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The Dark Hours

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Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

11 Hours 4 Minutes

Hachette Book Group USA

November 2021

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A Wall Street Journal and South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Book of the Year

“A masterpiece”—LAPD detective Renée Ballard must join forces with Harry Bosch to find justice in a city scarred by fear and social unrest after a methodical killer strikes on New Year’s Eve (Publishers Weekly).

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).

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  • Nathan A.

    Done with Bosch and Mickey Haller now that Connelly has decided to inject his politics into his books. I could not make it past the first chapter of this book- all of the covid mask worship, got to keep the white cops from the brown people, and of course a band of serial rapists to show how bad men are. Either Connelly has literally lost the plot or these books are being ghost written. What a waste, what a shame.

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  • Anonymous

    One of Michael Connelly's best! Fast paced with a lot of action. The narrator's were perfect - listening to Titus Welliver is like listening to Bosch on tv. Great job!

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  • Cynthia A.

    Absolutely outstanding! Moreā€¦more!

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  • Anonymous

    No meaningfulactivity, no action

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  • Donald C.

    Great.Everything I expect a Harry Bosch book to be. Bring back the show!!!

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  • Van J.

    Too liberal with facts and opinions.No need for Jan. 6 reference when facts are distorted. Makes police look incompetent thus showing bias. He is off my reading list.

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  • Jacob G.

    Would have been a good book if the Author let his political beliefs out of it. Why even put the chapter about the "insurrection"? It didn't even play into the script. Every other page he was talking about wearing masks and he even forces Bosch to get the "jab". Was a complete joke.

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  • Anonymous

    Enjoyed every moment.

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  • Georgia R.

    Great Read, as with all of the stories from the Bosch Universe.

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  • Barb White

    Not my favorite Michael Connelly book but still worth to listen. Overall the plot was good characters were interesting, but there were a few slow spots and I found myself having to backtrack and listen to it over again because I had drifted away from it. It didn't hold my attention like most of his books do. The narration in this one was very good and I like the character Ballard.

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