Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD Detective Renée Ballard in the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat–known in LAPD slang as “the late show”–and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that … Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin.
Ballard can’t let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of empathy and anger. She has never been the kind of cop who leaves the job behind at the end of her shift–and she wants in.
The murder, unsolved, was of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally killed, her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now Ballard joins forces with Bosch to find out what happened to Daisy, and to finally bring her killer to justice. Along the way, the two detectives forge a fragile trust, but this new partnership is put to the test when the case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn.
Dark Sacred Night for the first time brings together these two powerhouse detectives in a riveting story that unfolds with furious momentum. And it shows once more why “there’s no doubt Connelly is a master of crime fiction” (Associated Press).
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As a long-time Connelly fan and reader of Bosch novels, I wasn’t sure if I was ready for him to partner up with another detective sure to get equal billing. Ultimately, I did enjoy the pairing, and I look forward to the next book in this series.
Another great Michael Connolly/Harry Bosch story!
if you like Bosch, another good one. Female adds to story. Have to see about any relationship.
Good read but not one of the best Harry Bosch novels.
Always enjoy a Michael Connelly book!
Never underestimate a Michael Connoly book.
Never read a bad book by Michael Connelly!
Does he ever write anything weak…no. Love the jazz references in his books…great taste in jazz just adds another great dimension to his Bosch novels.
A Great Novel!
It’s just another good page-turner by Michael Connelly. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve read all the Harry Bosch books and am now waiting for a new one!
I think the combination of Bosch and Ballard works. Looking forward to future team work by these two. Do think Ballard needs to tone it down a bit with taken impulsive actions that would result the findings been invalid later in the court system. Otherwise I really enjoyed reading this book.
Michael Connelly never fails to entertain with his great plot twists.
Connolyncontinues to,outdo himself and introduces a great new character, with Bosch. I can see lots more teamwork between these two. Keep em coming Michael.
A lot of suspense, at one point i had to skip ahead to make sure Bosch was ok. Lots of action, kept me glued to the book. Loved the new Bosch partnership and hope to see more in the next Harry Bosch book.
Harry Bosch & Renee Ballard team up and I loved it. Michael Connelly is my favorite author, he keeps you guessing till the end!
Michael Connelly always delivers! Especially love the Bosch series.
Harry Bosch shares this book with Renee Ballard, a fairly new character. I don’t have a feeling for her yet and I hope she doesn’t replace Bosch. Her character needs more development
I thought this was a fairly good read and perhaps a bit better than some of the recent Harry Bosch books but nowhere near as good as the early books in the Bosch series. One thing that I really like is that Mr Connelly has allowed Harry to age naturally in the series and is he ever showing his age in this book. Renee Ballard is quite a decent character and actually quite reminiscent of a younger Bosch. One thing you can never do in a Michael Connelly novel is find any fault with the writing. However I did think this story was dragged out a bit with a lot of slow, somewhat boring and very repetitious stuff like all those cards Harry and Renee kept reading for page after page. Then the ending just kind of suddenly happened out of nowhere without much meaningful investigation leading toward it. I saw a rumour somewhere that Harry, Renee and Mickey Haller are all going to appear together in a subsequent book and I sure hope so because I think Mickey Haller is the best character that Mr Connelly has created. This is not a bad book, just not one of the best in the series, but it is sure not worth the exorbitant $18.99 the publisher priced it for as an eBook and if I hadn’t have got it on sale for $5.99 I would never have read it. (less)
One of the best cop writers I may have missed 1 or 2 of his books but I don’t think so