Book Recommendation: The Late Show by Michael Connelly
The Late Show (2017) is the latest of thirty novels by The New York Times bestselling American author Michael Connelly. If you have not yet read any of his outstanding books, it is okay to begin with this novel that introduces a new character, LAPD Detective Renée Ballard. Dolores and I love the crime fiction works by this author and recommend his books for your reading list. Click on the links to learn more about the author and his books.
Goodreads Review of The Late Show
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD
Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor.
But one night she catches two cases she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Ballard is determined not to give up at dawn. Against orders and her own partner's wishes, she works both cases by day while maintaining her shift by night. As the cases entwine they pull her closer to her own demons and the reason she won't give up her job no matter what the department throws at her."
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