Connelly's latest has been met with universal acclaim. The author is one of, if not the most successful writer of crime fiction in America. He's been selling books for the last quarter century. His Harry Bosch series has become an institution and there have been three seasons of 'Bosch' on Amazon Prime. Bosch's half-brother, Mickey Haller, was featured in 'The Lincoln Lawyer', a best-seller made into a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey. Prior to that, Clint Eastwood starred in and directed Connelly's 'Blood Work'.
To his credit, the author has taken a major leap here in his creation of a new character. Sgt. Renee Ballard has the misfortune of working the 11pm to 7am late show. She was banished after filing a sexual harassment complaint against her lieutenant. She latches onto two cases and, ala Harry Bosch, cuts corners left and right. One case involves a badly beaten transvestite and the other the murder of a policeman. She works both of them and pushes up against a particularly vicious man and the institutional indifference/hostility of the department and its supporters. Since I know a few folks will read this, I'll leave it at that. Ballard could be a fun new LAPD platform for Connelly. This is a must-read.
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