#52 in Crime & mystery
The Last Coyote
- 416
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 0 weeks on the list
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Our view
“The Last Coyote” turns the Harry Bosch series inward: the Los Angeles detective investigates the murder of his own mother. The mood is dark and thoroughly noir, and the family stake gives this fourth book an emotional pull beyond the puzzle. Bosch himself, flawed yet principled, is what some readers value most. A crime novel for those who want a personal wound at its centre.
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About the book
The Last Coyote is the fourth novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. It was first published in 1995. The novel won the 1996 Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
Reading order · Harry Bosch
Full order & progress →- The Black EchoStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - The Black Ice
7.77.7 / 10 - The Concrete Blonde
8.08.0 / 10 - The Last CoyoteThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - Trunk Music
7.97.9 / 10 - Angels Flight
7.97.9 / 10 - A Darkness More Than Night
7.77.7 / 10 - City of Bones
7.87.8 / 10 - Lost Light
7.97.9 / 10 - The Narrows
7.87.8 / 10 - The Closers
7.97.9 / 10 - Echo Park
7.97.9 / 10 - The Overlook
7.77.7 / 10 - Nine Dragons
7.77.7 / 10 - The Drop
7.97.9 / 10 - The Black Box
7.87.8 / 10 - The Burning Room
7.87.8 / 10 - The Crossing
8.08.0 / 10 - The Wrong Side of Goodbye
7.97.9 / 10 - Two Kinds of Truth
7.97.9 / 10 - Dark Sacred Night
7.97.9 / 10 - The Night Fire
8.08.0 / 10 - The Dark Hours
7.87.8 / 10 - Desert Star
7.97.9 / 10 - The waiting
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 186 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 56% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 177 | 95% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 9 | 5% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Last Coyote?
It has 416 pages — longer than 51% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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