Michael Connelly novels

Back in June I posted that I had picked up a few Michael Connelly thrillers, from which I was going to read 'The Poet' a novel he wrote in the mid 1990's.

I did find the beginning a bit of a plod, but it got better, and in the end I was racing through it. Very well thought out and a convincing twist at the end. I have since started to read 'The Concrete Blonde' which was written before 'The Poet'.

He writes with authority as he knows all the ins and outs of police and judiciary procedure having been a crime reporter before he turned in novels.

Michael Connelly

I have acquired some Michael Connelly thrillers recently and about to read ‘The Poet’ tonight. He was a crime reporter for the L.A. Times for 3 years and his experiences helped him write his first novel ‘The Black Echo’.
I am a big fan of Elmore Leonard and love the movie adaptations of his novels. I am hoping that Connelly’s books are of the same vein. With the opening lines of the first paragraph being ‘Death is my beat. I make my living from it. I forge my professional reputation on it…I’ve always thought the secret of dealing with death was to keep it at arm’s length. That’s the rule.’
Sounds like good escapist fun!