Echo Park (Harry Bosch)

Book Description

In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the twenty-two-year-old was never found. Now, more than a decade later, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the District Attorney. A man accused of two heinous murders is willing to come clean about several others, including the killing of Marie Gesto. Taking the confession of the man he has sought-and hated-for thirteen years is bad enough. Discovering that he missed a clue back in 1993 that could have stopped nine other murders may just be the straw that breaks Harry Bosch.

Customer Reviews:

Connelly keeps going.......2007-10-15

Michael Connelly is a truly great writer. Frankly, Echo Park proves that. This isn't Connelly's best book: The Poet, Blood Work, and The Concrete Blonde are all better. Several of his other books are as good as this one. Even so, this book gets five stars, because among mysteries this year it's still a great book.

Twelve years ago, Marie Gesto disappeared, and Harry Bosch and his then partner were assigned to look for her. They came up empty, wound up moving on to other cases, then were reassigned. Fast forward to the current day, where the police inadvertently capture a serial killer that no one even knew existed. Under interrogation, the suspect suddenly comes up with an interesting confession: he killed Marie Gesto, and he will take the police to the body. When he does, however, he works things so that he escapes. Things are complicated by the revelation that Bosch and his partner in the original investigation may have briefly talked to the now-discovered serial killer, and might, if things had gone differently, stopped the guy before he killed a dozen people in the intervening years.

Connelly is a wonderful writer, and he does this plot pretty well, making the characters and the action interesting. I enjoyed this book a great deal, and would recommend it.

Cold case-- Or is it?.......2007-10-06

Harry Bosch is a bull-dog of a cop. Methodical and focused, he plots on--trying to find out who abducted and probable killed Marie Gesto in 1993. He reviews the files and re-interviews the witnesses and suspects every few years.

A man is stopped by a patrolman. Garbage bags containing body parts are found in his car. He confesses to having killed nine other victims, including Marie Gesto. But Harry is suspicious; it doesn't feel right to him, but all the pieces seem to be there. Getting help from his FBI companion and friends could mean loss of his job, if he survives.

Good detecting, lots of excitement and twists; this is my first "Harry Bosch" book but it won't be my last.

Review by Wanda C. Keesey (author of Lost In The Mist)

The Worst Connelly Book.......2007-10-03

This is the 11th Michael Connelly book I have read and it is by far the worst. There was no character development and the plot was predictable & contrived. The Connelly formula is growing thin: Bosch is driven to solve a murder, some flimsy romantic sub-plot is thrown in, it appears that one character committed the crime but then, at the last second, some tangential character really did it. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Connelly fan, but I am now concerned that he may have "jumped the shark." He needs to reinvent his formula. Bosch is beginning to come off as a two-dimensional annoying character.

One Of The Best Of Its Type I've Ever Read.......2007-09-26

To say I liked this this book is an understatement. It is one of the best of its type I've ever read.

Other reviewers in this space tell you what it's about, so I won't repea; but in general Harry Bosch, a middle aged single, lonely, virtuous yet scarred LAPD detective battles Dpartment politics to save a girl and solve a crime ten years old wherein another girl disappeared. The crime always haunted him; and here he gets his "justice" of sorts. It's just a great read for your vacation or the airlane or a rainy afternoon by the fire. Highly recommended. Almost guaranteed.

A word of warning. Unless you know downtown Los Angeles better read this with a map or else follow the action on Mapquest. Harry speeds down lots of streets which meant nothing to me till I got a map.

Return to Form.......2007-09-23

Actually, the last Bosch novel I read was "Lost Light," which I thought signaled a character and series running out of steam. "Lost Light" was pretty much by-the-numbers, with some extra "family" stuff tossed in to show Harry's getting older. Whatever. Well, I was wrong about Harry's sunset years. For one thing, despite occasional novelistic misfires, one has to keep in mind that Connelly is such a pro at writing, that he just keeps chugging along. "Echo Park" is a fine example.

At 400 plus pages, you wonder if it's appropriate to call "Echo Park" a lean, stripped down Harry Bosch novel - but that's what it is. A genuine page turner. A young woman's years ago disappearance, a serial killer, corruption, familiar stuff that Connelly rearranges, yet again, in a fresh and exciting way. And with Harry as an X factor, those are usually interesting twists, like the unseen twist in the metaphorical tunnel of the Bosch series (which gets very concrete in "Echo Park").

This time around, the plot has at its center the unsolved case of a missing woman that Harry had investigated thirteen years. Now, as part of the Open-Unsolved Unit, Harry returns again and again to the case, looking for that missing piece that will put away the man he has long suspected of being the killer. But then a call comes in, another man has confessed, and things quickly veer off in directions that the reader - or Harry, can not anticipate. One dark treat in all of this is the serial killer, Raynard Waits, the "Echo Park Bagman." Connelly can develop a character with the best of them. And Waits is a particularly repulsive entry, but one that Connelly is also able to humanize. Yes, he's monster, but a pitiable one that his own history - one that intersects with Harry's own personal life story. On the downside of all of this is Connelly's uneven development of characters. For if Waits is extremely well developed, characters such as FBI agent (and love-interest) Rachel Walling, are paper-thin. Walling in particular, since she is so prominent, is little more than a tool to keep the story revving. You know: "Get this report, Do this for me, Use your influence" with a little love making, wine, and Jazz on the side. This is particularly frustrating, since it's clear that Connelly is so good at character development, but it's a trait I've seen in all of the Bosch novels - the good and the so-so (Connelly doesn't write "bad" novels). Still, this time around the good far outweighs the by-the-numbers stuff. Check it out.

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Disappointing
Echo Maker
HATED THIS BOOK!!!!
Hated it!
A good book in many ways, but lacking in other ways

The Echo Maker: A Novel
Richard Powers
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ASIN: 0374146357
Release Date: 2006-10-17

Book Description

On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin, his only near kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted coma, Mark believes that this woman–who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister–is really an identical impostor. Shattered by her brother’s refusal to recognize her, Karin contacts the cognitive neurologist Gerald Weber, famous for his case histories describing the infinitely bizarre worlds of brain disorder. Weber recognizes Mark as a rare case of Capgras Syndrome, a doubling delusion, and eagerly investigates. What he discovers in Mark slowly undermines even his own sense of being. Meanwhile, Mark, armed only with a note left by an anonymous witness, attempts to learn what happened the night of his inexplicable accident. The truth of that evening will change the lives of all three beyond recognition.

Set against the Platte River’s massive spring migrations–one of the greatest spectacles in nature–The Echo Maker is a gripping mystery that explores the improvised human self and the even more precarious brain that splits us from and joins us to the rest of creation.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-10-18

Difficult to ascertain whether the author was trying to write an essay on neuroses, or descibe the ramifications of drug abuse. An inordinate desciptive narative of the physical surronunding of the area in which the story is portrayed. Not worh my cost of the book.

Echo Maker.......2007-10-17

Boring, too wordy, strays from subject. I borrowed it from the library and returned it the very next day.

HATED THIS BOOK!!!!.......2007-10-10

What a huge waste of time. I struggled with this book from the beginning and wish I had given up reading it. I stuck with it until the end and now regret it. This book was boring, slow, tedious, and basically awful.

Hated it!.......2007-10-09

I bought this book based on the strength of Powers' last novel, The Time of our Singing, which I loved. What a mistake! Though I appreciate the author's committment to perseving nature and his beautiful language, the story was ill-concieved and the plot was maddeningly slow. The only character I enjoyed was Mark - his confusion was touching and witty. Everyone else smoldered in self-pity and constant whining. The end was a complete letdown. I would NOT recommend this book.

A good book in many ways, but lacking in other ways.......2007-10-05

MY RATING SYSTEM:

* - if you have to chose between torture and reading this book, then you might want to consider reading the book - although it depends on just how severe the torture would be.

** - if you've lost your job and have quite a bit of free time on your hands, and don't have anything else better to do, then you might want to consider reading this book; don't expect to learn much or really be entertained. It will however, help you pass the time until your death.

*** - meh...I'm indifferent. Reading this book will not alter your life in any significant way, yet it is not so horrendously dreadful that your taking the time to read it will be a complete waste of time.

**** - Good book to great book zone here. You should probably read this book if you have some spare time. This book could be interesting, entertaining, or informative.

***** - Outstanding book! Make time to read this book - you'll learn or be entertained or intrigued. The book might even be good enough to provide original or helpful insights into the world that we live in.

REVIEW:

Generally, I found The Echo Maker to be quite interestingly written, but also quite cumbersome and slow-to-read in parts. Essentially, the book tells the story of Mark Schluter, a late-twenties Nebraska man who, as a result of injuries suffered when he flips his truck on a rural road in Nebraska, develops Capgras syndrome. The condition results in Mark thinking that his sister, Karin - who comes to his aid in the hospital upon hearing of the accident - is an impostor, ie. not the 'real' Karin.

The story is told from the perspectives of the characters, changing back and forth between the three main characters of the novel (Mark, Karin, and neurologist Dr. Weber, who Karin seeks out for assistance with Mark's problem). As Mark recovers from his accident, his brain still in shambles, his perspective is communicated as disjointed Jim Morrison-esque prose, evolving into understandable yet incomplete communication as he recovers from the injuries, and finally into understandable yet delusional communication after he has fully recovered from the accident but for the remaining Capgras . The early bits can be confusing and frustrating (likely the author's intent) and difficult to read, but Powers does an interesting job of re-creating Mark's state of mind and providing the reader with an opportunity to experience what it might be like to be Mark. In retrospect, this was a very interesting tactic in the book, as frequent reference is made to the idea that it's impossible to know what it is like to be anyone (or anything) else - yet Powers' seeks, and comes close to succeeding, to show the reader what it is like to be Mark Schulter as he recovers from his accident in the hospital.

As Mark heals, his sister Karin, who has returned to small-town Nebraska to help her brother, attempts to deal with the fact that her brother does not acknowledge her as his sister. More accurately, she aims for the reversion of her brother to the way he was before the accident, and struggles continuously with the way that things are now. Her return leads to the re-establishment of a relationship with one of her ex-boyfriends - Daniel, a conservationist/environmentalist who works with a non-profit seeking to protect the cranes and the river that pass through the area. In my opinion one of the biggest weaknesses in the book is the inability of the author to create compelling relationships - as is most often the case in the story, the relationships usually just appear out of nowhere, with some brief mention of a previous history, but little to convince the reader that anything genuine exists. The relationship between Karin and Daniel feels artificial and forced, which might reflect the fact that Karin is an insecure character constantly seeking approval. As a character, Daniel is quite hollow, and while he does a little to add to the story, he hardly warrants any interest of the reader.

As the story progresses and the severity of Mark's condition becomes obvious, Karin seeks out Dr. Gerard Weber, a famous neurologist apparently modeled after real-life popular neurologist Oliver Sacks. The following several chapters jump back and forth between the main story of Mark and Karin and his recovery, and asides about past patients of Weber who he had written about in his popular neurology books - much like Sack's The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat. I felt as though perhaps Powers' entire motivation for writing this book originated with his reading of one of Sack's own accounts, and whether you describe it as 'inspired', 'borrowed', or something less flattering, I felt the asides and at times the story of the book, was far too Sacks-like to be original.

The introduction of Dr. Weber also initiates the mysterious, indescribable 'connection'/'attraction' between Dr. Weber and Mark's nurse aide, Barbara. Again, the relationship comes across as fake and forced, with minimal development. Rather, Weber just has some instant, unspeakable attraction to this woman, with a faint idea that he knew her before, but with no further details. In fact, the only relationship in the book that I found enjoyable was that between Weber and his wife. In contrast with all of the other relationships, Powers' paints this one with much color, which makes Weber's straying desires all the more worthy of the harsh judgment of the reader. Weber's visit to Nebraska is short, failing to result in any marginal improvement in Mark's condition, yet sufficient enough for Weber to collect enough information to create a story for a future book involving the condition from which Mark suffers.

In the third part of the book, Mark's condition takes on increasingly complex dimensions, as his delusions about a grand government conspiracy against him start to evolve. Also, Dr. Weber's latest book is met with critical reviews, with several reviews criticizing his exploitive tactics, which leads Weber into a late mid-life crisis where he begins to question where his career and life have led him. In an attempt to resolve this personal crisis, Weber returns to Mark's aid, and to Barbara, before quickly returning home to his wife realizing his trips to Nebraska threaten his relationship with his wife.

As the story progresses, Karin continues to struggle with her desire to help her brother. Now that he has left the hospital and resumed living on his own, he finds that in many ways she may be hindering his life rather than improving it. While still in the relationship with Daniel, and now assisting him with his conservation efforts, she turns to another ex-boyfriend, Robert Karsh - a successful real estate developer who seeks to turn the land around the river into a tourist resort. Again, the relationship, while apparently having some past, has very little present, and feels as empty as a rusted can.

Ultimately, the book resolves the outstanding issues in rapid succession in the last few pages, allowing the story to end with cheap gratification. The resolution of the problems plaguing Mark, Karin and Weber all come across as forced, artificial, and unsatisfying. In some ways the ultimate developments of the characters and their resolutions might explain the uncompelling relationships that appear throughout the story, yet I still find it disappointing that the relationships were not developed and communicated in a more intriguing way.

In summary, the book featured an interesting story using what was at times a very interesting method of communication, with glimpses of beautiful language and interesting insights into life. Despite these positive elements, it book was perhaps too long for its purpose, with sections being difficult to read, and a sense throughout many of the parts of the book that left the reader unfulfilled. I'm glad that I did read all the way through, as I found the book did improve in many ways by the end, but I found it to be quite a lot of effort to make it through the book relative to what I got from the exercise.

Mark of the Lion : A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure As the Dawn (Vol 1-3)

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Very Interesting
Cant Put it Down!!!
Amazing story!
an insight into 1st century Christians
Great christian fiction.

Mark of the Lion : A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure As the Dawn (Vol 1-3)
Francine Rivers
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This classic series has inspired over half a million readers. Both loyal fans and new readers will want the 10th anniversary editions of this beloved series. These editions include a new foreword from the publisher, a new preface from Francine Rivers, and discussion questions suitable for personal and group use.

#1 A Voice in the Wind: Torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, a young slave girl clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome.

#2 An Echo in the Darkness: Turning away from the opulence of Rome, Marcus is led by a whispering voice from the past into a journey that could set him free from the darkness of his soul.

#3 As Sure As the Dawn: Atretes. German warrior. Revered gladiator. He won his freedom through his fierceness . . . but his life is about to change forever.

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Very Interesting.......2007-10-17

I am only half way through the 1st book in the series but WOW! The first few chapters are spent developing the characters. I have quickly found myself not wanting to put the book down. I can hardly wait to see how the story unfolds. It is wonderful how the author incorporates Christian themes within a fiction book.

Another positive is that I think that this series would interest my husband as well. It doesn't seem to be written specifically for one sex or the other.

Cant Put it Down!!!.......2007-10-15

This series is one you will nto only not be able to put down ( buy the set... you dont want to have to wait for the next book to arrive) But its one that will touch your heart down to the deepest parts. I like these books becasue even though they are Christian Romances they are books that Anyone of any religion can enjoy. My Husbund and I both read them and provided copies for many friends of ours!

Amazing story!.......2007-10-07

An amazing story that brings you back to the foundation of your faith, as they did for me. I laughed, cried, and rejoiced with the characters as they went through their trials and tribulations. Kudos to Francine Rivers for bringing a remarkable story for generations to come!

an insight into 1st century Christians.......2007-08-27

This series was so great. Not only does it keep your attention in an entertaining way but it makes you think more about what it was like for 1st century Christians.

Great christian fiction........2007-08-24

Didn't get a lot done while reading this book, couldn't put it down. The story draws you in and you also learn alot about this time, the Roman Empire and the plight of their conquered peoples. Can be a little gruesome in parts. Highly recommend.

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Not happy with this purchase
Sloppy research, no mystery
Echo Burning
2 strikes, Jack Reacher, you are OUT.
Echo Burning

Echo Burning
Lee Child
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Jack Reacher is Spenser before Robert Parker domesticated his Boston PI--in fact, Reacher's even tougher than Hawk. He can inhale and exhale a few times and pump up his muscles so they make a bad character think twice about tangling with him. And he's spent enough time on the right side of the law to know how to operate in the gray zone if that's what it takes to save the fair maiden, punish the bad guys, and right any other wrongs he happens to encounter in the course of his wanderings. Echo Burning is vintage Lee Child, a smartly paced, intricately plotted, and masterfully characterized thriller starring Reacher, the ex-military cop who's so concerned about commitment to anything--a woman, possessions, a permanent address--that he only owns the clothes on his back. But he's the kind of justice-seeking guy you'd want on your side, especially if you were an abused wife trapped in a marriage you can't get out of until, and unless, somebody bumps off your old man.

Reacher's sympathetic, but he's not crazy. Nonetheless, he allows himself to be drawn into beautiful Carmen Greer's orbit, which ought to teach a guy not to hitchhike. Agreeing to protect her from the husband who's about to be released from jail and, according to Carmen, who's about to pay her back for tipping off the authorities to the tax fraud that landed him in prison, Reacher moves into the bunkhouse of the Echo, Texas, ranch that's owned by the bigoted, bitter, but powerful Greer family, which despises Carmen because she's Mexican and tolerates her only because she's Sloop Greer's wife and the mother of his child. The expected bloodshed ensues, but it's Sloop, not Carmen, who ends up with a bullet in his head. Reacher's convinced that Carmen acted in self-defense, even after other evidence comes to light that suggests there's more--and less--to her unhappy tale than even her own lawyer believes. This is the best Jack Reacher yet, smart, stylish, and convincing. If it's your first encounter with Child's work, be sure to check out his backlist--Running Blind, Tripwire, etc. --Jane Adams

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Jack Reacher returns in Lee Child's new "rip-roaring thriller" (Denver Rocky Mountain News). This time, he's a hitchhiker picked up by a troubled beauty. And what happens between them has everybody talking.

"Smashingly suspenseful...Child builds tension to unbearable extremes." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

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"Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call ""spectacular"" (The Seattle Times), ""relentless"" (Denver Post), and ""perfect"" (The New York Times Book Review). Reacher is hitching through the heat of West Texas and getting desperate for a ride. The last thing he's worried about is exactly who picks him up. She's called Carmen. She's a good-looking young woman, she has a beautiful little girl...and she has married into the wrong family. They're called the Greers. They're a bitter and miserly clan, and they've made her life a living hell. Worse, her monster of a husband is soon due out of prison. So she needs protection, and she needs it now. Lawyers can't help. Cops can't be trusted. So Reacher goes home with her to the lonely ranch where nothing is as it seems and where evil swirls around them like dust in a storm. Within days, Carmen's husband is dead-and simmering secrets send Echo, Texas, up in flames. "

Customer Reviews:

Not happy with this purchase.......2007-10-03

First I didn't realize that it was an MP3 and second,
when I played it on my portable player, it skipped so bad that
I couldn't listen to most of the disc. Would not recommend this to anyone.

Sloppy research, no mystery.......2007-09-11

I have to say S. Temerlin practically wrote my review for me (see his of 11/12/2006). Child's knowledge of firearms is not even second-hand. Also, the tactics (it pains me to apply the term) Reacher used to defeat the bad guys were sloppy, self-defeating, and would have gotten him and Alice killed except that the "professional" killers were even more stupid than Reacher. His wrap up of the major bad guy was from an old Perry Mason TV show. This was my second, and last, Child book.

Echo Burning.......2007-07-22

This a typical Jack Reacher adventure!! A lot of twists and turns! Can't wait for the next book comes out.

2 strikes, Jack Reacher, you are OUT........2007-07-18

Lee Child's Echo Burning is, as with his other "works", highly overrated. I was convinced to give the author a try and, while better than The Killing Floor, Childs continues to be all about plot with little to no character development. Fans and apologists of his will argue that his protagonist, Jack Reacher, requires little development as he is hardly "evolved". No argument here on that but no other characters warrant any serious empathy from the reader. I would add that some might simply like Reacher as the central character and are willing to accept preposterous assumptions upon which the plot is predicated. I likely do that with other mystery writers where I find the characters either fun or interesting (Myron Bolitar by Harlan Coben for one). But Reacher doesn't warrant my time as a reader. He might make it as a B movie where one can watch it for fun. Even though the book had a rapid pace, I found myself wanting to finish it, pan it both in this review and to my friend who convinced me to try again and move on to something better. Jack Reacher, two strikes, you are out.

Echo Burning.......2007-06-13

The setting of the story is West Texas and I could relate to it really well, having lived near the area. I love Jack Reacher's way of setting people straight. He's a man who knows what he's about and not afraid to stand up to anyone.

This is the second Jack Reacher novel I've read and I ate it up like it was candy. I can't get enough of this guy and will continue buying Lee Child's novels.

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Great Echo Text
Old edition
beautiful, comprehensive, nicely updated
an authoratative text
A great quick reference

The The Echo Manual
Jae K Oh , James B Seward , and A. Jamil Tajik
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Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this best-selling manual is a practical guide to the performance, interpretation, and clinical applications of echocardiography. The Echo Manual is written by recognized authorities at the Mayo Clinic and provides a concise, user-friendly summary of techniques, diagnostic criteria, and quantitative methods for both echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography. Discussion of each clinical problem also includes transesophageal echocardiography. This edition covers the latest techniques, standards, and applications and includes new contrast agents. All references have been updated. More than 900 images--well annotated and true to gray scale and color--give readers an immediate grasp of salient points.

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Great Echo Text.......2007-09-13

I have recently completed fellowship and have recently taken the cardiology boards.

Over the last year I have used/borrowed the textbooks by Weyman, Feigenbaum, Otto, and have owned the most recent baby Otto.

The Echo Manual is the best single source for a new cardiology fellow and for anyone studying for the Echo boards. The clarity, depth, and breadth in such are small package are not matched by any of the other books. It has excellent diagrams and tables. It does a great job of covering complex topics such as diastology, constriction vs restriction, and congenital heart disease.
The Weyman is out of print. The big Otto is too big for board review. The baby Otto is too simple to be of help to fellows and techs. The Feigenbaum is a good book and it comes with a DVD of examples. However, the Echo Manual simply covers the topics better. It works great as a board-review book and just as great as a reference. If you only have room for one book in your budget, I would recommend this book.

Cons: No DVD. Mayo displays the R and L heart in reverse of everyone else. Text can be dense. Overall, these are minor gripes.

Old edition.......2007-07-30

Don't be misled by the low price- this is the 2nd edition- and the 3rd edition has been out for some time. Get the newer edition.

beautiful, comprehensive, nicely updated.......2006-12-08

Great for the echo basics and reference. Images are beautiful and well-labeled. Updated version has several nice new tables and chapters on goal directed/special imaging. Great pathology correlates. Even includes updates on strain and newer techniques. Convinced our library to get it... Going to buy it before echo boards.

an authoratative text.......2002-10-15

the second edition of the manual is the work of three big maestros. the first chapter is an overview which is about man and machine. thereafter follow chapters on acquisition of images, transthoracic and trans esophageal. the two chapters on hemodynamic assessment and vulvular heart diseases are astonishingly lucid. other chapters are fundamentally excellent.the book concludes on an all important chapter on correlative echocardiography.in toto, this manual is small in size but large in authority.
manan

A great quick reference.......2000-05-15

An excellent and comprehensive text for beginning echocardiographers as well as a great reference for quick reviews.

The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde

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Michael Connellys most famous character, Detective Harry Bosch, has been thrilling readers for a decade. Now available in one omnibus edition are the three books that brought him to life. First introduced in The Black Echo, Bosch hunts the brutal murderer of a Vietnam buddy. Then, in The Black Ice, a narcotics officers disappearance sends Bosch on a trail of murders leading from Hollywood Boulevard to Mexicos dusty back alleys. In The Concrete Blonde, Bosch must hunt down the Dollmaker, a macabre serial killer, before he strikes again. Together, these three novels are the perfect way to discover, or rediscover, one of our most fascinating and well-loved sleuths. A Darkness More Than Night, also featuring Harry Bosch, is a New York Times bestseller and a national bestseller. Connellys sales continue to rise. Since its January 2001 publication, A Darkness More Than Night has shipped more than 235,000 copies. The Black Echo won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Connelly has also won a Nero Wolfe prize, a Macavity Award, and an Anthony Award.

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Excellent first three novels in the Harry Bosch series.......2007-10-11

Couldn't put this down. I was glad I had all three books to read at one time. Excellent homicide detective stories set in LA.

Wonderful writer.......2007-05-14

Michael Connelly is an incredible mystery writer. The plots are well-done, the characters believable. I would highly recommend any of the Harry Bosch mystery novels.

Great stories.......2007-05-12

Another hit by Michael Connelly. I love his Harry Bosch books, the depth of character, attention to detail and beautifully tailored plots make for a completely enjoyable read. This one is great because you get three complete Bosch books for the price of one. Of course, if you like to lie in bed and read the 3 in 1 format makes it really heavy to hold up, but it's worth the effort.

I'm a writer myself so I know how hard it is to turn out such consistently great tales. If you'd like to check out my book click on The Towers Of Greed and if you buy it please buy it from seller Whitebear54 since that's me, the author.

Connelly.......2007-02-12

As a Connelly addict I have to say this is the place to begin...the beginning. One read and you too will be hooked.

Gift.......2007-01-12

I have no idea what this book is like, I ordered it for my niece for Christmas, he is her favorite author :)

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The Introduction to Harry Bosch and a Page Turner
Had me going, then fell on its face
A First-Rate Detective Story
This is where greatness began
A magnificent debut novel!

The Black Echo (Harry Bosch)
Michael Connelly
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ASIN: 0446612731
Release Date: 2002-12-02

Customer Reviews:

The Introduction to Harry Bosch and a Page Turner.......2007-08-22

After reading several Harry Bosch novels, I was eager to read the first and was not disappointed. This is wear readers learn much about Bosch's history in foster care and Vietnam. We learn about his experiences as a "tunnel rat." The mystery and suspense is first rate. As with most mysteries, there is some second guessing of the conclusion but you just have to go with it and move on to the next Harry Bosch novel on your list. I have never been disappointed with a Connelly novel and this is no exception. It fits the bill perfectly for what it is.

Had me going, then fell on its face.......2007-08-04

I will admit, this book was very engaging for the most part and I found myself not wanting to put it down. Michael Connelly, an experienced crime journalist, certainly knows his way around police procedure and terminology.

Harry Bosch is an extremely cliched character, but I found myself liking him nonetheless. Like many fictional detectives before him, he is hard-boiled and burned out, yet very competent and intelligent. Honestly, though, the Vietnam veteran bit has been done to death in mysteries and it was groan-inducing to have to sit through lengthy and overdone descriptions of Bosch's war experiences.

Eleanor Wish, the female FBI agent who becomes Bosch's love interest, was also a pretty cookie-cutter creation. However, in Connelly's defense, he did a good job of not revealing right away that Bosch and Wish would end up in bed together. He did this by skillfully not mentioning that Wish was attractive until long after her character was first introduced. Less clever writers are rarely that subtle. In most books like this, the reader can tell almost immediately which characters the hero will sleep with before the book is over because the author always immediately mentions how beautiful that female character is. If she and the hero don't end up together, what was the point of even mentioning her beauty?

But the main reason this book fell flat was that the ending felt very contrived. Plus, it turns out that the entire plot was based on a ridiculous number of coincidences. I won't spoil it, but I will say that the odds of these events happening the way they do and with seemingly everyone in the book connected in some way would be about one in a thousand. It leaves the reader with the distinct impression that the author has noticeably manipulated the story in an improbable way solely to give his readers a "Hollywood ending".

A First-Rate Detective Story.......2007-06-25

This was Michael Connelly's first police procedural featuring LAPD detective Harry Bosch, and it shows why the series has been such a success. Bosch is a gritty police officer, but you soon see that he is far more complex than the usual hard-boiled cop. In this story, Bosch goes to investigate a dead body found in a drainpipe at Mulholland Dam, and finds that the dead man is a former tunnel rat, as was Harry Bosch, in Vietnam. It looks like a routine drug overdose, but Bosch is not satisfied and soon finds that it is murder. The finding cracks open an ongoing criminal operation that becomes steadily more dangerous for Bosch and his fellow officers. Connelly does a great job of building tension and giving the plot twists to make a truly enjoyable and realistic story with a surprise ending.

This is where greatness began.......2007-06-25

As of the date of this review, Michael Connelly has written and published eighteen fictional novels of which thirteen feature LAPD Detective Harry Bosch. It all began back in 1992 with The Black Echo but if, like many, you have discovered Connelly by way of his more recent stories, then do not for one minute think that back then he was just a beginner learning his trade and his debut novel should be considered with caution. No, quite simply if you like Connelly today then you will like Connelly `then' just as much.

This is despite the fact that it's a tale of events in the early 1990s with heavy references to events of the early 1970s. More specifically, Bosch is a Los Angeles detective turning 40 with powerful memories of his experiences as a tunnel rat in Vietnam some twenty years earlier and from which the title of this novel draws its name. But the drawing of the characters and their relationships with one another is of high quality, a skill which, in my humble opinion, only a minority of Connelly's peers in the field of crime thrillers pull off as successfully as he does. In any thriller series this is the element that probably defines success or failure more than any other, and since Connelly has been writing tales surrounding Bosch for over fifteen years, it's safe to assume that he's cracked this difficult task and he demonstrates this from the word go in his debut novel.

Having already read the outstanding Concrete Blonde (the third in the Bosch series) it's sometimes amusing to read the occasional mentions of the career-defining experiences of the case built around the pursuit of the Dollmaker; amusing because Connelly decided never to write the story itself, yet the events of that case are cleverly used to help shape our understanding of Bosch's personality in small doses in The Black Echo and I am sure that he always planned to build a story around it for The Concrete Blonde two years later. To me that says much about the forward-thinking, the creativity and the plain confidence of the author.

It's easy to summarise this story's plot - the body of a man is found and Bosch, by chance, is assigned to the case to find the man's killer or killers. It's not long before Bosch brings about an association with the dead man (a Vietnam tunnel rat who worked with Bosch two decades earlier) to an audacious bank robbery the previous summer and a similar heist that is planned for the imminent future. Bosch has it all figured out, and has to solve all this is in the midst of an Internal Affairs investigation coupled with high-level corruption among those who might have a vested interest in the two bank robberies. The story covers about one week, my one criticism being the absence of any chapters and the use, instead, of rather long `parts' which for people like myself who often read books in snatches of thirty minutes at a time, can be slightly irritating. Anyone who invests lengthy periods of time to reading won't mind at all, I'm sure.

All I can say as a lover of crime fiction and a fan of good series creators such as Val McDermid, John Connolly, Mo Hayder and Mark Billingham (and the owner of pretty much everything written by Deaver, Cornwell, Slaughter, Reichs, Gerritsen, Coben, Rankin and Child), is that Michael Connelly is surely and deservedly right up there with the best of them and this debut novel is a must-read for anyone who has read and enjoyed his more recent work. It's real quality.

A magnificent debut novel!.......2007-05-01

"The Black Echo", Michael Connelly's debut novel and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch's premiere appearance to a grateful reading public, opens with Bosch being assigned to what is supposed to be a pro forma investigation. A "hype", a derelict drug addict, has been found dead of an apparent heroin overdose in a drainage pipe. The expectation is that a routine report would be filed and that would be that. But within moments of crawling into the pipe to examine the scene, Bosch begins to spot details that don't fit the accidental overdose scenario. More than that, Bosch is surprised to learn that he knows the deceased - Billie Meadows, a fellow "tunnel rat" veteran from Vietnam.

From the opening paragraphs of the novel, Connelly's magnificent story-telling introduces the reader to Bosch's dark, troubled persona and his now familiar investigative style - doggedly picking at the unhealed scab of tiny details that don't fit, skillfully peeling away the layers of deceit on an onion that doesn't smell quite right until the kernel of truth at the centre lies exposed. In this case, Bosch quickly finds police records showing that Meadows was a prime suspect in a major bank robbery that fell under federal jurisdiction. Even though he is assigned to work with FBI Agent Eleanor Wish, their obvious reluctance to share information on the details of their investigation into the bank heist has Bosch smelling a rat! And finding the rat - trailing that rat from present-day Los Angeles to 1974 Saigon, into the jungles of Vietnam and back - the rat he knows is on the inside of either LAPD or the FBI, proves elusive indeed until Bosch makes his way past the final turn of this complex maze of subterfuge.

The dark underpinnings of Bosch's meticulously crafted complex character start here - his disdain for authority; his unwillingness to fit the mould of the "police family"; the troubled nature of a psyche that is undoubtedly all too common in Vietnam veterans; his fear of surrendering to an unconditional love; the disturbing family history that began with his birth to a hooker who was subsequently murdered and his childhood travails at the hands of government agencies; the surprising extent of Bosch's visceral reaction to the murder of a street punk. Pathos is presented without pity or despair and Bosch emerges a very real and very human police officer indeed.

Much of this ground will be familiar to veteran Bosch fans but "The Black Echo" will serve to bring an even deeper level of understanding to his motives and his conduct. For those that have yet to savour Connelly's brilliant creation and his mastery of the police procedural genre, "The Black Echo" is definitely THE place to start.

Highly recommended.

Paul Weiss

An Echo in the Darkness (Mark of the Lion #2)

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It will blow you away.
Inspiration for Forever Changed
An Echo in the Darkness
Exquisite
As Good as the First!

An Echo in the Darkness (Mark of the Lion #2)
Francine Rivers
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
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#2 An Echo in the Darkness: Turning away from the opulence of Rome, Marcus is led by a whispering voice from the past into a journey that could set him free from the darkness of his soul.

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Turning away from the opulence of Rome, Marcus is led by a whispering voice from the past into a journey that could set him free from the darkness of his soul.

Customer Reviews:

It will blow you away........2007-07-01

If you're like me, you couldn't put down the first book (A Voice in the Wind)... you will be less able to stop reading this one. Good fiction holds your interest and passes the time. Great fiction grabs you and refuses to let go...all the while inspiring you to greater thoughts and actions in your own life. You will LOVE following Marcus and Hadassah through their journeys in this book. If you haven't purchased the whole series yet, start clicking away!

Inspiration for Forever Changed.......2006-10-22

Reading Francine Rivers was an immediate encouragement to contine writing my historical novel Forever Changed, a Journey in Jericho. Her attention to detail is outstanding. Her characters are fully fleshed out. I learned much from her novels about ancient times and the thrill of the read.

An Echo in the Darkness.......2006-08-28

In Francine Rivers second book of the Mark of the Lion Series she leads you on a journey with Marcus through Jerusalem as he searches for God. Julia, Marcus' sister, also goes through a personal journey of her own as she sows what she reapt in the first book. It gives the reader a historic look at the Roman Empire without overloading you on facts. This book was a fabulous book ending the story of Julia, Marcus, & Hadassah.

Exquisite.......2006-07-13

Rivers produced another book replete with interesting characters, a compelling plot, and rich, vivid imagery. This is a story of love between people and the Lord who loves them, but that sentence does very little to describe the story. Highly recommended.

As Good as the First!.......2006-06-09

It is a rare find when a sequel is as good as the original, but Francine Rivers has succeeded admirably with her second installment of this trilogy in AN ECHO IN THE DARK. After reading the first one, I knew I had to read on, but never expected this book to be as good. I don't read a lot of fiction, but have a strong feeling there will be many books by this superb writer in my future.

God gives us each unique gifts in life, and he gave Francine Rivers the blessed gift of writing. She has recognized her gift and deftly uses it to glorify Christ by witnessing through her stories. I do not believe it is possible to read either of these first books of this trilogy without them strengthening ones faith, or perhaps even altering your life altogether. That's how profound these books truly are.

I don't want to give away too much of the story, but readers here will most likely have already the first installment, so I will say that Rivers will make your heart ache for Hadassah's identity to be revealed, only to keep your incessantly turning page after page, mired in anguish and crying out for her precious soul to be rewarded. Throughout this book, as in the first, your emotions will run high as you smile, you cry, you rejoice in the glory of God as others accept His salvation.

I anxiously await the third and final installment in this trilogy, as well as exploring other works by this author. God has blessed Francine Rivers with a wonderful gift. I urge everyone to partake in that gift.

Pastor Monty Rainey

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An Excellent Primer.....
Excellent Starter Book
Echo Made Easy by Sam Kaddoura
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This book aims to provide a practical and clinically useful introduction to echo - much of which is easy - for those who will be using, requesting and possibly interpreting it in the future. The book is aimed particularly at doctors in training and medical students. It is also hoped that it may be of interest to other groups - established physicians and general practitioners, cardiac technicians, nurses and paramedics. It aims to explain the echo techniques available, what an echo can and cannot give, and - importantly - put echo into a clinical perspective. It is by no means intended as a complete textbook of echo and some aspects are far beyond its scope (eg, complex congenital heart disease and pediatric echo).

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An Excellent Primer............2006-06-19

This thin volume is an excellent primer for a fellow who is beginning training in cardiovascular medicine. Of course, as one advances in training textbooks written by Otto & by Feigenbaum will provide more intricate details in echocardiography. This succinct book is a good point of departure for the new fellow during the beginning of the academic year. It also fits in the white coat pocket. In fact, I've just completed my first year of training and I still refer to this tome periodically.

Excellent Starter Book.......2004-09-15

When first learning echo, I was dismayed to not be able to find a simple, concise book that allowed me to grasp the many echo concepts that were thrown at me. No more.

This book is a must-have for beginning echocardiographers. The descriptions are concise and clear, the illustrations are excellent (a first for most echo books), and it is very logically organized. The price is very reasonable (for medical books), and it is pocketable.

The author clearly knows about teaching and getting points across to learners. Kudos to him for filling this gap in the echo book market.

Echo Made Easy by Sam Kaddoura.......2004-07-09

This book is excellent. The beauty of this gem is the price and size, it can be carried as a pocket reference. I recommend it highly to any echocardiographer.

Excellent book - Echo Made Easy.......2003-04-21

This is a fantastic book!!

It is certainly essential reading for anyone learning about echo - doctors, technicians, medical students etc. It covers areas relating to clinical aspects of heart disease (e.g causes of murmurs, endocarditis etc) which are practical and often missing from such books. BUT it is also excellent even for those experienced in echo for use as a refresher and reference source in pocket-size. It has 'normal values' and the figures and illustrations are very good and clear and clinically useful.

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Welcome to Echo Falls, home of a thousand secrets.

Ingrid is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or at least her shoes are. And getting them back will mean getting tangled up in a murder investigation as complicated as the mysteries solved by her idol, Sherlock Holmes. With soccer practice, schoolwork, and the lead role in her town's production of Alice in Wonderland, Ingrid is swamped. But as things in Echo Falls keep getting curiouser and curiouser, Ingrid realizes she must solve the murder on her own -- before it's too late!

Customer Reviews:

well written young person mystery.......2007-08-14

I don't normally read fiction. But I purchased the book on the assumption it was relevant to the What the Bleep movie and book. And while there's a relationship it was not as tenuous as I would have liked.

An absolute delight.......2007-07-09

First Sentence: Ingrid Levin-Hill, three weeks past her thirteenth birthday, sat thinking in her orthodontist's waiting room.

Young Ingrid Level-Hill, trying to get to soccer practice on time, ends up lost. A woman known as Cracked-up Katie, invites Ingrid into her house. Ingrid thinks her hears someone upstairs but it's when she mentions she's trying out for the latest play put on by the Prescott Player in old Prescott Hall that Katie's mood changes and she hustles Ingrid out of the house, unfortunately leaving behind her distinctive red soccer cleats.. The next day, when Ingrid learns Katie has been murdered, Ingrid needs to recover her shoes to avoid awkward questions but she also decides to find out who killed Katie.

I so enjoyed this book. Ingrid comes from a family very typical for today; two working parents tied up in their own concerns but expecting their children to excel, the brother Ty at football and Ingrid at soccer scholastically, and Grampy, the solid, grounded influence in Ingrid's life. Ingrid is smart, gutsy and loves Sherlock Holmes and we see grow and mature during the story. The plot is good, with moments of suspense. I did identify the villain fairly early, but there was a nice twist at the end I appreciated. The book is targeted for young adults, who I do think would really enjoy it, but I consider myself young at heard and I found it delightful.

Fantaspamistical!!!.......2007-06-02

I read this 400+ page book in less than a day. I could not put it down. You get so wrapped in the story and trying to figure out the mystery. I felt proud of myself when I was a step ahead of the main character. This is a well written book and is worth the read. I am excited to get my hands on the sequel.

Getting Lost is Murder.......2007-04-30

Ingrid is just trying to get to soccer practice on time. She decides to run there instead of wait for her mom, but a wrong turn gets her lost in the wrong part of town. This leads to a chance encounter with Katie Kovak - Cracked-Up Katie to the kids in town. Ingrid thinks nothing of it until she reads in the paper that Katie was murdered that night.

Ingrid knows she was probably the last person to see Katie alive. But she's afraid of getting into trouble, so she decides to stay quiet.

Then, to her horror, she discovers that she left her cleats behind at Katie's house. Sneaking back to get them, she gets herself into even deeper trouble. Now, the only way out is to find the real killer. Can she do it?

I realize I'm not part of the target age group. But I usually enjoy kid's books, and this one sounded good. Unfortunately, I was ultimate disappointed.

The characters were great, especially Ingrid. The problem was the plot. It started out extremely slowly, while several sub-plots about Ingrid's life were introduced. The killer was fairly obvious, although I didn't have everything pegged, so I'll let that slide.

My biggest problem with the book is all the sneaking around, lying, and rule breaking that Ingrid did. Usually, that doesn't bother me, and it happens in just about every book I read. This time, it was so blatantly in your face that it really bothered me.

While the target market will probably enjoy this book more than I did, I just can't recommend it because of Ingrid's bad behavior.

Twistedly brillant! Entralling to the last page!.......2007-01-22

Even though I'm typically not much for mysteries, I found this book fasinating. It was a quick and easy read. The adventure begins in Echo Falls, a relatively small place where Ingrid Levin-Hill, an eighth grader at Ferrand Middle lives. However, was a so-called "crazy" woman is killed, Ingrid will find disturbing secrets that she never knew about! It's a true page turner, and, for once, I actually knew who the murderer was. I would recommend this to anyone.

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