Michael Connelly

Renée Ballard arbejder på natholdet igen. Og ud på de sene nattetimer vender hun tilbage til Hollywood Station og finder en fremmed mand i færd med at gennemgå arkivskabet med gamle sager. Hun smider den indtrængende, pensionerede LA-politimand og nuværende privatdetektiv, Harry Bosch, ud, men tjekker alligevel den sag, han er blevet optaget af. Daisy Clayton løb hjemmefra som femtenårig, hun blev misbruger og prostituerede sig, og hun blev brutalt myrdet i Hollywood. Morderen blev aldrig fundet, sagen blev henlagt, men nu … Ballard og Bosh slår krafterne sammen.“Grebet om intrigerne er sikkert, miljøerne tegnes skarpt, Sammenfletningen af romanens forskellige spor er effektiv og hører til forfatterskabets faste trumfer sammen med den grundige research og udførlige viden om politiarbejdets rutiner.” Berlingske"... jeg glæder mig allerede, for Connelly er nok noget af det ypperste, man i dag finder indenfor kriminallitteraturen. At han er årets modtager af Palle Rosenkrantz-Prisen, godt nok for hans forrige roman, er kun yderst velfortjent." Københavneravisen

In his fierce search for a new case, Detective Harry Bosch discovers a killer hiding behind suspicious DNA evidence -- and a political conspiracy that could destroy the Los Angeles Police Department. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? The latter possibility could compromise all of the lab's DNA cases currently in court. Then Bosch and his partner are called to a death scene fraught with internal politics. Councilman Irvin Irving's son jumped or was pushed from a window at the Chateau Marmont. Irving, Bosch's longtime nemesis, has demanded that Harry handle the investigation. Relentlessly pursuing both cases, Bosch makes two chilling discoveries: a killer operating unknown in the city for as many as three decades, and a political conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department.

Boston writer Michael Connolly captures the magic of American’s return to normalcy after World War II in this intimate portrait of a city and the baseball team it loves. Fenway 1946 celebrates the city and the team and the spirit of that wonderful 1946 season in Boston—a season, as usual the broke fans’ hearts—as America returned to return to peacetime pastimes. And none was more American than baseball. Along the way he brings out the stories and personalities that made that year so special in the Hub. From returning veterans like Ted Williams and young Congressman John F. Kennedy and thousands of others and their families who worried while they were in Europe or the Pacific, the 1946 Red Sox season was a celebration. It was catharsis. It was what made American great. Husbands and sons were coming home to the open arms of a grateful nation. This included five hundred major leaguers who fought in World War II. The homecoming of America’s best sparked a spirit of collective pride from coast to coast—and New England was not exempt. For the previous five years, America sat around its radio listening to war reports. Now they would gather in the parlors to enjoy baseball once again. Baseball had always been a thread that connected the country--a sport that linked generations. Opening Day 1946 was a tangible reminder that the country was at peace – back to the way things were. Nowhere was this more relevant than in Boston. From Scollay Square to South Boston to the North End, veterans in their uniforms, kids with bats over their shoulder and housewives were talking about the return of Ted Williams and a roster that was considered the best in the league. Expectations were high – as always, at Fenway Park. Fans somehow knew this would be their year. The 1946 Boston Red Sox finished first in the American League with a record of 104 wins and 50 losses. And they wouldn’t disappoint (until October). ***** * In January of 1946, Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, John Pesky and Bobby Doerr are released from the military and vow to come back as good as ever. * American and especially Boston are desperate for real baseball. In 1945, the Red Sox averaged only 7,814 fans a game at Fenway. In 1946, with Williams and the team back home, they played in front of over 33,000 in their last scrimmage game at Fenway Park before the season started. * Opening Day for the league was in Washington D. C. between the Senators and the Red Sox. President Harry Truman threw out the first pitch. Ted Williams went 6-12 in the series and was mobbed by Senator fans who rip his shirt off while he leaves the field. As he approached the dugout, Williams tossed his hat to a GI sitting in the lower box * The home Opening Day for the Red Sox at Fenway Park was an event for the ages. Before the game Marines re-enacted the flag-raising at Iowa Jima in center field. The first pitch was thrown out by Governor Tobin. Standing by his side was a local war hero, John Murdoch, who got a bigger ovation than Ted Williams. Murdoch was part of the team that saved boxing world champion Barney Ross, whose bravery at Guadalcanal was unparalleled. * Red Sox won an amazing 41 of their first 50 games. Ted Williams hits eleven home runs in just June. A spirit of euphoria overtakes Boston as the always hopeful fans pray for the Red Sox to break their 28-year curse. * All Star game is played at Fenway where Ted Williams and voted MVP after going 4 for 4 with 2 home runs including a grand slam. * In September, the Red Sox win a matinee game 1-0 in Cleveland on a Ted Williams inside the park home run. Later that day the Tigers lose giving Boston the pennant. Red Sox owner, Tom Yawkey throws a party in his hotel room. No one can find Ted Williams. Not telling anyone, Williams went to the local veterans’ hospital in Cleveland and spent the night with a dying veteran. * Red Sox clinch the pennant. In one year their win total improved by 33 games (71-83 in 1945 to 104-50 in 1946). America is returning to the ballpark. At Fenway alone attendance went from 603,794 in 1945 to 1,416,944 in 1946. * In the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals tie for the pennant. While Boston awaits the National League playoff to conclude, Tom Yawkey invites American League All Stars to come to Fenway Park and scrimmage his Red Sox to keep them sharp. Hall of Famers, DiMaggio, Greenberg and Appling all sacrifice the first week of their offseason in loyalty to the American League. DiMaggio forgets his uniform and has to wear a Red Sox uniform for the game. A game in which Williams is hit on the elbow with a pitch and never fully recovers in the World Series. * In anticipation of Game Seven of the World Series in St. Louis, newspapers across the country split the front page with previews of the big game and the expected execution that day of Herman Goering (he would avoid that by killing himself) and ten other high-ranking Nazi’s in Nuremberg, providing Americans further validation that the war was behind them. * President Harry Truman’s team beats the Red Sox in the penultimate game when Johnny Pesky holds the relay throw from the outfield allowing Enos Slaughter to score from first on a single.

Harry Bosch ei loikoile laakereillaan edes eläkkeellä. Hänen työpanostaan tarvitaan taas kipeästi, kun San Fernandossa murhataan apteekkari ja tämän poika. Johtolangat viittaavat lääkereseptejä laittomasti kierrättävälle pilleritehtaalle. Samaan aikaan kuolemantuomion kolmekymmentä vuotta aiemmin saanut murhaaja vakuuttaa syyttömyyttään ja vaatii korvauksia väärästä tuomiosta. Harryn vanhat kollegat LAPD:ssä tuntuvat tekevän kaikkensa liatakseen Harryn maineen ja vapauttaakseen kylmäverisen murhaajan. Tapaukset ratkaistakseen Harryn on toimittava tavoilla, joihin hän ei ole koskaan ennen turvautunut. Hyvin nopeasti Harry saa huomata, että totuudella on kaksi puolta: yksi totuus vapauttaa, toinen painaa seuraajansa pimeyteen.

Ofitser spetspodrazdelenija po borbe s narkotikami najden v nomere motelja mertvym, s zagadochnoj predsmertnoj zapiskoj v zadnem karmane. Uliki odnoznachno ukazyvajut na samoubijstvo, no detektiv politsii Los-Andzhelesa Garri Boskh ulikam ne verit. Rassleduja eto delo, on vspominaet o davnem pravile: nuzhno iskat ne fakty, a svjaz mezhdu nimi. Garri zavodit opasnye znakomstva v narkoseti i vskore vykhodit na sled: krovavaja chereda ubijstv tjanetsja ot Gollivudskogo bulvara do meksikanskoj granitsy. Garri Boskh silno riskuet, zatevaja smertelnuju igru, v kotoroj on mozhet stat sledujuschej i naibolee verojatnoj zhertvoj.

Harry Bosch arbetar deltid som volontärpolis i San Fernando där han utreder gamla olösta fall. En dag blir han kallad till ett apotek de två ägarna, far och son, har blivit mördade. Utredningen leder Harry och hans kolleger in i den smutsiga miljardindustri som missbruket av receptbelagda läkemedel har skapat. Samtidigt aktualiseras ett gammalt fall från hans tid vid Los Angeles-polisen: en dömd mördare hävdar att Bosch för många år sedan satte dit honom på falska grunder, och det verkar finnas indicier som stöder anklagelserna. Bosch försöker både lösa mordet och rentvå sitt namn, och inser att det finns två sorters sanning: den ena gör en fri, den andra begraver en i mörkret." Två sorters sanning är Connelly i gammal god stil." USA Today

Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD detective Ren e Ballard to solve the murder of a young girl in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Detective Ren e Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard can't let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of empathy and anger. She has never been the kind of cop who leaves the job behind at the end of her shift -- and she wants in. The murder, unsolved, was of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally killed, her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now Ballard joins forces with Bosch to find out what happened to Daisy, and to finally bring her killer to justice. Along the way, the two detectives forge a fragile trust, but this new partnership is put to the test when the case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn. Dark Sacred Night for the first time brings together these two powerhouse detectives in a riveting story that unfolds with furious momentum. And it shows once more why "there's no doubt Connelly is a master of crime fiction" (Associated Press).

A FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARA CrimeReads Best Crime Novel Notable selection Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Ren e Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him---new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael ConnellyBack when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, and his widow gives Bosch a murder book, one that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD twenty years before -- the unsolved killing of a troubled young man. Bosch takes the murder book to Detective Ren e Ballard and asks her to help him discover what about this crime lit Thompson's fire all those years ago. As she begins her inqueries -- while still working her own cases on the midnight shift -- Ballad finds aspects of the initial investigation that just don't add up. The bond between Bosch and Ballard tightens as they become a formidable investigation team. And they soon arrive at a disturbing question: Did Thompson steal the murder book to work the case in retirement, or to make sure it never got solved? Written with the intense pacing and masterful suspense that have made Michael Connelly "the hard-boiled fiction master of our time" (NPR), The Night Fire continues the unofficial partnership of two fierce detectives determined not to let the fire with burn out.

Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD Detective Ren e Ballard to face the unsolved murder of a runaway, and the fight to bring a killer to justice. Detective Ren e Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard can't let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of empathy and anger. She has never been the kind of cop who leaves the job behind at the end of her shift -- and she wants in. The murder, unsolved, was of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally killed, her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now Ballard joins forces with Bosch to find out what happened to Daisy, and to finally bring her killer to justice. Along the way, the two detectives forge a fragile trust, but this new partnership is put to the test when the case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn. Dark Sacred Night for the first time brings together these two powerhouse detectives in a riveting story that unfolds with furious momentum. And it shows once more why "there's no doubt Connelly is a master of crime fiction" (Associated Press).

From the #1 bestselling author of the Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer series and who "is the master of the universe in which he lives" (Huffington Post), comes the gripping novel that inspired the film starring Clint Eastwood. When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. But when Graciella tells him the way her sister, Gloria, was murdered, Terry realizes he has no choice. Now the man with the new heart vows to take down a predator without a soul. For Gloria's killer shatters every rule that McCaleb ever learned in his years with the Bureau-as McCaleb gets no more second chances at life...and just one shot at the truth. *Winner of the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re- International Category*Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel*Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel

In his fierce search for a new case, Detective Harry Bosch discovers a killer hiding behind suspicious DNA evidence -- and a political conspiracy that could destroy the Los Angeles Police Department. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? The latter possibility could compromise all of the lab's DNA cases currently in court. Then Bosch and his partner are called to a death scene fraught with internal politics. Councilman Irvin Irving's son jumped or was pushed from a window at the Chateau Marmont. Irving, Bosch's longtime nemesis, has demanded that Harry handle the investigation. Relentlessly pursuing both cases, Bosch makes two chilling discoveries: a killer operating unknown in the city for as many as three decades, and a political conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department.

Daisy Clayton’s killer was never caught. In over ten years, there has been no breakthrough in her murder case. Detective Renée Ballard has faced everything the LAPD’s notorious dusk-till-dawn graveyard shift has thrown at her. But, until tonight, she’d never met Harry Bosch – an ex-homicide detective consumed by this case. Soon, she too will become obsessed by the murder of Daisy Clayton. Because Ballard and Bosch both know: every murder tells a story. And Daisy’s case file reads like the first chapter in an untold tragedy that is still being written – one that could end with Ballard herself, if she cannot bring the truth to light….

Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD Detective Ren e Ballard to face the unsolved murder of a runaway, and the fight to bring a killer to justice. Detective Ren e Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard can't let him go through department records, but when he leaves, she looks into the case herself and feels a deep tug of empathy and anger. She has never been the kind of cop who leaves the job behind at the end of her shift -- and she wants in. The murder, unsolved, was of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally killed, her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now Ballard joins forces with Bosch to find out what happened to Daisy, and to finally bring her killer to justice. Along the way, the two detectives forge a fragile trust, but this new partnership is put to the test when the case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn. Dark Sacred Night for the first time brings together these two powerhouse detectives in a riveting story that unfolds with furious momentum. And it shows once more why "there's no doubt Connelly is a master of crime fiction" (Associated Press).

Harry Bosch har trukket sig tilbage efter 30 år i LAPD og begyndt som privatdetektiv. En døende og meget rig mand vil have ham til at finde ud af, om han for mange år siden fik et barn med en mexikansk pige … Så stor en arv kan blive farlig både for arvingen og ham selv under eftersøgningen. Bosch arbejder også gratis for sin gamle politiafdeling og er snart på sporet af en grusom serievoldtægtsmand.“Michael Connellys seneste er et nyt mesterstykke af en krimi. For nogle forfattere gælder det, at man ikke længere kan hitte på superlativer. Mr. Connelly har nået det punkt for længe siden.” writtenbysime.com

From the #1 bestselling author of the Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer series and who "is the master of the universe in which he lives" (Huffington Post), comes the gripping novel that inspired the film starring Clint Eastwood. When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. But when Graciella tells him the way her sister, Gloria, was murdered, Terry realizes he has no choice. Now the man with the new heart vows to take down a predator without a soul. For Gloria's killer shatters every rule that McCaleb ever learned in his years with the Bureau-as McCaleb gets no more second chances at life...and just one shot at the truth. *Winner of the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re- International Category*Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel*Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel

Exiled from the LAPD, Harry Bosch must clear his name, uncover a ring of prescription drug abuse, and outwit a clever killer before it's too late. Harry Bosch, exiled from the LAPD, is working cold cases for the San Fernando Police Department when all hands are called out to a local drugstore, where two pharmacists have been murdered in a robbery. Bosch and the tiny town's three-person detective squad sift through the clues, which lead into the dangerous, big-business world of prescription drug abuse. To get to the people at the top, Bosch must risk everything and go undercover in the shadowy world of organized pill mills. Meanwhile, an old case from Bosch's days with the LAPD comes back to haunt him when a long-imprisoned killer claims Harry framed him and seems to have new evidence to prove it. Bosch left the LAPD on bad terms, so his former colleagues are not keen on protecting his reputation. But if this conviction is overturned, every case Bosch ever worked will be called into question. As usual, he must fend for himself as he tries to clear his name and keep a clever killer in prison. Along the way, Bosch discovers that there are two kinds of truth: the kind that sets you free and the kind that leaves you buried in darkness. An NPR Best Book of 2017A Times Critics' Top Book of 2017 A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Mystery of 2017An Amazon Book of the Month

Etsivä Renee Ballard tekee töitä yövuorossa Hollywoodissa. Hän käynnistää rikostutkintoja mutta ei saa viedä niistä yhtäkään päätökseen, sillä aamuisin hänen kuuluu luovuttaa tapaukset päivävuorolaisille. Yövuoroon joutuminen on rangaistus siitä, että Ballard on syyttänyt työnohjaajaansa seksuaalisesta ahdistelusta. Ballard törmää kahteen tapaukseen, joiden uhreille hän haluaa itse hakea oikeutta. Toinen on henkitoreihinsa hakattu prostituoitu ja toinen nuori nainen, joka on saanut surmansa yökerhoammuskelussa. Sääntöjä ja työpariaan uhmaten Ballard ryhtyy selvittämään rikoksia ja joutuu kohtaamaan oman pimeän puolensa. Ei ole sattumaa, että hän ei koskaan anna periksi, vaikka kohtaisi työssä millaisia hankaluuksia tahansa. Yövuoro käynnistää uuden sarjan rikoskirjallisuuden supertaiturilta.

At the end of a long, dark night Detectives Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the very first time.* * * * *Detective Renee Ballard is working the graveyard shift again, and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find that an older man has snuck in and is rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is none other than legendary LAPD detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out, but eventually Bosch persuades her to help and she relents. Bosch is investigating the death of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway who was brutally murdered. He crossed paths with her devastated mother while working a previous case, and Daisy's story has seized hold of him. PRE-ORDER THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER CRIME THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER TODAY.* * * * *Critics agree, crime writing doesn't come better than Connelly:'One of the world's greatest crime writers' Daily Mail'A master of the genre' Stephen King'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian'A superb natural storyteller' Lee Child'Harry Bosch: one of the finest minds in crime fiction' Evening Standard'America's greatest living crime writer' Daily Express'A crime writing genius' Independent on Sunday