Critical Conditions by Wayne Robins

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Bosch is Back

Bosch is Back

And So Is Audrey Fleurot

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Wayne Robins
Jun 29, 2021
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Bosch is Back
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Bosch is back, and not a moment too soon.

We've been waiting for the seventh and final season of Bosch (Amazon Prime), for more than a year. With shooting disrupted by Covid, the series about the hard-boiled, jazz-loving L.A. detective created by former reporter turned novelist Michael Connelly has been Amazon Prime's franchise hit.

I had never read a Connelly book before seeing the show, so to me, actor Titus Welliver is Bosch, so much so that I saw Welliver-as-Bosch in the pages of the two dozen Connelly books I've read since. I think I am up to date with his entire output, including his Lincoln Lawyer series (Mickey Haller, Bosch's fictional brother-in-law),  Matthew McConneghy played Haller in the Lincoln Lawyer movie. Do I see the slacker superstar when I read the Haller books? Of course I do. The only Connelly novel not to my taste is Fair Warning, the third featuring journalist Jack McEvoy. On a key level, it's a death-of-newspapers story that I could identify with too readily.

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