The Black Echo is the first novel written by Michael Connelly, and the first to feature LAPD detective Harry Bosch. The book was published on 21 January 1992, and won the 1993 Edgar Award (First Novel). Black Echo was also nominated for the 1993 Dilys Award, but lost to John Dunning's Booked to Die. The book was dedicated: "This is for W. Michael Connelly and Mary McEvoy Connelly." On 15 October 2013, a mass market paperback edition of the novel was released, using the in-universe film poster as the new cover.