With less than adequate grades, he went to see The Long Goodbye, based on Raymond Chandler’s book. He graduated from Saint Thomas Equinas High School and majored in building trade at the University of Florida. Connelly was introduced to and impressed by the world of police investigation. He retrieved the object and it turned out to be a gun wrapped in a shirt. Connelly’s interest in crime escalated when one day he saw a mysterious man throw something into the hedge. Michael moved from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His mother was interested in crime fiction and introduced Michael to the genre. He was born and is the second oldest child of a property developer and a homemaker. His novels have been translated into 36 languages.

Michael Connelly is a best selling American author of crime fiction and detective books. We have also broken them down separately by character. Above we have listed them within the “Bosch Universe” order and that is the suggested reading order. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022Īlmost every single one of the fiction novels written by Michael Connelly are contained within the same universe. In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue ReligionĪ Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation Precious Ramotswe (By:Alexander McCall Smith) Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile (By:Charles Todd) Pendergast (By:Douglas Preston)Ĭharlotte and Thomas Pitt (By:Anne Perry) Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By:Faye Kellerman)Īloysius X. All of the series and books by Michael Connelly take place in the same universe with numerous crossovers.For the best experience, it is advised reading them all in this order.Įlvis Cole and Joe Pike (By:Robert Crais)

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