Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 6/20/2022 + 1178 more book reviews

Connelly introduces a new character into Bosch's universe with Detective Renee Ballard. Ballard has been delegated to work the night shift or the late show in the parlance of the LAPD. She has been put there because she filed a sexual harassment suit against her Lieutenant and her partner failed to back her up on it. Ballard is often disappointed in her work during the late shift because the cases she works are normally handed off to the detectives working daytime and she can't follow through on them. But she gets involved in two cases that she doesn't want to let go. The first is the brutal beating of a transsexual prostitute who was left for dead in a parking lot. Then she gets pulled into the investigation of a nightclub shooting when she happens to be at the hospital when a young waitress is brought in who was shot at the club. She is able to followup on the prostitute beating which puts her in harm's way. And she doesn't know who to trust in the department as she is considered an outcast based on her sexual harassment charge.

This was a very good police novel by Connelly and Ballard is another great character created by him with a very interesting back story. I know she teams up with Bosch in some of the next novels which I will be looking forward to reading. Bosch is a favorite of mine based primarily on the great TV series. However, I've only read a few of the novels which I hope to remedy soon.

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