LA Times Video Chat With Crime Writer Michael Connelly About Harry Bosch and 'The Black Box'

Carolyn Kellogg the Los Angeles Times offers a video interview with crime novelist Michael Connelly about his new crime thriller The Black Box and his LAPD character Harry Bosch.

Bestselling author Michael Connelly joined the Los Angeles Times for a video chat on the publication day of his new mystery, "The Black Box."

In the book, set in present day, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch investigates a cold case: a murder committed during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. That was the same year readers were introduced to Bosch in Connelly's first book, "The Black Echo."

In the interview, Connelly talks candidly about what it's been like writing Harry Bosch stories for 20 years. It's less about plot, he explains, than character. In recent books Bosch's daughter Maddie has become a part of his life, expanding his emotional range to include the responsibilities and worries of a parent.

You can read the rest of the piece and watch the interview via the below link:

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-michael-connelly-video-chat-20121127,0,1071256.story

You can also read my interview with Michael Connelly froma few years ago via the below link:

http://pauldavisoncrime.blogspot.com/2010/04/killers-cops-and-crime-reporters-q-with.html

A Cold Case That Warms A Cop's Heart: Janet Maslin's Review of Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch Crime Thriller

Janet Maslin at the New York Times wrote a good review of Michael Connelly's new crime thriller.

The start of “The Black Box” finds Harry Bosch as a street cop on the riot-torn streets of South Central. He is trying to help subdue the Rodney King riots. And he is exceptionally aware of race for two additional reasons. First, Harry is the only white cop in his unit, and his colleagues warn him to be careful. Second, the woman whose corpse Harry finds in an alley was Anneke Jespersen, a Danish blonde, instantly nicknamed “Snow White.” 
      

The gangbanger neighborhood in which she was killed does not offer up easy answers. Hoods with nicknames like 2 Small and True Story are grilled at first, but the investigation goes nowhere. And then 20 years go by. 
      

The box of the title is supposed to contain whatever evidence exists in this very cold case. 

You can read the rest of the review via the below link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/books/michael-connellys-harry-bosch-in-the-black-box.html?_r=1&

You can also read my interview with Michael Connelly via the below link:

http://pauldavisoncrime.blogspot.com/2010/04/killers-cops-and-crime-reporters-q-with.html