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LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch's 'white whale' - a man responsible for the murder of an entire family.
Author Notes
A former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times , Michael Connelly is the international bestselling author of the Harry Bosch thriller series and the legal thriller series featuring Mickey Haller, as well as several stand-alone bestsellers.
Michael Connelly's books have sold more than 80 million copies worldwide. They have been translated into 40 languages and have won awards all over the world, including the Edgar and Anthony Awards. Michael Connelly has also been awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing.
Connelly is the executive producer of the successful TV series Bosch , starring Titus Welliver, and a new Lincoln Lawyer Netflix series has been announced. He is also the creator and host of the podcast Murder Book . He spends his time in California and Florida.
To find out more, head to:
www.michaelconnelly.com.au
www.facebook.com/MichaelConnellyBooks
Twitter: @Connellybooks
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In bestseller Connelly's thrilling fifth outing for Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch (after 2021's The Dark Hours), Ballard invites the retired Bosch to volunteer for the LAPD's newly revived Open-Unsolved Unit, which she's running, enticing him with the prospect of finding the man responsible for the 2013 slaying of an entire family. She also wants to reopen the 1994 murder of 16-year-old Sarah Pearlman, sister of the L.A. city councilman who helped resuscitate the cold case team. Ballard and Bosch work at the department's new homicide archive where the unsolved murder books are stored: "hallowed ground to Bosch. The library of lost souls." Both cases require deep dives into the past; both lead to great action scenes; and, as always, Connelly displays his encyclopedic knowledge of the latest forensics, such as "Investigative Genetic Genealogy." Bosch, however, takes a low-tech approach and follows leads in the field with his trademark intensity, driven by his desire to restore order in a violent world ("The dark engine of murder would never run low on fuel. Not in his lifetime"). This entry, the 24th Bosch novel, may not be as expansive as The Dark Hours, but it ranks up there with Connelly's best. Agent: Philip G. Spitzer, Philip G. Spitzer Literary. (Nov.)
Booklist Review
Renée Ballard, who quit the LAPD after the events of The Dark Hours (2021), is back on the job, leading the department's newly reconstituted Open Unsolved Unit. Naturally, she turns to her retired mentor, Harry Bosch, a veteran cold case investigator, for help. Bosch agrees to sign on as a volunteer, mainly for the chance to take another crack at the case that got away--the quadruple murder of an entire family. Bosch knows who did it, but the killer vanished before all the dots were connected. With the help of DNA and that legendary Boschian attention to even the smallest of details, Harry intends to close the case this time, nearly a decade after the fact. Meanwhile, though, there's another cold case for which Ballard needs Bosch's skills: the unsolved murder of a 16-year-old girl whose brother is now a city councilman and holds the purse strings to Ballard's unit. Connelly has long been a master at demonstrating the meticulousness with which good cops make cases, and here he is able to generate genuine suspense through a careful recounting of the procedural process, whether it involves feet on the street or fingers on the keyboard. Eventually, though, the bad guys behind the DNA swabs need confronting, and that gives Connelly the chance to show his action-writing chops. Longtime Bosch followers will be taking deep breaths after this one's superb finale, especially given its implications for the future. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The runaway success of Connelly's characters in the streaming world--Amazon's Bosch and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer--continues to drive fans back to the books.
Library Journal Review
Another home run for Connelly as he brings Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch together again. Ballard left the LAPD because of its "good old boys" practices, but after a promise from the new chief that she'd have carte blanche reopening and manning the Open-Unsolved-Unit, she returns. Her first pick for the team is Bosch, but they did not part on good terms. So she offers Bosch the chance to reopen the case that still haunts him. He takes the bait even though the catch is that first they must reopen the unsolved murder of an L.A. councilman's sister. Bosch is older and wiser but still a jazz-loving rebel with a cause, and Renee still (unsuccessfully) tries to rein him in to be the team player he'll never be. The plot is an exceptional piece of crime drama, and the short chapters help keep the expectations high and the flow smooth. The narrative is unapologetic hard-edged cop-speak, and Bosch and Ballard rock every page. VERDICT Fans of police procedurals, dark cat-and-mouse mysteries, and Connelly's iconic characters will find this soon-to-be-best-seller absolutely unputdownable.--Debbie Haupt