The Overlook

The Overlook
Hardcover edition
AuthorMichael Connelly
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHarry Bosch, #13
Genrecrime fiction, mystery
PublisherLittle, Brown (USA), Orion (UK)
Publication placeUnited States
Published in English
May 22, 2007 (USA); June 2007 (UK)
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages240pp (USA); 272pp (UK)
ISBN0-316-01895-3 (USA); 0-752-88968-0 (UK)
OCLC78893574
813/.54 22
LC ClassPS3553.O51165 O94 2007
Preceded byEcho Park 
Followed byThe Brass Verdict 

The Overlook is the 18th novel by American crime writer Michael Connelly, and the thirteenth featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.[1]

The novel first appeared in serialised form in The New York Times Magazine, in sixteen installments published from September 17, 2006 to January 21, 2007.[2]

The tile of the book is in reference to the scene of the crime in the opening chapter. The location described in the novel is based on an actual overlook above the Hollywood Reservoir and Mulholland Dam, located on the 3100 block of Canyon Lake Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

  1. ^ Connelly, Michael (22 May 2007). The overlook : a novel (First ed.). Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316018951.
  2. ^ Connelly, Michael (17 September 2006). "The Overlook". The New York Times.