Michael Connelly

Author of The Wrong Side of Goodbye

Michael Connelly has been busy. The Wrong Side of Goodbye is the bestselling author’s 29th novel, and his 19th Harry Bosch entry. Connelly is also involved in the Amazon television series Bosch, both as a writer and executive producer. In fact, it was an experience on the set of Bosch that sparked an idea for The Wrong Side of Goodbye.

In book 18, Bosch had finally retired from the LAPD. In this next book, he keeps busy with private investigative work and is hired by a very wealthy, very old, business tycoon who’s searching for a possible long-lost heir.

But that’s only half the plot. The other half came about by accident, during filming of season two of the television show.

While on a three-day shoot to film a complex scene in a shopping centre in San Fernando, the town’s real-life off-duty officers served as security. One of them told Connelly. “I see Harry’s retiring. We could sure use him here.” Thus, Bosch’s volunteer job at the San Fernando Police Department was born. And thus a second plot – the hunt for a dangerous serial rapist – was also born. Bosch may be getting older, but he’s sure not slowing down when it comes to fighting crime and speaking up for victims’ justice.

Connelly is not slowing down either. He already has a new novel percolating, this one a stand-alone featuring a female cop. We can’t wait to read it.

You’ll find the condensed version of The Wrong Side of Goodbye in the latest release of Reader’s Digest Select Editions. To join the Select Editions Club, phone 1300 300 030.