Michael Connelly just celebrated a milestone. No, it was not his birthday, but the 20th "birthday" of Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch, the LAPD homicide detective Connelly introduced in his 1992 novel, The Black Echo.

How can Michael Connelly get better at his craft of writing! Just when you think he has reached the pinnacle of his career with a certain novel he comes along with a new one that is even better. Such is the case with The Black Box, a crime thriller that is pretty near perfection.

A collection of books is more than a list of works by our favorite authors, it's all the ways we relate to a book and the story inside it.

The Drop is another winner from Michael Connelly, one of the best crime story writers on the scene today. Each new novel refines his talent and makes its story one to be remembered.

Perhaps, over the past couple of weeks, you watched the movie version of The Lincoln Lawyer. And perhaps, as a result, you are thinking of reading the...

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Confession" by John Grisham (Doubleday)...

Last weekend the mother of all crime fiction conferences was held in San Francisco. Dubbed "Bouchercon" to honor Anthony Boucher, a crime fiction writ...

In Michael Connelly's world, life is never predictable. His novels follow the same premise.

In a line stretching from Dashiel Hammett to Dennis Lehane, from James M. Cain to George Pellicanos, from Ed McBain to Sue Grafton, the best crime fiction -- like all great fiction, period -- shows us who we are.