Oh, man. I inhaled ‘Angels Flight.’

The novel, which formed the basis for Season 4 of the Prime Video series “Bosch,” finds LAPD Detective Harry Bosch getting an early-morning call. A prominent civil rights attorney has been shot in Downtown L.A. Bosch’s team catches the case. Away we go.

Author Michael Connelly writes the “sad but noble detective” as well as anyone since Raymond Chandler. Connelly’s character is particularly interesting because, while he’s an above-average detective, he isn’t depicted as the smartest guy in every room. He makes mistakes. He misses things. He’s good at his job, but he’s also a human being. Connelly also has a good eye for organizational dynamics: Bosch isn’t a lone wolf or an outsider. He’s a working detective in a big-city department, with multiple bosses and peers with which he wants and needs to maintain relationships. In short, Bosch is interesting.

OBTW, it doesn’t hurt that Connelly writes contemporary Los Angeles as well as Walter Mosley writes postwar L.A. For this Californian emigre, reading a Connelly novel is like going home on (an admittedly grim) holiday.

Regarding this particular novel, Connelly tells his story with precision and gusto. Each chapter made me want to go on to the next, and the next, with such urgency that I read this 465-page paperback in three days.

In short, ‘Angels Flight’ is everything I’m looking for in a mystery novel. It has an interesting detective working in an interesting milieu. Its core mystery takes the reader to unexpected places. It’s fascinating: the kind of novel one keeps in one’s pocket, to read even five minutes when standing in line or waiting on a train.

If you like mysteries, you can’t go wrong with ‘Angels Flight.’ Well done, Mr. Connelly.