Harry Bosch Mystery Series by Michael Connelly
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Character's Personality: Stubborn, brooding, thoughtful, and taciturn.  He's aggressive in that he insists on doing things his own way and engages in power struggles with other law enforcement agents, especially other men. Tends to be confrontational.

Character's Occupation: Homicide detective with the LAPD (and, during his brief phase of retirement, a private investigator)

Character's Culture / Ethnicity: Unspecified white person

Character - Other Notable Traits: Named for artist Hieronymus Bosch. His mother was a prostitute who was murdered when he was a young boy. He likes jazz. He is a Vietnam veteran, but not just any Vietnam vet; he's a Cu Chi "tunnel rat".

Location and Time Period: Contemporary Los Angeles, California

Mystery Subgenre: Police procedural

Objectionable Material: Profanity, medium to extreme violence

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1. The Black Echo (1992)
2. The Black Ice (1993)
3. The Concrete Blonde (1994)
4. The Last Coyote (1995) – Dilys Award.
5. Trunk Music (1996)
6. Angels Flight (1998)
7. A Darkness More Than Night (2000)
8. City of Bones (2002)
9. Lost Light (2003)
10. The Narrows (2004).  The serial killer known as the Poet returns to taunt the FBI; Rachel Walling, back from disgraced exile, gets reinstated on the case. Harry pursues a different angle on the case from L.A.; he and Rachel work together, hiding their methods from the FBI.  A bit complicated and overly freighted with side-plots, but good.
11. The Closers (2005)
12. Echo Park (2006)
13. The Overlook (2007).  Harry gets a new partner: young Cuban named Ignacio. A man with access to radioactive materials gets executed by what looks like Islamic terrorists intent on stealing the material to construct a dirty bomb.  This summons Rachel Walling with the FBI, which wants to wrest the homicide case away from Harry to control the bigger picture.  An intricate, satisfying story that keeps you guessing.
14. The Brass Verdict (2008)

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