fcscout

Oh no! What have you done?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2011

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First things first-I am a real fan of Michael Connolly's books and have enjoyed every one of the Harry Bosch series, with stories that are thoughfully and cleverly crafted together.

Don't get me wrong-this book is ok, but instead of Bosch the detective, we are given Bosch the maverick, with the writer almost throwing away everything he has built up over the last 20 or so novels.Mr Connolly please note, Bosch is no Jack Reacher!!

A story with plenty of scrapes and murders, but this isnt what I expect from this character. Less of this and more Lincoln Lawyer/The Scarecrow please

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Phil

The book arrived in very good condition. An excellent read as always with Mr ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 June 2018

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The book arrived in very good condition. An excellent read as always with Mr Connelly and more so as it was one of the Harry Bosch series I had missed and was needed to fill in a few gaps.

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Aurora

Fast paced and intriguing everytime I read it. .

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2018

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Not the first time Harry has got himself into a tight situation, this time it's not just his life on the line. Harry's daughter is far away in Honk Kong, safe enough he thinks. That is until he gets embroiled in a Triad Gang crime, although nothing is quite as it seems...

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