Angels Flight is the eighth novel written by Michael Connelly, and the sixth to feature LAPD detective Harry Bosch. The book was published in January of 1999, and won the 2000 Premio Bancarella under the title of Il Ragno, or "The Spider"; it was also nominated for the CWA's 1999 Gold Dagger, but lost to Robert Wilson's a Small Death in Lisbon.
Characters[]
- Detective Harry Bosch - Hollywood Division, Homicide Unit
- Detective Jerry Edgar - Hollywood Division, Homicide Unit
- Detective Kizmin Rider - Hollywood Division, Homicide Unit
- Lieutenant Grace Billets - Hollywood Division, Homicide Unit Commanding Officer
- Eleanor Wish - Former FBI Agent, Bosch's wife
- Howard Elias - Civil Rights Attorney, Murder Victim
- Catalina Perez - Murder Victim
- Millie Elias - Howard Elias' wife
- Martin Elias - Howard Elias' son
- Carla Entrenkin - Howard Elias' mistress
- Michael Harris - plaintiff in the Black Warrior police brutality case
- Detective John Chastain - Internal Affairs Division
- Detective Loomis Baker - Internal Affairs Division
- Detective Joe Dellacroce - Internal Affairs Division
- Detective Raymond Fuentes - Internal Affairs Division
- Special Agent Roy Lindell
Adaptation[]
The novel was adapted to provide major storylines in the fourth season of the series Bosch in 2018.
Lost Chapter[]
A lost chapter titled "1965" was written by Connelly during the writing on Angels Flight, but never made its way into the manuscript. The scene, set during the Watts Riots, is a flashback "in which Harry encountered significant racism for the first time." The chapter was made available through Connelly's website on 10 February 2013.