The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

The Black Echo by Michael ConnellyLAPD detective Harry Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. One Sunday he gets a call out on his pager. A body has been found in a drainage tunnel off Mulholland Drive, Hollywood. At first sight, it looks like a routine drugs overdose case, but the one new puncture wound amid the scars of old tracks leaves Bosch unconvinced. To make matters worse, Harry Bosch recognises the victim. Billy Meadows was a fellow 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam, running against the VC

but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration--and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment (The Observer [London])

while others have trouble managing a small meeting

it offers an illuminating new view of a conflict that continues to this day

a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir

and the portrayal of women in his films as well as other aspects of his craft

a giant of vertical thought

This is a book about the great change-makers of history and their times

A unique and valuable feature of the book is an illustrated glossary

Complete with an extensive resource list of Ayurvedic herbs and suppliers

people are either unaware of them

The secrets she needs can be found at the Shattered Plains

and then on to national bestellerdom