History Creator / MichaelConnelly

** ''Literature/ThePoet'' is, in universe, a true crime book written by Jack [=McEvoy=], as mentioned in both ''Literature/TheNarrows'' and ''Literature/TheScarecrow''.

* ''Literature/TheScarecrow'' (2009)([=McEvoy=] #2)

Has a regular poker game with [[Series/{{Castle}} a fictional novelist]].

** There are a lot of references to Mulholland Drive and the scenic overlook on Mulholland Drive. Start with ''The Overlook'' and the body that's found there at the start of the story, then short story "Muholland Dive", then ''Trunk Music'' as that's where Tony Aliso is killed, then ''The Reversal'' as Jason Jessup goes there on his late-night cruises...the FBI safehouse where the climax of ''The Poet'' takes place is located there. Mickey Haller has a confrontation with a bad guy at the Fryman Canyon overlook on Mulholland in ''Literature/TheBrassVerdict''. In ''The Gods of Guilt'' Mickey sits on a rock at that very same overlook to watch his daughter at soccer practice in the valley below (they're estranged). In ''Lost Light'' Roy Lindell and Harry stop at a Mulholland overlook to have a clandestine meeting about the Marty Gessler case. In ''The Burning Room'' Bosch goes to a Mulholland Drive overlook to scope out a suspect's house.

His style does not usually involve researching for his books; he says that he prefers to just write, focusing more on his characters than the surroundings. His books often reflect on events happening in the world, like the 9/11 bombings and the beating of Rodney King. Most of the events in Harry Bosch's life in his novels are loosely based on events he himself was witnessing or undergoing. Connelly has been releasing novels more or less annually since 1992.

* InSeriesNickname: One of Connelly's [[UpToEleven absolute favorite tropes]]. From minor characters (like Lt. Angel "Brick Man" Brockman in ''Literature/TheLastCoyote'') to major players like Mickey "''Literature/TheLincolnLawyer''" Haller, sometimes it seems like Harry Bosch is the only character in the 'verse without an in-series nickname.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: All of Connelly's novels take place within the same fictional universe. There are many, many character crossovers; even minor characters pop up in multiple novels.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Short story "Blood Washes Off" consists in its entirety of a transcript of Harry Bosch's interview with a suspect.

** There are a lot of references to Mulholland Drive and the scenic overlook on Mulholland Drive. Start with ''The Overlook'' and the body that's found there at the start of the story, then short story "Muholland Dive", then ''Trunk Music'' as that's where Tony Aliso is killed, then ''The Reversal'' as Jason Jessup goes there on his late-night cruises...the FBI safehouse where the climax of ''The Poet'' takes place is located there. Mickey Haller has a confrontation with a bad guy at the Fryman Canyon overlook on Mulholland in ''Literature/TheBrassVerdict''. In ''Lost Light'' Roy Lindell and Harry stop at a Mulholland overlook to have a clandestine meeting about the Marty Gessler case. In ''The Burning Room'' Bosch goes to a Mulholland Drive overlook to scope out a suspect's house.

* RevisitingTheColdCase: This is Harry Bosch's job when he returns to the LAPD in ''The Closers''; he's put on the cold case unit. He then revisits a cold case in every Bosch novel through his final departure from the LAPD in ''The Burning Room'', with the exception of ''9 Dragons''. Even before that, Harry revisits cold cases in ''The Concrete Blonde'' (when the apparent reappearance of the Dollmaker forces Harry to consider if he got the wrong guy) and ''The Last Coyote'' (when he goes back thirty-odd years to investigate his mother's murder).

** There are a lot of references to Mulholland Drive and the scenic overlook on Mulholland Drive. Start with ''The Overlook'' and the body that's found there at the start of the story, then short story "Muholland Dive", then ''Trunk Music'' as that's where Tony Aliso is killed, then ''The Reversal'' as Jason Jessup goes there on his late-night cruises...the FBI safehouse where the climax of ''The Poet'' takes place is located there. Mickey Haller has a confrontation with a bad guy at the Fryman Canyon overlook on Mulholland in ''Literature/TheBrassVerdict''. In ''Lost Light'' Roy Lindell and Harry stop at a Mulholland overlook to have a clandestine meeting about the Marty Gessler case.

* ''Literature/TheLawOfInnocence'' (2020)(Haller #6)

A series titled ''Series/{{Bosch}}'', based on the Harry Bosch character with Titus Welliver as Bosch, debuted on Amazon in 2014.

* ''Literature/TheNightFire'' (2019) (Bosch #22) (Ballard #3)