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The Narrows

By Michael Connelly
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Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she's been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her. Harry Bosch is adjusting to... Read More
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He's back ... Private investigator Harry Bosch confronts a villain who's long been in hiding - a fiend known as The Poet.

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Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she's been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her.

Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and a new father. Then he gets a call from the widow of a friend. The friend had worked on a famous case, tracking the killer known as The Poet, and this fact alone makes some of the elements of his recent death doubly suspicious.

Harry Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered...

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761474712

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 January 2027

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Michael Connelly is the author of forty-two novels, among them New York Times bestsellers The Proving Ground, Nightshade and The Waiting. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, the Renée Ballard series and the Catalina series, have sold more than eighty-nine million copies worldwide. A former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels, Connelly is the executive producer of four television series: Bosch, Bosch: Legacy, The Lincoln Lawyer and Ballard. He spends his time in California and Florida.

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