Terry McCaleb
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Terrell "Terror" McCaleb is a fictional character featured in the novels of Michael Connelly
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Blood Work
Terry McCaleb was a relentless criminal profiler for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
assigned to a field office in Los Angeles
due to the frequency of his services being needed in the city. While tracking down "The Code Killer", McCaleb suffered heart trauma, to the extent that he needed an organ transplant
. While recovering from his surgery, McCaleb is contacted by the sister of the woman whose heart was implanted in his body, Graciella Rivers. Frustrated by the stalled investigation of the Los Angeles Police Department
, Rivers contacts McCaleb (who she suspects of being the recipient thanks to an article anonymously sent to her) and asks him to investigate her sister's murder.
A movie based on the novel and starring Clint Eastwood
was released in 2002.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309377/
A Darkness More Than Night
Graciella and Terry, now married and living on Catalina Island, are the proud parents of four month old CiCi (Cielo). When Harry Bosch is suspected of murder, McCaleb is called to help investigate the crime in order to determine who exactly is responsible.
The Narrows
When Terry McCaleb dies suddenly, his widow Graciella contacts Harry Bosch to discover what happened.
Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. His books, which have been translated into 36 languages, have garnered him many awards...
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Blood WorkBlood Work (novel)Blood Work is a novel written by Michael Connelly which marks the first appearance of Terry McCaleb. The book was used as the basis for the 2002 movie of the same name, starring Clint Eastwood...
Terry McCaleb was a relentless criminal profiler for the Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
assigned to a field office in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
due to the frequency of his services being needed in the city. While tracking down "The Code Killer", McCaleb suffered heart trauma, to the extent that he needed an organ transplant
Organ transplant
Organ transplantation is the moving of an organ from one body to another or from a donor site on the patient's own body, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or absent organ. The emerging field of regenerative medicine is allowing scientists and engineers to create organs to be...
. While recovering from his surgery, McCaleb is contacted by the sister of the woman whose heart was implanted in his body, Graciella Rivers. Frustrated by the stalled investigation of the Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
, Rivers contacts McCaleb (who she suspects of being the recipient thanks to an article anonymously sent to her) and asks him to investigate her sister's murder.
A movie based on the novel and starring Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
was released in 2002.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309377/