A complete list of books by Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly’s Fiction 

The Black Echo (1992)
The Black Ice (1993)
The Concrete Blonde (1994)
The Last Coyote (1995)
The Poet (1996)
Trunk Music (1997)
Blood Work (1998)
Angels Flight (1999)
Void Moon (2000)
A Darkness More Than Night (2001)
City Of Bones (2002)
Chasing The Dime (2002)
Lost Light (2003)
The Narrows (2004) (sequel to The Poet) The Closers (2005)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2005)
Echo Park (2006)
The Overlook (2007)
The Brass Verdict (2008)
The Scarecrow (2009)
Nine Dragons (2009)
The Reversal (2010)
The Fifth Witness (2011)
The Drop (2011)
The Black Box (2012)
The Gods of Guilt (2013)
The Burning Room (2014)
The Crossing (November 2015)

Michael Connelly’s Non-Fiction

Crime Beat (2006)

Harry Bosch Series

The Black Echo (1992)
The Black Ice (1993)
The Concrete Blonde (1994)
The Last Coyote (1995)
Trunk Music (1997)
Angels Flight (1999)
A Darkness More Than Night (2001)
City Of Bones (2002)
Lost Light (2003)
The Narrows (2004) (sequel to The Poet) The Closers (2005)
Echo Park (2006)

The Overlook (2007)
The Brass Verdict (2008)
Nine Dragons (2009)
The Reversal (2010)
The Drop (2011)
The Black Box (2012)
The Burning Room (2014)
The Crossing (November 2015)

Brief appearance in The Fifth Witness (2011) and The Gods of Guilt (2013)

Mickey Haller Series

The Lincoln Lawyer (2005)
The Brass Verdict (2008)
Nine Dragons (2009) (small part) The Reversal (2010)
The Fifth Witness (2011)
The Gods of Guilt (2013)
The Crossing (November 2015)

Rachel Walling Appearances

The Poet (1996)
The Narrows (2004) (sequel to The Poet) Echo Park (2006)
The Overlook (2007)
The Scarecrow (2009)
The Reversal (2010) (small part)
The Black Box (2012) (small part)
The Burning Room (2014) (small part)

Jack McEvoy Appearances

The Poet (1996)
A Darkness More Than Night (2001) (small part) The Brass Verdict (2008) (small part)
The Scarecrow (2009)

Terry McCaleb Appearances

Blood Work (1998)
A Darkness More Than Night (2001) The Narrows (2004)

Cassie Black Appearances

Void Moon (2000)
The Narrows (2004) (small part, using an alias) 

From the Michael Connelly web site. For more information visit www.MichaelConnelly.com

Bosch News

Pre-production on season 2 starts the last week of April. Season 2 will be drawn mainly from Trunk Music with elements from The Drop and The Last Coyote. We expect it to begin streaming in early 2016. 

Links to watch Bosch:

USA: http://amzn.to/192NqZE. 

UK: http://amzn.to/1BAHm3Z.

Germany: http://amzn.to/1zQ8T1X.

Canada: via CraveTV.Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway: via HBO Nordic.We will soon have information to share about the show's launch in a few other countries. Please stay tuned.

Source http://www.michaelconnelly.com April 8, 2015

Bosch Season 2 News & Behind-The-Scenes Podcast

Bosch has been streaming now for over a month and we're so grateful for all your support and enthusiasm. Bosch achieved the biggest debut weekend among all Amazon Original Series and is the most-watched title on Prime Instant Video, across movies and TV series in its first four weeks. Amazon announced it has greenlit a second season. Season two will be drawn mainly from Trunk Music with elements from The Drop and The Last Coyote. Harry will investigate the murder of a Hollywood producer who laundered money for the mob. He will also pursue serial killer Chilton Hardy and the investigations take Bosch from the Hollywood Hills down through the gritty back streets of L.A. and Las Vegas, threatening those closest to him—his teenage daughter and ex-wife. We expect it to begin streaming in early 2016.

Want more now? Listen to the official podcast of this Amazon original series. Get the inside scoop about the show from Michael Connelly, executive producer Henrik Bastin, the show’s writers, the real detectives who advise on the show, Titus Welliver, and more. Episodes 1-4 are available now on Audible.com for free.

Watch Bosch in the USA: http://amzn.to/192NqZE. 

Watch Bosch in the UK: http://amzn.to/1BAHm3Z.

Watch Bosch in Germany: http://amzn.to/1zQ8T1X.

Watch Bosch in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway via HBO Nordic.

Watch Bosch in Canada via CraveTV.

Source http://www.michaelconnelly.com March 18, 2015

Soy Sauce-Grilled Shrimp with Spinach Salad

Soy Sauce-Grilled Shrimp with Spinach Salad
prep 45 min ∙ cook 20 min ∙ makes 4 servings ∙ difficulty Intermediate ∙ source Foodnetwork.com

INGREDIENTS

Base:

        ⅛ cup soy sauce
        1 lime, juiced
        1 teaspoon honey
        1 -inch piece fresh ginger, finely grated
        2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
        ⅛ cup canola oil, plus more for brushing
        For Soy Sauce-Grilled Shrimp with Spinach Salad:
        12 ounces large (21-24) shrimp, peeled, tail-on, and deveined
        Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Spinach Salad:

        1/4 cup rice vinegar
        2 tablespoons soy sauce
        2 tablespoons canola oil
        1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
        2 green onions, thinly sliced
        1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
        8 ounces baby spinach
        1/2 cup chopped salted peanuts

DIRECTIONS

Whisk the soy, lime juice, honey, ginger, garlic and canola oil in a medium bowl until combined. Transfer half to a food processor fitted with the blade attachment and set aside. Add the shrimp to the marinade in the bowl and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.

While the shrimp marinates, whisk together the rice vinegar, soy sauce, canola and sesame oils, scallion and cilantro in a small bowl.

Heat the grill to high. Remove the shrimp from the marinade, brush with canola oil, and season with salt and pepper. Skewer the shrimp and grill for 2 to 3 minutes per side, until just cooked through.

Toss the spinach with some of the vinaigrette and mound in the center of a serving platter. Arrange shrimp around spinach and spoon over more of the dressing. Scatter the peanuts over the salad and shrimp.

CHIPOTLE CHILLI AND LIME CHICKEN WINGS

CHIPOTLE CHILLI AND LIME CHICKEN WINGS by COOKING UP THE PANTRY

These wings are very, very popular in our house, possibly because the boys are allowed to eat them with their fingers but even the fussiest, non-spicy food eater, loves them!

I remove the tips from the wings; I get great satisfaction from chopping them with my cleaver! Also, they look a little neater!

If you don’t have smoked salt just use regular and these wings happily cook on the barbecue too.

Serves 4-5

Ingredients

1.8-2kg chicken wings

3-chipotle chili in adobe sauce, sauce included

1 lime, zest and juice

2 tomatoes

2 cloves garlic

1 teaspoon smoked salt flakes

1-tablespoon brown sugar

Method

Combine all of the ingredients and allow to marinade for 12-24 hours.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Centigrade.

Line a large baking tray with baking parchment.

Lay the wings on the tray; you may need two trays, as you don’t want to over crowd them.

Bake in the oven for 25mins, remove and baste with the juices and the leftover marinade.

Return to the oven, baste regularly for a further 20-25 mins.

Remove from the oven and brush the wings again with the pan juices before serving.

PRAWNS WITH CHORIZO, GARLIC AND THYME

PRAWNS WITH CHORIZO, GARLIC AND THYME
By COOKING UP THE PANTRY

This is a simple barbecue or pan-cooked bowl of deliciousness for nibbles or a starter.

There is no added oil and the flavours of the chorizo and prawns are brought together beautifully with a few wedges of lemon to squeeze over.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

800g peeled prawns, tails still attached
200g chorizo, sliced thinly on the diagonal
2 cloves garlic, sliced
small bunch of thyme, leaves picked
lemon wedges to serve

Method

Heat a non-stick frying pan or barbecue plate over a medium to high heat.
Add the chorizo and cook until crispy on both sides, set aside.

Add the garlic and prawns and cook until the prawns are cooked through, nice and pink.
Return the chorizo to the pan or barbecue, add the thyme leaves and toss with the prawns.

Spoon into a serving dish and serve with lemon slices.

Darlene Love will sing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for David Letterman one last time

Set your DVR because this Friday 12/19, Darlene Love will sing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for David Letterman one last time. She has announced that after this performance she will retire the song and not perform it on TV.  The holiday tradition started in 1986, and Love has spent the last 27 years performing the holiday classic on Letterman's shows, "Late Night" and now "Late Show."

Darlene Love is 76 and was born on July 26, 1938 and she sang lead on a string of Phil Spector-produced hits from the early Sixties, including “He’s a Rebel,” “He’s Sure the Boy I Love,” “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah,” “(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry,” “Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home,” “Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Hearts?” and the seasonal classic “(Christmas) Baby Please Come Home.” In addition, she sang background vocals on numerous other hits that Spector produced for his Philles label, including the Crystals’ “Da Doo Ron Ron,” the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” and the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.” 

Here is a link to YouTube and a compilation video put together by CBS showing her performances on Letterman’s show over the years.  Watch the stage and notice over the years how the numbers of singers has grown to include choirs and other backup singers.

Do a search for Darlene Love and read about her musical career and her resurgence in the 1980s.  The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has a great biography of her as well as several other sources.