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Dark Sacred Night

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
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Summary

At the end of a long, dark night Detectives Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the very first time.

Detective Renée Ballard is working the graveyard shift again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find that an older man has snuck in and is rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is none other than legendary LAPD detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin.

Ballard kicks him out, but eventually Bosch persuades her to help, and she relents. Bosch is investigating the death of 15-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway who was brutally murdered. He crossed paths with her devastated mother while working a previous case, and Daisy's story has seized hold of him.

©2018 Michael Connelly (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group

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Praise for Connelly: "One of the world's greatest crime writers." (Daily Mail)

"A master of the genre." (Stephen King)

"Crime thriller writing of the highest order." (The Guardian)

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Awful ruined by narrator

I am a massive fan of Michael Connelly and really looked forward to this book. Sadly it is completely ruined by Christine Larkin who sounds as if she has been on mogadon. It is truly awful. Probably the bits read by Titus Welliver are fine but I cannot get past the first two chapters. I am returning the audiobook and will get a kindle version. I can’t really comment on the plot because I cannot stand the narration. What a huge disappointment.

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Gaaaargh the narrator ruins it

Yes - okay - I understand that Connelly is trying to introduce a female perspective that carries up all the way to narrator. The books have always had amazing female characters in them, and Bosch's perspective towards women has always been masculine but very unlike the chauvinist archetype often associated with detectives. So yes - from a strategic perspective, introducing a female narrator to the mix makes sense. But on a practical, 'I have to listen to this' - this is not working. Christine Lakin's narration is forced, her accents are a joke, she emphasises the wrong things, muddies the narrative. I gave this multiple tries and I still couldn't really tell you what it was about. Find a better female narrator, guys! I can't say it plainer than that

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One narrator too many

I like Michael Connelly books and this one is quite good but couldn't figure out why it had 2 narrators. Allthough sections are titled with each of the lead characters' names, the dialogue is mixed anyway. As audio books go, my opinion is that they either need to be read well or performed well (like a radio play). I did finish the book so will keep it but in future will be wary of getting a book with 2 narrators.

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Not one of his best

I wasn't so impressed by this book, Bosch seems to have lost his sparkle. I like Ballard and I think that maybe in future books they will be better together.

I didn't like the narration, there didn't see any point in changing from male to female narrators, I found this distracting, also distracting and uneccessary was the loud music at the beginning of the book!

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Very disappointed

I love Michael Connolly, but the dual narrative didn't work for me. I returned the book because I couldn't handle Christine Lakin's voice, the accents were inconsistent and laughable. This is Harry Bosch, you can't use a female to read his lines. It made him sound quite wimpy.

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Awesome again

Another quality story from the master. Love this. The narration is good and love the mix of female and male.

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A great story - Spoiled by Christine Lakin

A great story, as expected. Titus Welliver brilliant, as expected.

The voice of Christine Lakin was irritating and spoiled my enjoyment. I had to try listening to it a few times before I got used to the voice.

Please, please, please let Titus Welliver read the whole thing.

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Very disappointed - keep the personal politics out

Every Bosch book (until this) I found to be excellent in their own way. This was disappointing. Didn't like the Fem-lib politics being forced into the story. The new female character came across as a bit of a judgemental hypocrite TBH (Mary Sue one minute / victim the next...cake and eat it sprang to mind). The whole #metoo propaganda was a massive turnoff. Previous stories w historical issues of OJ, Race Riots in LA and potential police brutality have always been sensitively, evenly handled in stories without trying to impose personal opinion. Bosch too unfortunately, is now a bit a boring emasculated shadow of his former self (A dying breed among a world of male misogynistic dinosaurs). He needs a knee replacement and struggles with...erm...his.. 'elections'....really! The non-Titus W narrative is a big turn off. Would have much preferred an origin story w Bosch in VNam and starting out as a cop in the late 60's and 70s. Further novels with these two characters will be a #notmethanku!

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Interesting way of bringing Bosch and Ballard together

I liked the story but I don’t think it was the best Bosch. I like the fact that Ballard is now working with him but I wish there could be a female detective without a tragic back story, messed up home life etc.

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Great book but let titus read them please

Titus is a great actor and his voice now is just bosch for me. The female narrator ruined it for me and the switching made it distracting.

Please just use titus for these from now on. His voice is fantastic both on screen on amazon TV show and on audible.

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