Renee Ballard · Book 1

The Late Show

by Michael Connelly

Published
18 July 2017
Pages
405
ISBN-13
9781409147534
Type
novel

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Cover of The Late Show

About this book

Michael Connelly introduced Renée Ballard in The Late Show, published July 18, 2017 at 405 pages. It's Ballard's only solo case and origin story: 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.

Its place in Renee Ballard

The Late Show is book 1 in the Renee Ballard series. It is followed by Dark Sacred Night. 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…

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