Bestselling author Michael Connelly -- he likes us, he REALLY likes us!

Monday, Oct 27, 2014

LONDON
Interview by Robert Hull
The Guardian, Friday 24 October 2014

Best-selling crime novelist Michael Connelly on Los Angeles
The creator of the Harry Bosch series of detective novels looks beyond LA’s freeways to bring us a piazza full of mariachi musicians, historic bars, gorgeous views and tiny jazz clubs.

Before I arrived I envisaged the LA of Raymond Chandler: the sun-bleached streets, the dark romanticism. But what I found was a sprawling city with so many people and cars. I came here as a journalist, on the crime beat. You get sent to corners most people don’t see.

If you’re an avid collector of crime fiction and thrillers, you should visit Mystery Pier on Sunset Boulevard. You can find obscure collectables, mystery and genre books here.