The Concrete Blonde
- Published
- 1 June 1994
- Pages
- 407
- ISBN-13
- 9780752815428
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 1994 and running 407 pages, The Concrete Blonde is the third Bosch procedural, arriving as Connelly continued building the detective's LAPD career -- and his reputation for being relentless on behalf of victims nobody else will fight for.
Key facts about The Concrete Blonde
Michael Connelly wrote The Concrete Blonde, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 June 1994. The book has 407 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780752815428 to find the main one.
The Concrete Blonde is book 3 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 Concrete Blonde is book 3 in the Harry Bosch series. It follows The Black Ice. It is followed by The Last Coyote. 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 9781857979374
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781857978773
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781561005727