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Where The Dark Hours sits
- Series
- Book 23 of Harry Bosch. See all Harry Bosch books in order
- The book before
- The Night Fire
- The book after
- Desert Star
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against michaelconnelly.com
- Series
- Book 4 of Renée Ballard. See all Renée Ballard books in order
- The book before
- The Night Fire
- The book after
- Desert Star
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against michaelconnelly.com
What The Dark Hours is about
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- On New Year's Eve in Hollywood, LAPD Detective Renee Ballard is working the night shift as revelers fire guns into the air. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Working her graveyard shift, LAPD Detective ... revelers shoot their guns into the air
- She is sent to a street party where a hardworking man who owned an auto shop has been killed by a bullet. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet
- She soon decides the shot did not simply fall from the sky, and the case leads her to an old murder Harry Bosch once worked. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
the deadly bullet could not have fallen from the sky
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Genres
Topics
- Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
- Police
- Serial murder investigation
- Women detectives
Places
- California
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Los Angeles
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
Book type
- Fiction
- Novels
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 24: Desert Star
- 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 5: Desert Star
- Book 6: The Waiting
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