OCTOBER 2021 - AudioFile
Listeners once again enjoy the talented partnership of author Michael Connelly and narrators Christine Lakin and Titus Welliver. In this fourth audiobook in the Renée Ballard series, we follow the prickly LAPD detective as she relentlessly pursues justice. Ballard faces obstacles presented by the pandemic and the blowback on law enforcement from police brutality protests. Lakin masterfully voices Ballard and the female and male characters she encounters in her uncompromising investigation of two cases: a shooting and a serial rapist. When she calls on Harry Bosch, who serves as her mentor and backup, listeners hear Titus Welliver reprising his role—but only for relatively short appearances. This is a compelling listen with a gritty portrayal of the current social environment. E.Q. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
One of this month’s best thrillers… 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.’”—Richard Lipez, Washington Post
“A thoroughly engrossing procedural… The Dark Hours offers plenty of shocking scenes and clever surprises."—Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal
“Outstanding… Connelly is the most consistently superior living crime fiction author. The Dark Hours just reinforces that.”—Oline H. Cogdill, South Florida Sun Sentinel
“Extraordinary… [Connelly] is one of the best in the business at writing about investigations and creating intense suspense, but the relationship between Ballard and Bosch—a professional friendship that grows out of two brilliant minds dedicated to the same difficult but important work—is the cherry on top.”—Collette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times
“Connelly is sharp as ever... his stories always manage to explore another piece of the city’s soul."—Crimereads
“A masterpiece… Meticulous about actual police procedure, Connelly makes the fundamentals of detective work engrossing while providing plenty of suspense and action.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The fourth Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch novel is the best yet… Ballard has evolved into one of crime fiction's richest, most complex characters.”—Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review)
“Stellar… no one who follows Ballard and Bosch to the end will be disappointed. A bracing test of the maxim that “the department always comes first. The department always wins.”—Kirkus Reviews
OCTOBER 2021 - AudioFile
Listeners once again enjoy the talented partnership of author Michael Connelly and narrators Christine Lakin and Titus Welliver. In this fourth audiobook in the Renée Ballard series, we follow the prickly LAPD detective as she relentlessly pursues justice. Ballard faces obstacles presented by the pandemic and the blowback on law enforcement from police brutality protests. Lakin masterfully voices Ballard and the female and male characters she encounters in her uncompromising investigation of two cases: a shooting and a serial rapist. When she calls on Harry Bosch, who serves as her mentor and backup, listeners hear Titus Welliver reprising his role—but only for relatively short appearances. This is a compelling listen with a gritty portrayal of the current social environment. E.Q. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
