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| Plot Summary of Lost Light |
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Little, Brown, April 2003, 25.95, 368 pp.
ISBN 0316154601
Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch takes an early retirement from the Los Angeles Police Department, but after ten months out of work, he needs something to fulfill him. He takes out his personal file on Angella Benton, a young woman found murdered in the entranceway of her apartment building. She was a production assistant for Eidolon Productions; the company was robbed of 8 million dollars thirteen days after Angella was killed.
A connection was never found but two of the marked bills surfaced, one on a terrorist heading to Mexico and the other found by FBI agent Martha Gessler who notified LAPD Detectives Cross and Dorsey. Five days after that call, Gessler turns up missing and is now presumed dead. The case goes dormant when Detective Dorsey is murdered in a robbery gone bad and his partner is totally paralyzed. The LAPD doesn't want Harry reopening the case without telling him why and the FBI claims Homeland Security as they try to shut him down. Harry, being Harry, goes his own way and almost loses his life in a shoot-out where he is vastly outnumbered.
This Harry Bosch novel is very different than the other twelve books in the series. It is told in the first person so readers know what the hero is thinking and feeling at all times. He is no longer a policeman with a badge that will make people talk to him so he has to act like a private investigator and get what he needs to solve the case by other methods. The ending is a shocker but it is not the end of the series, just the end of that phase of the hero's life.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Lost Light |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Kind of investigator
- skilled citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- searching for $$$/treasure
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 5-7
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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