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Michael Connelly Universe — Books timeline
when each title takes placeThe 1990s
Los Angeles, 1992
The Black EchoHarry Bosch's debut: an old Vietnam buddy turns up dead in a pipe
Los Angeles and Mexicali, early 1990s
The Black IceA cop's Christmas death leads Bosch to the Mexican border
Los Angeles, 1994
The Concrete BlondeBosch goes on trial as a killer he thought was dead seems to strike again
Los Angeles, 1995, with a 1961 crime
The Last CoyoteOff the job, Bosch reopens his own mother's murder
Denver and across the US, 1996
The PoetA reporter refuses to accept his twin brother's suicide
Los Angeles and Las Vegas, 1997
Trunk MusicA Hollywood producer turns up in a trunk, mob style
Los Angeles, 1998
Blood WorkAn ex-FBI profiler with a transplanted heart hunts his donor's killer
Los Angeles, 1999
Angels FlightThe murder of an anti-LAPD lawyer threatens to set the city on fire
Los Angeles and Las Vegas, 2000
Void MoonAn ex-con goes back to stealing to get her daughter back
The 2000s
Los Angeles and Catalina, 2000
A Darkness More Than NightTerry McCaleb works a murder, and the trail points to Harry Bosch
Los Angeles, 2002
City of BonesA boy's bones turn up in the Hollywood Hills
Los Angeles, 2002
Chasing the DimeA new phone number sends a scientist after a missing woman
Los Angeles, 2003
Lost LightRetired, Bosch can't let go of a production assistant's murder
Los Angeles and the Nevada desert, 2004
The NarrowsBosch looks into a friend's death and runs into an old enemy
Los Angeles, 2005, with a 1988 crime
The ClosersBack in the LAPD, Bosch takes on a 17-year-old case
Los Angeles, 2005
The Lincoln LawyerMickey Haller's debut, the lawyer who works out of a Lincoln's back seat
Los Angeles, 2006, with a 1993 case
Echo ParkA confessed killer reopens the case Bosch never solved
Los Angeles, 2007
The OverlookA dead physicist and missing cesium: murder or terror?
Los Angeles, 2008
The Brass VerdictHaller inherits a murdered colleague's caseload and crosses paths with Bosch
Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Arizona, 2009
The ScarecrowLaid off, Jack McEvoy wants to go out on one last story
Los Angeles and Hong Kong, 2009
Nine DragonsA liquor store killing takes Bosch to Hong Kong
The 2010s
Los Angeles, 2010
The ReversalHaller switches sides to prosecute, with Bosch as his investigator
Los Angeles, 2011
The Fifth WitnessA client facing foreclosure is charged with killing a banker
Los Angeles, 2011, with a 1989 crime
The DropAn impossible DNA hit and a fall from the Chateau Marmont on the same day
Los Angeles, 2012, with a 1992 crime
The Black BoxA bullet reopens a photographer's death in the 1992 riots
Los Angeles, 2013
The Gods of GuiltHaller defends the man accused of killing a former client he tried to save
Los Angeles, 2014
The Burning RoomA musician dies ten years after being shot, and it becomes a homicide
Los Angeles, 2015
The CrossingBosch agrees to investigate for the defense of his half-brother's client
Los Angeles and San Fernando, 2016
The Wrong Side of GoodbyeA billionaire hires Bosch to find out if he has an heir
Los Angeles, 2017
The Late ShowRenée Ballard's debut, stuck on the Hollywood night shift
Los Angeles and San Fernando, 2017
Two Kinds of TruthAccused of planting evidence in an old case, Bosch fights for his name
Los Angeles, 2018, with a 2009 crime
Dark Sacred NightBallard and Bosch meet and team up on a cold case
Los Angeles, 2019, with a 1990 crime
The Night FireBosch's mentor dies and leaves behind a murder book he never returned
The 2020s
Los Angeles, 2020
Fair WarningJack McEvoy becomes a suspect in the death of a woman he once dated
Los Angeles, 2020
The Law of InnocenceMickey Haller is charged with murder and defends himself
Los Angeles, New Year's 2020–2021
The Dark HoursA New Year's Eve bullet didn't fall from the sky
Los Angeles and the Mojave Desert, 2022
Desert StarBallard builds a cold-case unit and recruits Bosch
Los Angeles, 2023
Resurrection WalkHaller and Bosch try to free a wrongly convicted woman
Los Angeles, 2024
The WaitingBallard's badge is stolen, and Maddie Bosch steps in
Catalina Island, 2025
NightshadeA detective exiled to Catalina finds the island hides a lot
Los Angeles, 2025
The Proving GroundHaller sues an artificial intelligence company
Catalina Island and Los Angeles, 2026
IronwoodA botched drug drop on Catalina leads Stilwell to Ballard
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