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Where Desert Star sits
- Series
- Book 24 of Harry Bosch. See all Harry Bosch books in order
- The book before
- The Dark Hours
- The book after
- The Waiting
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against michaelconnelly.com
- Series
- Book 5 of Renée Ballard. See all Renée Ballard books in order
- The book before
- The Dark Hours
- The book after
- The Waiting
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against michaelconnelly.com
What Desert Star is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- A year after Renee Ballard left the LAPD, worn down by sexism and red tape, she rejoins to build up its cold case unit again at Robbery-Homicide. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
rebuild the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division
- Harry Bosch has spent years on a case he cannot close: a whole family murdered by a psychopath who is still free. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free
- Ballard asks Bosch to join her new unit as a volunteer, with the department's resources behind him. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
come work with her as a volunteer investigator in the new Open-Unsolved Unit
Topics in this book
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Topics
- Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
- Ex-police officers
- Police
- Serial murder investigation
- Women detectives
Book type
- Fiction
Reading ages
- Adult
Other books in Harry Bosch
25 books listed so far
- Book 1: The Black Echo
- Book 2: The Black Ice
- Book 3: The Concrete Blonde
- Book 4: The Last Coyote
- Book 5: Trunk Music
- Book 6: Angels Flight
- Book 7: A Darkness More Than Night
- Book 8: City of Bones
- Book 9: Lost Light
- Book 10: The Narrows
- Book 11: The Closers
- Book 12: Echo Park
- Book 13: The Overlook
- Book 14: Nine Dragons
- Book 15: The Drop
- Book 16: The Black Box
- Book 17: The Burning Room
- The Crossing
- Book 19: The Wrong Side of Goodbye
- Two Kinds of Truth
- Book 21: Dark Sacred Night
- Book 22: The Night Fire
- Book 23: The Dark Hours
- Book 25: The Waiting
Other books in Renée Ballard
6 books listed so far
- Book 1: The Late Show
- Book 2: Dark Sacred Night
- Book 3: The Night Fire
- Book 4: The Dark Hours
- Book 6: The Waiting
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