Michael Connelly: L.A. Reporter To Mystery Novelist
By: Mandalit del Barco //
July 20, 2012
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It has been more than 20 years since author Michael Connelly first introduced readers to the character who has become a fixture in his best-selling crime novels: Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. We'll tour Los Angeles the way he and Bosch see it. This piece initially aired August 24, 2007 on Morning Edition.
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