Renee Ballard · Book 5
Desert Star
- Published
- 8 November 2022
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9781668602683
- Type
- novel
About this book
Desert Star, published almost exactly a year later in November 2022, matches The Dark Hours' 400-page length as the fifth entry, continuing Michael Connelly's story of Ballard closing the cases the day shift won't touch.
Its place in Renee Ballard
Desert Star is book 5 in the Renee Ballard series. It follows The Dark Hours. It is followed by The Waiting. See the full Renee Ballard reading order.
Renee Ballard is the detective Michael Connelly built for modern Los Angeles. Once a rising star in LAPD Robbery-Homicide, she was exiled to Hollywood Division's overnight "late show" after reporting a supervisor for sexual harassment — and losing the fight. Working the hours when nobody watches, Ballard refuses to hand her cases off at dawn: a paddle-boarding, beach-sleeping insomniac with a K-9 companion and a deep grudge against departmental politics, she closes what the day shift won't touch. Her 2017 debut…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781668602683
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409186236