The Dark Hours
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Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year's Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to find justice for an innocent victim in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly There's chaos in Hollywood on New Year's Eve. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD Detective Renée Ballard seeks shelter at the end of the countdown to wait out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. As reports start to roll in of shattered windshields and other damage, 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. It doesn't take long for Ballard to determine that the deadly bullet could not have fallen from the sky. Ballard's investigation leads her to look into another unsolved murder--a case at one time worked by Detective Harry Bosch. Ballard and Bosch team up once again to find out where the old and new cases intersect. All the while they must look over their shoulders. The killer who has stayed undetected for so long knows they are coming after him.
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23 primary books27 released books#23 in Harry Bosch
Harry Bosch is a 27-book series with 23 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Michael Connelly.
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5 primary books#4 in Renée Ballard
Renée Ballard is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Michael Connelly.
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36 primary books40 released books#35 in Harry Bosch Universe
Harry Bosch Universe is a 40-book series with 36 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Michael Connelly.
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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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It was like a bag of popcorn cooking in a microwave. A few pops during the final countdown of the year and then the barrage as the frequency of gunfire made it impossible to separate it into individual discharges. A gunshot symphony. For a solid five minutes, there was an unbroken onslaught as revelers of the new year fired their weapons into the sky following a Los Angeles tradition of decades.
It didn't matter that what goes up must come down. Every new year in the City of Angels began with risk.
The gunfire of course was joined by legitimate fireworks and firecrackers, creating a sound unique to the city and as reliable through the years as the changing of the calendar.
THE DARK HOUS
Isn't it always reassuring to see that no matter what kind of super cop he is, there are cases that Bosch couldn't close?
... this was the new LAPD—officers stripped of the mandate of proactive enforcement and waiting to be reactive, to hit the streets only when it was requested and required, and only then doing the minimum so as not to engender a complaint or controversy.
To Ballard, much of the department had fallen into the pose of a citizen caught in the middle of a bank robbery. Head down, eyes averted, adhering to the warning: nobody move, and nobody gets hurt.
The Law of Innocence
The Dark Hours
Fair Warning
THE DARK HOURS
Bosch
Lincoln Lawyer
Bosch: Legacy
