This short story collection was not as satisfying to me as the last one I read. I think that's because the first story dragged, the second one was pretty horrifying and very good and then the last story didn't make a lot of sense to me. The ending didn't work for me either.

 

"Christmas Even" (3.5 stars)-We have Harry investigating a burglary that ended up a homicide. A pawnbroker finds a dead body in his store when he opens it. This leads Harry and his partner, Jerry Edgar trying to figure out what happened. This all takes place the day on Christmas Eve which of course has everyone wanting to smack Harry since they just want to wrap the case up and head home. Throw in some jazz and the story was all over the place I thought. We also get some insight into why Harry likes jazz and look, I can't help it, I don't like jazz music. I have tried. I don't get it and Harry's love of it was always one of the most puzzling things about the character to me. 

 

"Father's Day" (4.5 stars)-A young boy is found dead in his father's overheated car. Harry's partner Ignacio thinks that no matter what the father is liable for the death. However, once Harry starts digging her realizes that something else went on and we get a dark look at parenting in this one. There's a mention of a character from one of Connelly's other series so that was fun to read, but honestly this one wasn't that hard to figure out. 

 

"Angle of Investigation (3.5 stars)-Harry is now working cold cases and goes back to one of his first cases where he finds a woman and her dog murdered in her bathtub. The case leads back a surprising person. I just have to call BS though on the resolution in this one. I really think that the story could have been set up a bit better. I also found myself getting annoyed with Harry in this one. He's paired with Kiz in this one and I find myself not missing this character. 

Loved all three short stories!

Angle of Investigation: Three Harry Bosc... Collection of three short stories. If you are Connelly fan, as am I, you will like them, especially since they all feature Bosch. My favorite was the first as it shows a very human side of Bosch and more back story about his war years. Great saxophone story. But enough spoiling.

Thank goodness this is considered a whole book even though it's very short. I need to pad my total of books read this year to meet my goal. Ridiculous. Next year I won't be so frigging ambitious and read only 1000 page tomes.

Angle of Investigation: Three Harry Bosc... Collection of three short stories. If you are Connelly fan, as am I, you will like them, especially since they all feature Bosch. My favorite was the first as it shows a very human side of Bosch and more back story about his war years. Great saxophone story. But enough spoiling.

Thank goodness this is considered a whole book even though it's very short. I need to pad my total of books read this year to meet my goal. Ridiculous. Next year I won't be so frigging ambitious and read only 1000 page tomes.

Angle of Investigation: Three Harry Bosc... Another marketing promo for [b:The Drop|11082037|The Drop (Harry Bosch, #16)|Michael Connelly|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lSEe8Uw%2BL._SL75_.jpg|15547563] and it contains three short Harry Bosch stories.In CHRISTMAS EVEN, Harry Bosch and his partner Jerry Edgar (which means this was one of the "older" case) investigated a burglar killed in the middle of a heist. There wasn't much a twist, I pretty much saw it coming. FATHER'S DAY should be more recent than the other two stories, since Harry was partnered with Ignacio Ferras. They investigated the death of 15-months-old baby, which seemed to be a result of neglect. I think I saw an episode of CSI with similar theme before. It was a more poignant case -- and it had a sweet short scene between Harry and his daughter Maddy (whom in this story, still in Hong Kong). ANGLE OF INVESTIGATION was written back in 2005, where Harry was still part of the Open-Unsolved Division. Harry traced back the case of his first DB (dead body) back in 1972. I liked this one too, maybe because the ending was one of those surprising twists, when the murderer didn't see any way out.Again, if you love Harry Bosch and a collector type of fan, this one is nice to have. If not, you can always wait for the next novel.