AS NIGHT FALLS, A KILLER COMES TO LIGHT...
'An authentic, topical and terrifying thriller: one of Michael Connelly's very best.' THE TIMES

'The Dark Hours is yet another superb thriller from a writer at the top of his game'
SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Consistently excellent ... The plotting is as skilful as ever, and the pacing as relentless'
MAIL ON SUNDAY

On New Year's Eve at the end of one of the hardest years in history, hundreds of revellers shoot their guns into the air in time-honoured LA tradition. But as the rain of lead comes down, a man is shot dead in the middle of a crowded street party.

Detective Renee Ballard soon connects the bullet to an unsolved cold case last worked by legendary ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch. As they investigate where the old and new cases connect, a new crime shatters the night shift.

The Midnight Men are a pair of violent predators who stalk the city during the dark hours, and will kill to keep their identities secret.

In a police department shaken to the core by pandemic and protests, both cases have the power to save Ballard's belief in the job - or take everything from her...

* * * * *

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

'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

About the Author

MICHAEL CONNELLY is the author of thirty-four previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Dark Sacred Night, Two Kinds of Truth, and The Late Show. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series and the Lincoln Lawyer series, have sold more than eighty million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels. He is the executive producer of Bosch, starring Titus Welliver, and the creator and host of the podcast Murder Book. He spends his time in California and Florida.

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Reviews
Consistently excellent... The plotting is as skilful as ever, and the pacing as relentless * Mail On Sunday *

The Dark Hours is yet another superb thriller from a writer at the top of his game

* Sunday Express *

An authentic, topical and terrifying thriller: one of Michael Connelly's very best.

* THE TIMES *
Thoroughly engrossing ... The Dark Hours offers plenty of shocking scenes and clever surprises * Wall Street Journal *
Ballard and Bosch are a great combination as they work in and around a police force that Ballard believes too often aims to 'protect and serve the image instead of the citizens.' * Washington Post *
A masterpiece * Publishers Weekly *
Relentless on their own, Ballard's and Bosch's combined skills...could be combustible * LA Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9781409186168
Author Michael Connelly
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 620g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 40mm