ANGELS FLIGHT

In this latest Harry Bosch mystery, the detective conducts his investi-gation against a treacherous political backdrop. The murder victim is a flamboyant black attorney who made his reputation suing the LAPD. With the city poised to riot, Bosch follows leads into the ugliest corners of his own department. Connelly has written an engrossing thriller, but the greatest asset of the book is a sharply drawn hero brought to life in Hill's reading. His Bosch is a thoroughly believable cop, but not in any clichéd way. There is a wariness in Hill's charac-terization, a sense that this is a man who can be hurt, but not surprised. You wish him well, knowing you're probably wasting your time. M.O. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 99]