The Dark Hours (A Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel, 4) Hardcover – November 9, 2021 by Michael Connelly

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Author: Connelly Michael

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Number Of Pages: 400

Release Date: 09-11-2021

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A dangerous 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 determines 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).

Review

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 is the Raymond Chandler of this generation, and readers will be studying his writing methods decades from now.”―
Jeff Ayers, Associated Press

“There is no better news than a new book from the great Michael Connelly.”―
Mike Lupica, New York Daily News

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

“Taken together, Connelly’s novels form an indispensable, compelling chronicle of LA . . . His books are rich in the details and meanings of seismic events that have formed the rough contours of LA law and order.”―
Jonathan Shapiro, Los Angeles Times

“Michael Connelly has earned his place in the pantheon of great crime fiction writers by creating characters people care about and are eager to come back to.”―
Paul Saltzman, Chicago Sun-Times

“When it comes to series mysteries, there’s everybody else, and then there’s Michael Connelly. Is he really that good, you ask? Oh yeah, he’s really that good.”―
Bruce Tierney, BookPage

About the Author

Michael Connelly is the author of thirty-five previous novels, including the
New York Times bestsellers
The Law of Innocence
,
Fair Warning
, and
The Night Fire. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, and the Renée Ballard series, have sold more than eighty million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels. He is the executive producer of
Bosch
, starring Titus Welliver, and the creator and host of the podcasts
Murder Book and The Wonderland Murders. He spends his time in California and Florida.