In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the twenty-two-year-old was never found. Now, more than a decade later, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the District Attorney. A man accused of two heinous murders is willing to come clean about several others, including the killing of Marie Gesto. Taking the confession of the man he has sought-and hated-for thirteen years is bad enough. Discovering that he missed a clue back in 1993 that could have stopped nine other murders may just be the straw that breaks Harry Bosch.

It seems that Connelly can do no wrong, this is yet another tense and surprising entry in this series. Installment after installment Connelly proves to be a master of the police procedural, sending his likable characters into disturbing crimes and very intense situations. This installment feels particularly different for reasons I will not get into. It may not pack quite the emotional punch of some other installments but Echo Park's a very worthwhile read for a Harry Bosch fan. Not a bad place to start, either.

The villain's interesting and among the best in the series. That said, Rachel Walling, one of the best things about The Narrows, just seems almost unnecessary here, and I felt like her presence grinded the story to a halt. The plot itself is also a bit thin in the 1st half of the book, not really taking off until the mid-point.

That said, it's a great book....again, not the best in the series but up there.

A GOOD BOOK IN TYPICAL HARRY BOSCH STYLE. I ENJOY THE HARRY BOSCH SERIES AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THEM MADE INTO A MOVIE OR TV SERIES LIKE "BONES" OR "DEXTER".

Being a veteran reader of mystery novels I could never anticipate how Mr Connelly will play with the plot and with the characters and that is what it makes this novel powerful, special and different from others written by him or by other authors who believe themselves as masters of this genre. The ending is colossal. Overall, Echo Park lives up to all expectations set by all the acclaims written in the first pages by the media. Mr Bosch character portrayal is one of a kind. It is clear that Mr Connelly has greatly improved from his previous works. He creates and handles the plot with strokes resembling a quality only a top seed tennis player could get with a racket and ball

This book was so good that I could not put it down. It was the fastest book I have ever read because it just kept me reading.

I won't say a whole lot about this one. It is average, not as good as several others in the series (the black echo) not as bad as a few others (the overlook).

It's readable, not terribly original, somewhat predictable.