The Black Ice
- Published
- 1 June 1993
- Pages
- 322
- ISBN-13
- 9780759565463
- Type
- novel
About this book
The second Harry Bosch novel, The Black Ice (1993), finds the LAPD detective again clashing with institutional convenience while working a case through Michael Connelly's Los Angeles of freeways, hillsides and jazz. At 322 pages, it's a lean early entry from before the series' storylines began interlocking with Connelly's wider crime universe.
Key facts about The Black Ice
Michael Connelly wrote The Black Ice, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 June 1993. The book has 322 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780759565463 to find the main one.
The Black Ice is book 2 of 25 in the Harry Bosch series. The series has 25 published books. However, the series starts with The Black Echo (1992). 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 Ice is book 2 in the Harry Bosch series. It follows The Black Echo. It is followed by The Concrete Blonde. 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 9781857974072
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409157342
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409111047