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Dark Sacred Night

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
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At the end of a long, dark night Detectives Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the very first time.

Detective Renée Ballard is working the graveyard shift again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find that an older man has snuck in and is rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is none other than legendary LAPD detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin.

Ballard kicks him out, but eventually Bosch persuades her to help, and she relents. Bosch is investigating the death of 15-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway who was brutally murdered. He crossed paths with her devastated mother while working a previous case, and Daisy's story has seized hold of him.

©2018 Michael Connelly (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Cold Case Suspense Dark Sacred

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Critic reviews

Praise for Connelly: "One of the world's greatest crime writers." (Daily Mail)
"A master of the genre." (Stephen King)

"Crime thriller writing of the highest order." (The Guardian)
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A fantastic addition to the repertoire. Wasn’t sure on book one but after this book, I’m convinced. Her back story is good. The relation with Bosch works well. I’m glad she’s there. It’s a really nice change. I didn’t enjoy Jack McAvoy or Terry McCaleb. Renee is cool, clever and probably just as damaged as Bosch.

I really like the way they split the book between the two narrators (although I’m not a massive fan of Titus welliver) but I do like the Christine larkins bosch. He’s really cool. She makes him sound as I would imagine Harry to be. Old. Not bothered and as laid back as a deck chair). Christine plays a very good Renee Ballard. I’m sold on her myself.

Great story. Great performance. Really enjoyed it.
What’s the worst that can happen? You don’t like it, return it!

If you’re a life long fan, you’ll welcome Renee

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Connelly teams up our anti-hero with a new partner who do not disappoint at all

A new crime fighting duo hit the streets

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Two great characters united by their damage. A very compelling read and an entertaining twist on a relatively typical procedural. Good plotting and excellent performances - a must have for Bosch fans old and new.

Compelling amalgam of a pair of great characters:

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This is a very good LAPD detective novel interleaved with a Harry Bosch story that becomes both a cop buddy novel and the development of a new partnership that will see Detective Renee Ballard ascend as Harry Bosch declines due to age and eventual infirmity (if not violent death). Much as I would love to see Harry go on forever, after all he is one of the greats and Titus Welliver totally owns the character, I can see how that would strain credulity in a series known for its authenticity. Ballard is also a good female foil for Bosch in the absence of his wife and daughter so I appreciate the logic and look forward to more from these new caped crusaders of the Late Show.

A New Dynamic Duo

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Fabulous narration from both readers, but the story wasn’t as compelling as a number of Bosch books….. a tad “bits and pieces”.

2nd tier

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Titus is a great actor and his voice now is just bosch for me. The female narrator ruined it for me and the switching made it distracting.

Please just use titus for these from now on. His voice is fantastic both on screen on amazon TV show and on audible.

Great book but let titus read them please

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I'm a fan of Bosch - I've read all of the books and am currently enjoying the very well made series on Amazon Prime. I was about 10 books into the series before seeing the TV show, and initially, Titus Welliver wasn't how I'd pictured Bosch. I've been swayed by the show and I now see Titus and Bosch as inseparable. This is one of my favourite books in the series and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of listening to Titus Welliver tell it. I would be very happy to listen to more of the series if they became available with him as the narrator. I also very much enjoyed listening to Christine Lakin - I thought she did a great job with Renée's character and for me, the format of trading off between the two narrators really worked.

Superb

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I generally love his books but tbh this isn’t one of the best I’ve read. I think it was the narrators...I normally listen without stopping apart from sleeping but tbh I left this for days listened to another book before I went back to this one. Maybe if it there were different narrators especially the female one it would have been better.

Not his best

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Another classic Bosch with the tie in to the younger detective Ballard
there can't be much life left in Bosch but this was well worth a listen.
I did find the story very familiar with parts of it making me check this was a new book and not one that I had bought again by accident. it was weird bit there were definitely echos of others in there

classic

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Enjoyed the read, as I have all the other Bosch book, with the exception of the Haller ones. But is Uber so big in LA... and used as much as this book implies ...?

Well crafted ... but was it sponsored by Uber?

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