The Novels of Michael Connelly Quiz

Answer: The Lincoln Lawyer

The title of this book comes from the fact that Haller, an attorney, practices criminal defense out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car.

Answer: The Poet

I felt that Connelly did an excellent job of writing a strong but realistic female character. Walling, like all of Connelly's characters, has an interesting back story before even being introduced in his novels. As a child, she was molested, and it is hinted in the novels that, as a teen, she may have murdered her molester.

Answer: Terry McCaleb

Although this book broke my heart (I loved McCaleb), I have to admit that the method of murder was really quite ingenious.

Answer: Rachel Walling and Harry Bosch

"I knew this going in on the day I took the case that would take me into the narrows. I knew that my life's mission would always take me to the places where evil waits..." - Harry Bosch. Connelly uses "The Narrows" as a symbol for pure evil in the book, and his character, Bosch, is appropriately reverent of them.

Answer: Black

These two novels are "The Black Echo" and "The Black Ice".

Answer: Harry Bosch

The first novel introduces Bosch, and he is already a bit of a fallen angel in the LAPD; he has had a case, later resolved in "The Concrete Blonde", for which bad press has caused him to be moved from Robbery/Homicide to the Hollywood detective division. This is considered to be a demotion.

Oddly enough, I liked "The Black Echo" but didn't love it, and I didn't even like "The Black Ice". I don't know why I even continued with the series, but I am glad that I did, because I loved "The Concrete Blonde" and the rest is history.

Answer: Blood Work

As a matter of fact, he is trying to solve the murder of the donor who gave him his heart.

Answer: Terry McCaleb

He was played by Clint Eastwood in the movie of the same title "Blood Work".

Answer: The Black Echo

The victim, Billy Meadows, was a fellow tunnel rat from Vietnam.

Answer: Terry McCaleb

We never see this happen, it occurs as back-story, but the reader learns about it in the novel "Blood Work". During this novel, he not only solves the murder that gave him his heart, but he marries the victim's sister.

Answer: Harry Bosch

It is the thing that makes him believe that "everyone counts".

Answer: Rachel Walling

He was actually on the team hunting for himself. Classic.

Answer: Bob Backus

This unbelievably creepy killer sure had flair!

Answer: The Poet

The Poet will make several appearances in Connelly novels.

Answer: All of these

Bob Backus was a mentor to Rachel Walling when she first came to the FBI.

Answer: The Last Coyote

And his investigation leads to the death of Harvey "98" Pounds. I didn't like Pounds (the reader isn't supposed to), but his death shocked me to the core. I was listening to the book on CD while driving, and actually had to pull over to the side of the road and process the event. It is the only time that I have ever had to do that (I listen to many audiobooks).

Answer: Yes

By the beginning of this book, "The Last Coyote", the murder is over thirty years old, but Bosch is able to solve it.

Answer: Harry Bosch

This case is mentioned in both the first and second books (and is the reason why Harry was transferred to Hollywood division) but the original handling of the case occurs prior to the first novel.

Answer: The Overlook

The kid is a homeless kid from Canada trying to break into the music industry.

Answer: Harry Bosch and Rachel Walling

The book, "The Overlook", is the third novel in which they appear together.

Answer: Trunk Music

This is slang that I had never heard before reading this book. The novel involves a murder of a Hollywood producer which is appears to be a Mafia hit, but Bosch senses that it is a setup, and is eventually proven right.

Answer: Angels Flight

The novel is named for the area where the cable cars are.

Answer: The Closers

The new chief realizes that many detectives retired after becoming frustrated by the previous chief. He institutes a policy that anyone officer who wishes to return to the LAPD may do so as long as it is within three years of retirement.

Answer: Echo Park

Harry realizes that a mistake that he and his partner made back in 1993 might have caused the death of Waits' other 9 victims. He is thoroughly shaken by that fact, until it begins to look like a setup.

Answer: Madonna

Bless his heart, he just wants to get her autograph for his mother. This is just a tiny detail in the book, "The Overlook", and is not crucial to the plot.