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Harry Bosch · Book 11

The Closers

by Michael Connelly
Published
16 May 2005
Pages
416
ISBN-13
9780316734943
Type
novel
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About this book

The Closers (2005) is the eleventh Harry Bosch novel and, at 416 pages, a well-known jumping-on point -- readers daunted by the series' 25-plus books often start here or with Renee Ballard and work backward, even though it already carries a decade of accumulated history for the detective.

Key facts about The Closers

Michael Connelly wrote The Closers, a novel on our list. It has been out since 16 May 2005. The book has 416 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780316734943 to find the main one.

The Closers is book 11 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 Closers is book 11 in the Harry Bosch series. It follows The Narrows. It is followed by Echo Park. 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…

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