Some secrets belong to the city.
This one belongs to Harry Bosch.
Growing up in MacLaren's Children's Center - a notorious care facility - Bosch had a friend. Together, they survived the dangers of that awful place.
Until one night, when his friend was placed in the illegal confinement space they called 'The Hollow'. And in the morning, he was found dead.
Bosch always suspected a cover-up, but as the case brings back old ghosts, he realises it was the murder that made him who he became.
As Bosch digs into the files, he finds the trace of a predator who was forged in the fires of the hell he once called home.
Facing the history that haunts him, Bosch will become consumed by the case. But with a case this personal, there is a fine line between justice and revenge...
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PRAISE FOR THE HOLLOW:
'The Hollow takes crime writing to another level'
DAILY EXPRESS and DAILY MIRROR
'Never disappoints'
CRIME MONTHLY
'First rate storytelling'
THE CRITIC
CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:
'A master'
STEPHEN KING
'America's greatest living crime writer'
DAILY EXPRESS
'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'
IAN RANKIN
'The best mystery writer in the world'
GQ
'A superb natural storyteller'
LEE CHILD
'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'An incredible writer'
RICHARD OSMAN
Hardback | 352 pages | Published November 2026
