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The Dark Hours

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
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 THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCH

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©2021 Michael Connelly (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group Crime Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Private Investigators Thriller & Suspense Thriller Suspense

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When this series began I thought I’m not getting sucked into another series, having read all the Bosch books as they were released and then moving to audiobooks a few years ago. It seemed this series was a vehicle to keep the 205 year old Bosch alive and Ballard was incidental to it all. I don’t like when authors do that sort of thing. Churn out more because they know loyal fans will buy the books.

But in this book I felt Ballard came into her own and I really enjoyed it. Leaving aside that she’s the most intelligent and adaptable detective and manages to be so much more imaginative than any detective that ever there was! Why can’t a strong independent woman who’s good at her job ever be just a strong independent woman who’s good at her job?

Surprisingly entertaining

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Just enjoyed the book so much, brilliant storytelling and perfect narration, both narrators read the story so well. superbly paced the next one won't come around quick enough. Well done everyone involved.

Still a master of the genre.

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What do you get from MC? Competence. That's not damning with faint praise. Competence isn't a given. MC plots work, the dialogue works, there's no red herrings, no padding and no ridiculous 'if this goes wrong civilization falls' nonsense. They just chase criminals like it matters. Great stuff.

An absolute corker

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Very good story. One of his best for a while, though thought the ending was a bit too Hollywood!

One of his best so far

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Very good story line, believable and woven in with living real times of the past couple of years. Ending is good....
Titus has such a great voice .... he is Bosch and Christine brings Renee alive. The two together make a great performance and hope to see more of their characters together in the future.

Absolutely enthralling story, in living times wove

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