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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The problem is when someone says sure, you can read a book in the middle of the series because it's standalone. It's not and it means it can be a spoiler for the series. Yes it's OK to read a series however you want, but to say a book in a series is standalone is not correct and not everyone would question that.
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The point I was trying to make is maybe there are some readers (obviously you are not one of them) who care only if the mystery in the current book stands alone, and don't care whether they are skipping back and forth in the character's personal timeline/development. I don't recall in the Bosch series that there is much if any reference to previous cases. Admittedly it's been a while since I read the earlier books in the series so I may have forgotten something.
Of course this is not true for all series. The Kellerman Decker/Lazarus series, for example, has a criminal character who recurs in several books and if you read one of the later books first, you would be spoiled for the outcome of the first case he was involved in. I would definitely recommend reading this series in order.