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The Night Fire

A Ballard and Bosch Thriller

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SOME CRIMES LIGHT A FIRE THAT NEVER GOES OUT...

A JUDGE MURDERED IN A CITY PARK

Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, defends the man accused.

A HOMELESS PERSON BURNED ALIVE

Detective Renée Ballard catches the case on the LAPD's notorious graveyard shift.

AN UNSOLVED HOMICIDE FROM A LIFETIME AGO

Harry Bosch is left a missing case file by his mentor who passed away. He was the man who taught Bosch that everybody counts, or nobody counts. Why did he keep the case all these years? To find the truth - or bury it?

IN L.A. CRIME NEVER SLEEPS

But in Ballard, Bosch and Haller: the fire always burns. Will it light the way - or leave their lives in ashes?

CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY.

©2019 Michael Connelly (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Law Detective

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Critic reviews

'One of the most eagerly awaited books of the year.' The i newspaper, Best Crime Books for 2019

'There's something for everyone in this jam-packed plot' New York Times
As always with Connelly the plotting is right, characters consistent and with their own voices and stories that don't telegraph. They're what unputdownable reads like. Today was a write-off. Downloaded it at breakfast, finished it at 10 in my pyjamas.

Swiss watch plotting

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I like to say that Bosch books are built like a BMW - economical, sturdy prose with real torque which powers the protagonist through the cases, and keeps the reader holding on for dear life. I've been waiting for The Night Fire for nigh on 9 months, and true to form, I finished it in a single weekend. Bosch and Ballard are now in cruise control as a team, as are Titus Welliver and Christine Lakin as highly badass narrators. Connelly has a mastery over characters, of capturing human interaction in myriad ways, and the way in which the detectives use people and detect clues is truly a joy to follow. I am so happy that Bosch is still going strong, albeit with a new knee and cane, but as he said to his daughter in The Night Fire, 'Hey I'm gonna be around for a while.' All I can say is, hurry up with the next edition!!

Firing on all cylinders

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Love it! Titus reading is brilliant and makes the book so enjoyable. Recommended highly for any Bosch fans

Brilliant

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Outstanding performance of a brilliant book.I wish I had the words to do this audiobook justice, but whatever I say feels inadequate.
I’m a huge HB fan, I’m a cop in a completely different country yet somehow the writing identifies and portrays the types of personalities that you find in law enforcement.
Some of the conflicting attitudes, arrogance, determination and disinterest described are completely universal, yet somehow entirely unique to Harry and his partners.

Listen to this book, I’m sure you won’t disagree.

Raising the bar.

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another fantastic Harry Bosch book. I thought they'd get worse but this is a cracker

fab

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