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Trunk Music

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Trunk Music is a 1997 crime novel by Michael Connelly and the fifth book centered on Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch. Bosch investigates the execution-style killing of a film producer whose body is discovered in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce. Evidence leads from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and toward organized crime, while the case also reconnects Bosch with people and unresolved events from his past.

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Why is Michael Connelly's novel called Trunk Music?

The title is mob slang for killing someone and leaving the body in a car trunk. That is how the victim is discovered in the 1997 Harry Bosch investigation.

Why does Harry Bosch travel from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in Trunk Music?

Evidence surrounding the trunk murder leads Bosch toward Las Vegas and possible organised-crime connections. The trip also brings him back into contact with Eleanor Wish.

Where does Trunk Music fall in the Harry Bosch series?

Trunk Music is the fifth Bosch novel. It follows The Last Coyote and precedes Angels Flight in Michael Connelly's publication order.

Was Trunk Music adapted in the Bosch television series?

Elements of the novel were incorporated into season two of Amazon's Bosch. The adaptation combines its Las Vegas and organised-crime material with storylines drawn from other Connelly books.

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