The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

 Well, I’m loving the Harry Bosch series, both novels as well as the television series, so decided to start at the beginning. And am I glad I did. Harry is a little younger and a little rawer in this series debut, but he’s still that no-nonsense cop who gets it done and to help with politics.

In this story, a body is found in a sewer pipe and when Harry discovers the victim’s identification, he realizes that he knows the dead man. They had served as tunnel rats in Vietnam 20 years earlier. The man, who most wants to write off as a junkie who OD’d, was part of Harry’s past and he will not let his death be ignored. He soon finds clues that the man was murdered and that he was part of something much more notorious. Harry ain’t backing down.

Fans of a good cop story will love the Bosch series. A hard-core cop that deals with society’s scum, both the criminals and the powerful, but has a soft side for those who are defenseless.