Moving from the 1980’s to the 90’s, Connelly retells some strange and even heinous crimes. You got a husband with multiple wives and multiple lives. Considering the amount of money involved, it’s amazing how long it went on. Another is an infamous serial killer (Wilder) who set models up only to do them in. People suspected but didn’t react. He shares the heart-wrenching case of a missing child, where the parents make the statement, if someone told them she was spotted on the moon, they would check it out. Each case is remarkable in its own way, sometimes downright unbelievable. The sections are listed The Cops, The Killers, The Cases. It’s a fascinating listen, narrated by 3 different readers - Len Cariou, Carl Franklyn, Nancy McKeon. After the last CD clicked off, I sat there stunned, thinking of the phrase "fact is stranger than fiction." And even stranger is how in most of the cases those who knew -or even suspected, did nothing.

You don’t have to be a Connelly fan to be impressed by how deep he delves into the cases and presents them. If this is anything near the effort Connelly goes to when researching a new novel, it’s no wonder he pens bestsellers like The Lincoln Lawyer and the Harry Bosch Series. Topic is mature in nature, so remember your head phones. Harry Bosch fans can expect a new novel October 2006. I’m sure looking forward to it!