The homicide detective and the psychologist
Harry Bosch Michael Connelly meets Alex Delaware Jonathan Kellerman
Both men are loners who cannot let a case go, and both care most about the victims nobody else remembers. Bosch would respect Delaware’s patience; Delaware would find Bosch a fascinating study.
How they would meet, and where they would clash
- How they might meet
- A killing in the Hollywood Hills leaves a frightened child as the only witness. Detective Harry Bosch of the LAPD needs the child to talk, and the department calls in its favourite consulting psychologist, whose friend Milo Sturgis is away.
- What each brings
- Bosch brings a homicide detective’s dogged procedure, a feel for the city’s streets and a refusal to be told no. Delaware brings insight into what makes killers and witnesses tick, and a gift for drawing out the vulnerable.
- Where they would clash
- Bosch distrusts anyone who talks about feelings, and would bristle at being analysed. Delaware would worry that Bosch’s single-mindedness runs roughshod over the people he is meant to protect.