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Michael Connelly launches a new series with The Late Show. His depiction of LA is modern and gritty, and Detective Renee Ballard is just an incredible character. She is wise to the politics of her precinct and the pitfalls of the justice system, as well more empathetic than any other detective character. I was captivated by her I-can-take-on-the-world attitude and can’t wait to continue her story! Recommended By McKenzie W., Powells.com
Connelly takes the reader back inside the fraught and dangerous world of the LAPD. This time we follow Detective Renee Ballard, languishing on the midnight shift but determined to see several cases through to their ends. Ballard is a great character. She's tough, smart and deeply quirky. Connelly has another winner with Ballard, and nobody writes the dark world of the LAPD better. Recommended By Kathi K., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Description: #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces Renée Ballard, a fierce young detective fighting to prove herself on the LAPD's toughest beat — the Late Show.
Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none, as each morning she turns everything over to the day shift. A once up-and-coming detective, she's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor.
But one night she catches two assignments she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Ballard is determined not to give up at dawn. Against orders and her partner's wishes, she works both cases by day while maintaining her shift by night. As the investigations entwine, they pull her closer to her own demons and the reason she won't give up her job, no matter what the department throws at her.
About the Author
Michael Connelly is the author of twenty-nine novels, including #1 New York Times bestsellers The Crossing and The Burning Room. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series and Lincoln Lawyer series, have sold more than sixty million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels and is the executive producer of Bosch, starring Titus Welliver. He spends his time in California and Florida.