The Black Echo
- Published
- 21 January 1992
- Pages
- 457
- ISBN-13
- 9780312950484
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Black Echo (1992) opens the Harry Bosch series, introducing Michael Connelly's LAPD homicide detective through a case that reaches back into Bosch's own history as a Vietnam-era tunnel rat. At 457 pages, it establishes the code -- everybody counts or nobody counts -- that will drive Bosch through more than three decades of novels to come.
Key facts about The Black Echo
The Black Echo is a novel by Michael Connelly. Readers have had it since 21 January 1992. It runs to 457 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Black Echo. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312950484 to find the main one.
The Black Echo is book 1 of 25 in the Harry Bosch series. The series has 25 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Waiting is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 15 October 2024.
Additionally, Michael Connelly writes Jack McEvoy, The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller) and Renee Ballard, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our crime and legal thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Ironwood is the latest published Michael Connelly book on file, from 19 May 2026.
About Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is one of the defining American crime novelists of the past three decades, best known for the Harry Bosch series — LAPD detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, a Vietnam veteran and obsessive investigator whose personal code often puts him at odds with department politics. See every Michael Connelly book in order.
Its place in Harry Bosch
The Black Echo is book 1 in the Harry Bosch series. It is followed by The Black Ice. See the full Harry Bosch reading order.
Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is an LAPD homicide detective shaped by abandonment: orphaned son of a murdered Hollywood prostitute, Vietnam "tunnel rat," institutional survivor. His code — everybody counts or nobody counts — makes him relentless on behalf of victims nobody else will fight for, and insubordinate toward every boss, bureaucracy and political convenience in Los Angeles. Michael Connelly introduced him in The Black Echo (1992), a case that reaches back into Bosch's Vietnam tunnels, and has aged him in real…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316153614
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780754090731
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780754016595