{"id":5252,"date":"2023-01-12T22:46:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T22:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2023-01-12T22:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T22:46:58","slug":"desert-star-by-michael-connelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/desert-star-by-michael-connelly\/","title":{"rendered":"<B>Desert Star<\/B> by Michael Connelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/60219987-desert-star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1649275210l\/60219987._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"Desert Star (Ren\u00e9e Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #36)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/60219987-desert-star\">Desert Star<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/12470.Michael_Connelly\">Michael Connelly<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/5258663772\">4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big Harry Bosch fan, so take that into account in the rating. If you&#8217;ve read his earlier stuff, you know the good and the bad of the style. Harry is a rule-breaking, abrasive, now ex-LAPD detective who still burns with a fury over injustices in the world. He is here working cold cases, called back to assist the force in a squad of volunteers led by Renee Ballard, the only sworn officer. The plot suffers from too much predictability, but the detail of how Harry works is pure joy to read. Connelly gets into the cop nitty-gritty &#8211; where Harry parks to get the best view, how he positions his body to look old and decrepit, the lies he tells to get people to tell him what he wants, and all the people and resources in the LAPD he knows how to use and clues only he is sharp enough to spot. There&#8217;s a big reveal in the epilogue, but there&#8217;s enough telegraphing of it throughout the book that I can&#8217;t call it a surprise. The bottom line: if you&#8217;re a Harry Bosch fan, read it and enjoy it; if not, avoid it, or if this is your first one, go back to the earlier ones. Don&#8217;t start here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desert Star by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars I&#8217;m a big Harry Bosch fan, so take that into account in the rating. If you&#8217;ve read his earlier stuff, you know the good and the bad of the style. 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