The Dark Hours

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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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A CRIME BURIED FOR YEARS.
AND ONE THAT’S JUST BEGUN…



An authentic, topical and terrifying thriller: one of Michael Connelly’s very best’

THE TIMES

‘Yet another superb thriller from a writer at the top of his game’
SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘Consistently excellent’
MAIL ON SUNDAY

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A MURDER YEARS IN THE MAKING
A murder in the middle of a street party seems a senseless tragedy. But the victim had a dark past which came back to haunt him.

THE DEEPER YOU LOOK
Detective Renée Ballard connects the killing to an unsolved case last worked by ex-LAPD legend Harry Bosch. But then a new crime shatters the night shift…

THE DARKER IT GETS
The Midnight Men are a deadly pair of predators who stalk the city during the dark hours and disappear without a trace.

Ballard once believed her job was to bring the truth to light. In a police department shaken to the core by protests and pandemic, both cases have the power to save her – or end her…

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CRIME DOESN’T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:

‘One of the very best writers working today’ Sunday Telegraph

‘The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation’ Ian Rankin

‘The best mystery writer in the world’ GQ

‘A superb natural storyteller’ Lee Child

‘A master’ Stephen King

‘Crime thriller writing of the highest order’ Guardian

‘America’s greatest living crime writer’ Daily Express

‘A crime writing genius’ Independent on Sunday

Additional information

Weight 340 g
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.8 × 3.6 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

465

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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