I recorded my last ‘summer’ book segment for the CBC this past week, so I wanted to focus on a popular genre that lots of people get excited about: the police procedural. Aside from mistakenly referring to the author+book title as the title of the first book (no, Michael Connelly doesn’t use his own name in his book titles) I think it went fairly well, even though I was a bit more nervous than usual. You can listen to it here.
Terri really loves crime novels, and she’s actually the head honcho at the Homestretch which is probably why I was nervous…
I really enjoyed both these books. Even though I can’t remember it, I’m pretty sure I’ve read one of Michael Connelly‘s before (how I could not have?), and his latest titled The Late Show featuring new detective Renee Ballard is engrossing. Sarah Bailey‘s debut novel The Dark Lake is a cross between a psychological thriller and a police procedural because we can’t trust the protagonist Gemma Woodstock-there goes that unreliable narrator again! And even though this is an overwrought plot device I still enjoyed it because the characterization us believable while also being unique. Side note; Bailey’s novel isn’t available until October, so you gots to pre-order this bad boy if you want to be first in line. Connelly’s books are available everywhere (literally, I saw a copy of The Late Show at my local grocery store) so that won’t be a problem for you to get your hands on.
Back in high school, I used to read some of Connelly’s books (in French though), and from what I can remember, it was definitely good. I hope to restart it all from scratch, and in English, sometime soon. Have you ever tried the TV show adaptation of his character Bosch? 😀
no, although I’ve read snippets of the Bosch novels and really liked them. I don’t have time for tv these days, I seem to be too busy reading 🙂
Sounds like a good life to me. 😉
I always confuse Connelly with John Connolly, and they’re both crime writers haha
I’m not sure I know John Connolly-is he as big as Michael?
Maybe not as big, but certainly wellknown, he has a crime series featuring Charlie Parker!