Connelly's 11th book in his Harry Bosch crime series finds the LAPD detective coming off a three-year retirement and working in the department's cold case squad.
Critic Reviews
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Outstanding
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Booklist Bill Ott
Connelly sets up a great premise here--the cop determined to reinvent himself in the face of a thoroughly recalcitrant world--and he makes the most of it. [15 Mar 2005, p.1245]
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Outstanding
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Library Journal Jeff Ayers
Fans and newcomers alike will love seeing Bosch back in uniform, stirring up trouble. [15 Apr 2005, p.71]
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Outstanding
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Publishers Weekly
Connelly comes as close as anyone to being today's Dostoyevsky of crime literature, and this is one of his finest novels to date. [4 Apr 2005, p.40]
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Outstanding
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Washington Post Jonathan Yardley
It's terrific, rich not just in suspense (at which Connelly has no superiors) but in the warp and woof of police work, of police bureaucracy, of Los Angeles itself.
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Favorable
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The Guardian Maxim Jakubowski
A return to form.
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Favorable
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Chicago Tribune Dick Adler
Connelly... can take the everyday details of police work and bake them up into a tasty product better than anyone else in the field. [15 May 2005, p.C4]
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Favorable
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Houston Chronicle Louis B. Parks
The Closers is a worthy if not especially noteworthy entry in the Bosch saga.
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Favorable
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Los Angeles Times Eugen Weber
Fans of Connelly will recognize the deliberate progression of Police Procedural 101, in which he excels; also the thick acronym soup of cop-speak. [15 May 2005, p.R4]
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Favorable
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San Francisco Chronicle David Lazarus
Good news for fans of the popular series.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
With all the ties and distractions in his life relegated to the background, this book's Harry sticks to his knitting and delivers a sharp, straightforward police procedural.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Book Review Marilyn Stasio
Having bent the form out of shape, Connelly artfully reclaims the procedural genre.
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Favorable
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Wall Street Journal Tom Nolan
Mr. Connelly's previous Bosch novel, "The Narrows," was a career high point. "The Closers," an engrossing and exciting tale, does nothing to lower the standards of the series.
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Mixed
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Entertainment Weekly Jennifer Reese
In the absence of a feral Poet-like serial killer to keep things exciting, this plodding expedition never really takes off.
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