{"id":1859,"date":"2026-09-16T17:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T23:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T23:02:33","slug":"31-years-ago-harry-boschs-best-quote-defined-michael-connellys-book-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/?p=1859","title":{"rendered":"31 Years Ago, Harry Bosch\u2019s Best Quote Defined Michael Connelly&#8217;s Book Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Connelly\u2019s expansive <em>Bosch <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>book<\/strong><\/a> universe can be defined by Harry Bosch\u2019s best quote, which was first uttered 31 years ago. When Connelly transitioned from a crime journalist to crime novelist, LAPD investigator Harry Bosch was the character that put the author on the map. The character also became the anchor for an expansive universe which features beloved characters like Renee Ballard, a detective on the Open-Unsolved Unit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/lincoln-lawyer-mickey-haller-book-bosch-franchise-debut-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mickey Haller, aka &#8220;The Lincoln Lawyer,&#8221;<\/a> his half-brother and a high-profile defense attorney. As of the time of writing, the larger Bosch universe includes over 40 main novels, 25 of which are <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/how-to-read-harry-bosch-books-in-order\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bosch series books<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Connelly\u2019s expansive Bosch book universe can be defined by Harry Bosch\u2019s best quote, which was first uttered 31 years ago. When Connelly transitioned from a crime journalist to crime novelist, LAPD investigator Harry Bosch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationenigma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}