History Film / BloodWork

* EurekaMoment: Terry realizes [[spoiler:Buddy Noone]] is the Code Killer when he looks at a writing of [[spoiler:Buddy's]] name and remembers what Gloria Torres' son said about the killer's code having almost all number but "no one".

* OneSteveLimit: The murder of James Cordell is witnessed by another man named James. (James Noone in the book and James Lockridge in the film)

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Buddy, [=McCaleb=]'s neighbor]] (see AdaptationalVillainy above).

* EnhanceButton: Used to examine the footage from an ATM security camera.

* TimeSkip: See above.
* TitleDrop

* WorthyOpponent: The Code Killer towards [=McCaleb=] ([=McCaleb=] does not reciprocate).

* HandicappedBadass: Terry [=McCaleb=] is a former [=FBI=] agent who was forced into retirement after a heart failure. Even after a heart transplant, he needs over 30 pills a day but still can fight when needed.

* EurekaMoment:
** In the book, Terry realizes James Noone was pretending to be under hypnosis when he realizes that otherwise Noone would have responded to Jaye's words instead of only his.
** In the film, Terry realizes [[spoiler:Buddy Noone]] is the Code Killer when he looks at a writing of [[spoiler:Buddy's]] name and remembers what Gloria Torres' son said about the killer's code having almost all number but "no one".

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: At the end of the novel, Noone breaks into [=McCaleb's=] room and steals his gun, which he later uses to threaten [=McCaleb=] with. What Noone doesn't know is that it was [=McCaleb's=] habit to carry his weapon without a round chambered. [=McCaleb=], however, has Noone's gun, which Noone had planted on [=McCaleb's=] boat as part of the frame, and Noone's gun DOES have a bullet in the chamber.

* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: In the novel, [=McCaleb=], being held at gunpoint by Noone with his own weapon, employs a variant of this by pointing out that his gun isn't loaded. [=McCaleb's=] habit was to carry the weapon without a round in the chamber, and [[TooDumbToLive Noone never checked it]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: At the end of the book, [[OldMaster [=McCaleb=]]] plays dumb about the killer's fate, pretending to be hearing about it for the first time from Winston. Whether Winston buys it or not is left open to interpretation.

* PinkMist: The novel describes "a horrifying mist of blood" spurting out of both the entry and exit wounds in Gloria's head.

* SharedUniverse: The novel joins Connelly's established one by mentioning The Poet, SerialKiller bad guy of Connelly's novel ''Literature/ThePoet'', and also containing other references to the Creator/HarryBosch universe, such as ''L.A. Times'' reporter Keisha Russell, introduced in ''Literature/TheLastCoyote'', Joel Bremmer, the killer in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'', and FBI agent Rachel Walling, introduced in ''Literature/ThePoet''. Mentioned in passing is Michael Haller, Jr., who we will come to know later as Mickey Haller, ''Literature/TheLincolnLawyer''.
* ShownTheirWork: In the book, [=McCaleb=]'s explanation of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugfire DRUGFIRE]] computer and its origins.

''Blood Work'' is a 2002 crime drama directed by and starring Creator/ClintEastwood, based on the 1998 novel by Creator/MichaelConnelly.

* AsianStoreOwner: In the novel, the store owner where Gloria Torres is killed is named Chan Ho Kang. He gets killed too; Terry later commiserates with his widow.

* DonutMessWithACop: In the novel, Terry tries ingratiating himself with the cops investigating the Torres murder by bringing doughnuts to the police station,.

* EarlyBirdCameo: The novel contains a random reference to lawyer Michael Haller Jr. This is Literature/MickeyHaller, who first appeared seven years later in ''Film/TheLincolnLawyer'' and has been the protagonist in five Connelly novels.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: At the end of the book, [=McCaleb=] plays dumb about the killer's fate, pretending to be hearing about it for the first time from Winston. Whether Winston buys it or not is left open to interpretation.

* SharedUniverse: The novel joins Connelly's established one by mentioning The Poet, SerialKiller bad guy of Connelly's novel ''Literature/ThePoet'', and also containing other references to the Creator/HarryBosch universe, such as ''L.A. Times'' reporter Keisha Russell, introduced in ''Literature/TheLastCoyote'', Joel Bremmer, the killer in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'', and FBI agent Rachel Walling, introduced in ''Literature/ThePoet''.

* ABNegative: Drives the plot. [=McCaleb=] has a rare blood type, which made a heart transplant even more difficult than usual. It turns out that the killer, who wished to continue the cat-and-mouse game with [=McCaleb=], sought out and killed a person [[spoiler:or three]] with the same blood type so a donor heart would be available.

* SharedUniverse: The novel joins Connelly's established one by mentioning The Poet, SerialKiller bad guy of Connelly's novel ''Literature/ThePoet'', and also containing other references to the Creator/HarryBosch universe, such as ''L.A. Times'' reporter Keisha Russell, introduced in ''Literature/TheLastCoyote'', Joel Bremmer, the killer in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'', and FBI agent Rachel Walling.

* SharedUniverse: The novel joins Connelly's established one by mentioning The Poet, SerialKiller bad guy of Connelly's novel ''Literature/ThePoet'', and also containing other references to the Creator/HarryBosch universe, such as ''L.A. Times'' reporter Keisha Russell, introduced in ''Literature/TheLastCoyote'', and Joel Bremmer, the killer in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde''. Averts CanonWelding as Keisha Russell had also been mentioned in ''The Poet''; see the CanonWelding entry [[Literature/ThePoet there]] for more examples.

* FailedASpotCheck: Justified somewhat in that after finding an intruder aboard and chasing him off, Terry spent a good deal of time checking to see if anything had been ''taken'', he nevertheless fails to notice that something had been hidden in what turns out to be one of the most obvious hiding spots imaginable on his boat: taped to the underside of a drawer.

* ABNegative: Drives the plot. [=McCaleb=] has a rare blood type, which made a heart transplant even more difficult than usual. It turns out that the killer, who wished to continue the cat-and-mouse game with [=McCaleb=], sought out and killed a person with the same blood type so a donor heart would be available.