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The Dark Hours


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Book
329
Narrator
63
Release Date
November 9, 2021
Duration
11 hours 4 minutes
Summary
A Wall Street Journal and South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Book of the Year

“A masterpiece”—LAPD detective Renée Ballard must join forces with Harry Bosch to find justice in a city scarred by fear and social unrest after a methodical killer strikes on New Year’s Eve (Publishers Weekly).

There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.
 
Ballard quickly determines that the deadly bullet could not have fallen from the sky and that it is linked to another unsolved murder—a case at one time worked by Detective Harry Bosch. At the same time, Ballard hunts a fiendish pair of serial rapists, the Midnight Men, who have been terrorizing women and leaving no trace.
 
Determined to solve both cases, Ballard feels like she is constantly running uphill in a police department indelibly changed by the pandemic and recent social unrest. It is a department so hampered by inertia and low morale that Ballard must go outside to the one detective she can count on: Harry Bosch. But as the two inexorable detectives work together to find out where old and new cases intersect, they must constantly look over their shoulders. The brutal predators they are tracking are ready to kill to keep their secrets hidden.
 
Unfolding with unstoppable drive and nail-biting intrigue, The Dark Hours shows that “relentless on their own, Ballard’s and Bosch’s combined skills…could be combustible” (Los Angeles Times).
Reviews
Profile Avatar Nathan A. Nov 2021

Done with Bosch and Mickey Haller now that Connelly has decided to inject his politics into his books. I could not make it past the first chapter of this book- all of the covid mask worship, got to keep the white cops from the brown people, and of course a band of serial rapists to show how bad men are. Either Connelly has literally lost the plot or these books are being ghost written. What a waste, what a shame.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Nov 2021

One of Michael Connelly's best! Fast paced with a lot of action. The narrator's were perfect - listening to Titus Welliver is like listening to Bosch on tv. Great job!

Profile Avatar Cynthia A. Nov 2021

Absolutely outstanding! More…more!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jun 2025

Exhilarating! Excellent series, can’t get enough of Michael Connelly books!!

Profile Avatar Jarrod_L Feb 2025

Great novel. Listening now to this book in 2025, the Covid references are a little throw back to a very unsettling time. Glad to not be in that time anymore.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jan 2025

Loved this book and this series, must read!

Profile Avatar Lauralee I. Oct 2024

Excellent as always! We ended up sitting in the driveway several times after a trip so we could finish a chapter!!Super well written, with excellent narration too.Definitely a must listen to!!!

Profile Avatar Kristy Bennett Schadt Jul 2024

Great book

Profile Avatar Anonymous Oct 2023

No meaningfulactivity, no action

Profile Avatar Donald C. Sep 2023

Great.Everything I expect a Harry Bosch book to be. Bring back the show!!!

Profile Avatar Van J. Mar 2023

Too liberal with facts and opinions.No need for Jan. 6 reference when facts are distorted. Makes police look incompetent thus showing bias. He is off my reading list.

Profile Avatar Jacob G. Dec 2022

Would have been a good book if the Author let his political beliefs out of it. Why even put the chapter about the "insurrection"? It didn't even play into the script. Every other page he was talking about wearing masks and he even forces Bosch to get the "jab". Was a complete joke.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Dec 2022

Enjoyed every moment.

Profile Avatar Georgia R. Sep 2022

Great Read, as with all of the stories from the Bosch Universe.

Profile Avatar Barb White Aug 2022

Not my favorite Michael Connelly book but still worth to listen. Overall the plot was good characters were interesting, but there were a few slow spots and I found myself having to backtrack and listen to it over again because I had drifted away from it. It didn't hold my attention like most of his books do. The narration in this one was very good and I like the character Ballard.

Profile Avatar Fred Saleeby Jul 2022

superbly done

Profile Avatar Dawn M. May 2022

Great story. Not political as some say. Another great book. Loved the narrators

Profile Avatar Jerome O. Apr 2022

It was probably a good book but I couldn't get past the injected politics. I became a huge fan of the Bosch character prior to this. And I could (and did) glean the authors political leanings from those books. However, this one really pushed the mask worship hard and the beat you over the head with the extreme leftist narrative behind the January 6th "insurrection". I wish I could get my credit back for this one.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Feb 2022

Great story!

Profile Avatar Irv S. Dec 2021

Well written crime story and narration.

Profile Avatar Roland G. Dec 2021

Very good read. Liked unconventional story line that is not so predictable

Profile Avatar Michele S. Dec 2021

This novel is fast-paced with great narration. May be his best yet

Profile Avatar Leonard H. Dec 2021

This is a great listen. We’ll worth the time.

Profile Avatar Cutebundle Nov 2021

I am hooked on Titus Welliver's voice as Bosch. Don't know that I can listen to a different voice reading other Bosch books. Loved the story - having 2 crimes to solve was great.

The Dark Hours

The Dark Hours

Author: Michael Connelly
Read by: Christine Lakin
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