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Death becomes him: Crime writer Michael Connelly’s long exploration of LA continues

By Craig Sisterson
New Zealand Listener·
9 mins to read


Like his iconic Los Angeles sleuth Harry Bosch, crime novelist Michael Connelly’s musical tastes lean strongly towards jazz. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue. Frank Morgan: Lullaby. John Coltrane: Soul Eyes. Chet Baker, Cole Porter, Art Pepper and many more.

But it’s the words of another timeless musician that leap to mind when surveying Connelly’s own prolific creativity and his ongoing drive to write, to explore, to raise questions while entertaining. Bruce Springsteen, the New Jersey rocker, has repeatedly said of

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