Ironwood by Michael Connelly

Category:Crime Fiction/Mystery/Thriller

Rating:4.54/5 

Pages:336 

About the Book:

From Michael Connelly, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series, comes with Ironwood, the second book in the Catalina series featuring Detective Sergeant Stilwell. Connelly is one of the most successful crime writers working today, with more than eighty-nine million copies of his books sold worldwide. He is the executive producer of the television series Bosch, Bosch: Legacy, and The Lincoln Lawyer.

Ironwood is the second installment in Connelly's Catalina series, following Nightshade. The story begins with a drug interception operation at Catalina Island's remote Airport in the Sky. Detective Sergeant Stilwell and his deputies watch a plane land in the middle of the night, but the operation goes catastrophically wrong—shots are fired, one deputy is killed, another critically injured, and the suspect disappears into the hills. Sidelined by an internal inquiry, Stilwell begins his own secret investigation while confined to the sheriff's substation.

While sorting through the lost and found, Stilwell finds a valuable backpack that was never claimed. He traces it to a woman who disappeared while hiking on the island four years earlier. The discovery leads him to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit and Detective Renée Ballard, marking the first time the two characters meet and work together. Stilwell and Ballard soon realize they are on the trail of a criminal who revels in taunting the authorities. Ironwood continues the Catalina series while connecting it firmly to Connelly's broader literary universe.