The Dark Hours: The gripping Ballard & Bosch Thriller

Description

There's chaos in Hollywood on New Year's Eve. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD Detective Renee 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.

A former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Connelly is the international bestselling author of 35 novels. He has created many genre-defining characters, including detectives Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard, crime reporter Jack McEvoy, and lawyer Mickey Haller, the protagonist in Connelly's latest bestseller, The Law of Innocence. Michael Connelly's books have sold more than eighty million copies worldwide. They have been translated into forty languages and have won awards all over the world, including the Edgar and Anthony Awards, and the 2018 CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing. Connelly is the executive producer of the successful TV series, Bosch, starring Titus Welliver. A final seventh season has been confirmed for 2021. The Lincoln Lawyer series is also soon to become a major Netflix series. Michael Connelly's true crime podcast Murder Book is available on most podcast apps or online at murderbookpodcast.com. To find out more, head to: www.michaelconnelly.com.au www.facebook.com/MichaelConnellyBooks Twitter: @Connellybooks

Consistently excellent... The plotting is as skilful as ever, and the pacing as relentless * Mail On Sunday * The Dark Hours is yet another superb thriller from a writer at the top of his game * Sunday Express * An authentic, topical and terrifying thriller: one of Michael Connelly's very best. * THE TIMES * Thoroughly engrossing ... The Dark Hours offers plenty of shocking scenes and clever surprises * Wall Street Journal * Ballard and Bosch are a great combination as they work in and around a police force that Ballard believes too often aims to 'protect and serve the image instead of the citizens.' * Washington Post * A masterpiece * Publishers Weekly * Relentless on their own, Ballard's and Bosch's combined skills...could be combustible * LA Times *