The black box is the 25th novel by american crime author michael connelly and the sixteenth novel featuring los angeles police department detective harry boschthe book was published on 26 november 2012 in part to honor the 20th anniversary of the character plot bosch tackles a 20 year old cold case which took place during the 1992 los angeles riots. The black box is another gripping tale that sees bosch once again going up against his superiors its infuriating that they 20 years of harry bosch at the time of this books publication and i have read them in less than a year. Once i started reading the black box i was hooked the novel opens with the 1992 riots in los angeles in the midst of the fires looting etc harry bosch gets sent to investigate the death of a young woman who has been shot but as he starts his detailed investigation of the crime scene he is ordered to leave it and attend to another . Harry bosch flawed stubborn and so very much a decent man doesnt give up on trying to find the black box that little bit of information that casts the light of understanding on the evidence and reveals the evil doers