Year: 2019

“at its best, the book is charged by curiosity about what people need from each other, and the lies and suspensions of disbelief that sometimes help them get it.”

Abby Ellin also visits this week, to discuss her new book, “Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married.” “When somebody is lying to you about being in the C.I.A. and being a Navy Seal and being responsible for this secret operation and that secret operation, you can’t verify it,” Ellin…

“Duped” is testament to the deep and enduring damage deception can inflict. What people don’t know hurts them. Reading “Duped” gave me occasion to second-guess even gentler deceptions; it may actually have made me a (slightly) better person. Which is more than I can say for many a better book.

Thank you for my most current read, Every Breath. How refreshing to read a love story in this day and age, when so much negativity is present in the world. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have a background with similar circumstances profiled in Every Breath. After meeting my current spouse at Harvard many years ago…

Bestselling crime author Michael Connelly shares his five favorite mysteries and thrillers of all time.

Like pawns on a chess board, my partner of 6 years and I were moved to initially meet at the Cape Fear River’s edge. It was Memorial Day 2012. I woke up in the morning and, without even brushing my hair or teeth, took off on my bike for a long ride to the Carolina…

How Michael Connelly crafts his #1 New York Times bestselling thrillers which include the Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series.

Brunette, 5’8, 22, light brown eyes that look like honey when the light catches them at sunset and transgender. I live in an age where people seem to be progressive but I feel so distant from everyone. Dating is hard which is extremely frustrating. Guys are great and accepting but it always seems to come…

Bestselling thriller author Michael Connelly discusses his Murder Book true crime podcast, his new book Dark Sacred Night, and his Amazon original series Bosch.