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The Dark Hours

By Connelly, Michael

Read by Lakin, Christine

11.00 hrs • 10 CDs • Unabridged

Genre: FICTION  /  GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION

Release Date: 12/01/2021

© 2021 by Little Brown & Co

ISBN No : 9781549107696

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A brazen, methodical killer strikes on New Year’s Eve and LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch must join forces to find justice for the victim in a city scarred by fear and social unrest.

There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.
 
Ballard quickly concludes that the deadly bullet could not have fallen from the sky and that it is linked to another unsolved murder—a case at one time worked by Detective Harry Bosch. At the same time, Ballard hunts a fiendish pair of serial rapists, the Midnight Men, who have been terrorizing women and leaving no trace.
 
Determined to solve both cases, Ballard feels like she is constantly running uphill in a police department indelibly changed by the pandemic and recent social unrest. It is a department so hampered by inertia and low morale that Ballard must go outside to the one detective she can count on: Harry Bosch. But as the two inexorable detectives work together to find out where old and new cases intersect, they must constantly look over their shoulders. The brutal predators they are tracking are ready to kill to keep their secrets hidden.
 
Unfolding with unstoppable drive and nail-biting intrigue, The Dark Hours shows that “relentless on their own, Ballard’s and Bosch’s combined skills…could be combustible” (Los Angeles Times).

Praise for The Dark Hours:

“A masterpiece… Meticulous about actual police procedure, Connelly makes the fundamentals of detective work engrossing while providing plenty of suspense and action.”―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The fourth Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch novel is the best yet… Ballard has evolved into one of crime fiction's richest, most complex characters.”―Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review)

“Stellar… no one who follows Ballard and Bosch to the end will be disappointed. A bracing test of the maxim that “the department always comes first. The department always wins.”―Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Michael Connelly:

"Connelly's intricate plots are grounded in grit, humanity, and telling detail."―Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times

“Few writers can capture the gritty streets of LA—and the inner workings of the LAPD—like Connelly."―Entertainment Weekly

"It's no surprise that Bosch and Ballard find justice where others didn't try... In them, Connelly has created heroic and flawed and very real characters who believably find ways to make things right."―Paul Saltzman, Chicago Sun-Times

"For die-hard fans of police procedurals, Connelly is the real deal."―Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

"Connelly continues to cement his legacy as one of the greatest crime writers of all time."―Ryan Steck, Crimereads

"Connelly's novels have long been distinguished by his mastery of the complexities of the justice system."―Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press

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