The Dark Hours

THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCH

A CRIME BURIED FOR YEARS. AND ONE THAT'S JUST BEGUN...

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

'Yet another superb thriller from a writer at the top of his game'
SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Consistently excellent'
MAIL ON SUNDAY

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A MURDER YEARS IN THE MAKING
A murder in the middle of a street party seems a senseless tragedy. But the victim had a dark past which came back to haunt him.

THE DEEPER YOU LOOK
Detective Renée Ballard connects the killing to an unsolved case last worked by ex-LAPD legend Harry Bosch. But then a new crime shatters the night shift...

THE DARKER IT GETS
The Midnight Men are a deadly pair of predators who stalk the city during the dark hours and disappear without a trace.

Ballard once believed her job was to bring the truth to light. In a police department shaken to the core by protests and pandemic, both cases have the power to save her - or end her...

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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

'The best mystery writer in the world' GQ**

**'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