Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel (1994). Caravan to Vaccares comes to mind. Not as good as the first book in the series but still well worth reading and has an ending few readers will see coming… If they do they are better detective than me and probably Bosch as well. Continue the Siege with our first major content update, Operation Black Ice, which gives you access to the new Yacht map, two new JTF2 operators, new weapon skins, a spectator camera on all platforms and more. They are lonely, but they are not alone. Officer Cal was NOT murdered in the hotel room as everyone thought, and that he had murdered Zorrillo, staged the whole thing to look like Cal was the victim, and took Zorrillo's place, with the intention of racking up a ton of cash and then disappearing. There is, thus, a risk of slippage and subsequent accident due to the unexpected loss of traction. The Black Ice Fusion Parka has additional fullbody ThinDown insulation. The stretch of the interstate where the accident occurred is elevated; therefore air can pass below the cement (not asphalt) road, causing it to freeze faster than the rest of the roadway By Smita M Updated On : 00:57 PST, Feb 12, 2021. "If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together." The Black Ice (Harry Bosch #2) - Michael Connelly This is the second book in the Harry Bosch series and the beginnings of one of the most wonderful police procedural series ever written IMHO. Cloud albedo has substantial influence over atmospheric temperatures. The Black Ice is the second novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published His job, an LAPD homicide detective, is his life. The Black Ice is the second novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. Michael Connelly consistently delivers exciting hard-boiled police procedural with Harry Bosch in control. At the same time Bosch's supervisor Pound feels compelled to increase the percentages of his homicides solved so Bosch is elected to solve some cases of an out on stress leave detective, Porter. ), I am so glad I went back to the beginning to read the Harry Bosch novels in order. Also, he gets more play than most other middle-aged cops I’ve known. On Steam now! Black ice was a mineral found throughout a few areas of the Frozenfar in northwest Faerûn. Not for me 4 of 10 stars. There is literally nothing going action wise even when you're 3/4 into the book. (see Kemper's hilarious review for The Black Echo), A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America, The Black Ice by Michael Connelly - 10/26 thru 11/15, [Listopia] The Black Ice by Michael Connelly (3 Stars), Mystery Solved: Why Hollywood Is Obsessed with the Whodunit. 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