Small Island, Big Crime
Now we have a new cop in Connelly's crime-fiction world—Detective Sergeant Stilwell—introduced last year (without a first name) in his new Catalina series. Unlike Connelly's other ace investigators, Stilwell—or Stil for short—doesn't live in gritty Los Angeles or its environs. He runs the sheriff's station on Catalina Island, 22 miles off the coast of California.
- ▪Now we have a new cop in Connelly's crime-fiction world—Detective Sergeant Stilwell—introduced last year (without a first name) in his new Catalina series.
- ▪Unlike Connelly's other ace investigators, Stilwell—or Stil for short—doesn't live in gritty Los Angeles or its environs.
- ▪He runs the sheriff's station on Catalina Island, 22 miles off the coast of California.
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Culture Small Island, Big Crime REVIEW: ‘Ironwood: A Catalina Novel’ by Michael Connelly Micah Mattix July 12, 2026 image/svg+xml .st0{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} The novelist Michael Connelly has given us some memorable characters over the years—the no-nonsense Harry Bosch, the quick-thinking and fast-talking Mickey Haller, and the intrepid cold-case-cracking Renée Ballard. Now we have a new cop in Connelly's crime-fiction world—Detective Sergeant Stilwell—introduced last year (without a first name) in his new Catalina series.
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