Michael Connelly

LAPD detective Ren e Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to hunt the brutal killer who is Bosch's "white whale"--a man responsible for the murder of an entire family. Discover more thrilling Bosch mysteries in the original Freevee series Bosch: Legacy. A year has passed since LAPD detective Ren e Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. But after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her own ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving "the Late Show" to rebuild and lead the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him--the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free. Ballard makes Bosch an offer: come volunteer as an investigator in her new Open-Unsolved Unit, and he can pursue his "white whale" with the resources of the LAPD behind him. First priority for Ballard is to clear the unsolved rape and murder of a sixteen-year-old girl. The decades-old case is essential to the councilman who supported re-forming the unit, and who could shutter it again--the victim was his sister. When Ballard gets a "cold hit" connecting the killing to a similar crime, proving that a serial predator has been at work in the city for years, the political pressure has never been higher. To keep momentum going, she has to pull Bosch off his own investigation, the case that is the consummation of his lifelong mission. The two must put aside old resentments and new tensions to run to ground not one but two dangerous killers who have operated with brash impunity. In what may be his most gripping and profoundly moving book yet, Michael Connelly shows once again why he has been dubbed "one of the greatest crime writers of all time" (Ryan Steck, Crimereads).

The inspiration for Season 2 of the #1 Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer, in which defense attorney MIckey Haller takes on a murder case and fights to prove his client's innocence --but first he must follow a trail of black market evidence to its sinister end. Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too -- and he's certain he's on the right trail. Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in. Connelly proves again why he "may very well be the best novelist working in the United States today" (San Francisco Chronicle).

The brand new BallardBosch thriller from the worldwide #1 bestseller behind Amazon Prime's Bosch and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer

En mördare slår till på nyårsafton och Renée Ballard och Harry Bosch slår sig samman för att lösa fallet. Kaos råder i Hollywood under nedräkningen till tolvslaget. Renée Ballard har nattskiftet på LAPD och väntar ut det traditionsenliga kulregnet, då hundratals nyårsfirare riktar upp sina vapen mot himlen och trycker av. Bara minuter efter midnatt blir Ballard kallad till en brottsplats. En man har dödats av ett skott, mitt i en folksamling. Ballard förstår snabbt att kulan inte kan ha kommit från himlen, och att dådet tycks hänga ihop med ett annat olöst mord – ett fall som Harry Bosch en gång i tiden utredde. Samtidigt jagar Ballard ett gäng som kallar sig Midnattsmännen. De har brutalt våldtagit ett antal kvinnor utan att lämna några spår efter sig. Fast besluten att lösa båda fallen tar Ballard hjälp av Harry Bosch. Samtidigt som de två inspektörerna tillsammans försöker ta reda på hur trådar i nya och gamla fall korsar varandra, måste de ständigt se sig om över axeln. Gärningsmännen de jagar är beredda att döda för att skydda sina hemligheter.

Ett år har gått sedan Renée Ballard slutade på LAPD på grund av kvinnofientligheten, sedeslösheten och all byråkrati. Men när polischefen säger åt henne att hon kan bestämma sin egen arbetsbeskrivning tar Ballard tillbaka sin polisbricka och lämnar nattjobbet för att bygga upp en cold case-grupp. Harry Bosch har i flera år ägnat sig åt ett fall som gäckat honom – mordet på en hel familj som begicks av en psykopat som fortfarande är på fri fot. Ballard ger Bosch ett erbjudande: Om han jobbar som volontär tillsammans med henne och cold case-gruppen så kanske han kan få hjälp av LAPD i jakten på sin nemesis? För att ha en chans att fånga den farliga mördaren måste de två kollegorna lägga allt gammalt groll bakom sig och visa upp en enad front.

Dlja togo chtoby uspeshnyj advokat po ugolovnym delam Mikki Kholler reshil vystupit v sude po druguju storonu barrikady - a imenno v roli nezavisimogo obvinitelja, - nuzhno veskoe osnovanie. I da, ono imeetsja, potomu chto "suschestvujut vidy zla, kotorye sleduet iskorenjat ljuboj tsenoj". Vskore vyjdet na svobodu chelovek, pochti chetvert veka nazad osuzhdennyj za pokhischenie devochki. Ona byla ubita, odnako geneticheskaja ekspertiza ne ustanovila ego prichastnost k smerti rebenka. Zakljuchennyj podal grazhdanskij isk, trebuja mnogomillionnoj kompensatsii. Podnjata bolshaja shumikha. No Kholleru izvestna nekaja konfidentsialnaja informatsija. On pochti uveren, chto... Delo rassmatrivaetsja povtorno, odnako kazhdyj opytnyj jurist znaet, chto prisjazhnye pod vlijaniem, a poroj pod otkrovennym davleniem zaschity i obvinenija ne vsegda obektivny. Kholleru nuzhny te, kto budet igrat na ego storone, i on zaruchaetsja ikh podderzhkoj, - eto byvshaja zhena, pomoschnik okruzhnogo prokurora, po prozvischu Svirepaja Meggi, i svodnyj brat, detektiv Garri Boskh, kotoryj budet doznavatelem. Voobsche-to, na nego odna nadezhda. Lish blagodarja emu mozhno budet ustanovit, kem zhe javljaetsja obvinjaemyj: zhertvoj pravosudija ili zhestokim ubijtsej.

Rene Bellard mogla by sdelat otlichnuju kareru v Upravlenii politsii Los-Andzhelesa, no posle zhaloby na domogatelstva nachalnika ee soslali s glaz podalshe - teper ona rabotaet v nochnuju smenu Nu a "nochnoj seans" v Gollivudskom uchastke UPLA dlja detektiva ne predpolagaet nichego, krome tak nazyvaemogo poslednego shou: ty mozhesh nachat interesnoe delo, odnako dlja tebja vse zakanchivaetsja pervichnym raportom, kotoryj nautro uplyvet v ruki drugogo sotrudnika politsii. No odnazhdy nochju proiskhodjat dva sluchaja, kotorye zatragivajut professionalnoe ljubopytstvo Rene. Ona ni za chto ne zhelaet upuskat etot shans i v svobodnoe vremja beretsja za rassledovanie vopreki prikazam i prosbam svoego starshego naparnika, preduprezhdajuschego ee ob opasnosti. Chto zh, privlekat k sebe izlishnee vnimanie dejstvitelno ochen opasno. Eti nochnye ubijstva otlichaet nechto obschee - odna i ta zhe vyzyvajuschaja zhestokost...

Odinokij starik-milliarder ponimaet, chto dni ego sochteny. On mnogogo dobilsja v etoj zhizni i mog by umeret spokojno, no odno vospominanie, smeshannoe s chuvstvom sozhalenija, presleduet ego. Kogda-to on, kalifornijskij bogatyj junets, vstretil meksikanskuju devushku. Ona zaberemenela, no vskore ischezla. Rodilsja li u nee rebenok? I esli da, to chto s nim sluchilos? Otchajavshis uznat, est li u nego naslednik, umirajuschij magnat nanimaet detektiva Garri Boskha - edinstvennogo cheloveka, kotoromu on mozhet doverjat. Na kartu postavleno ogromnoe sostojanie, i Boskhu jasno, kakoj opasnosti podvergaetsja i on sam, i tot, kogo on ischet. I vot detektivu udaetsja naschupat sled... Eta istorija misticheskim obrazom pereklikaetsja s ego sobstvennym proshlym. Teper Boskh ne uspokoitsja, poka ne uznaet vsju pravdu...

Nakonets-to dela u advokata zaschity Mikki Khollera idut na lad! Posle dvukh let fatalnogo nevezenija on vozvraschaetsja v zal suda, chtoby zaschischat kinomagnata, obvinjaemogo v ubijstve svoej zheny i ee ljubovnika. Net khuda bez dobra, kak by tsinichno eto ni zvuchalo, - Kholler poluchil krupnoe, obeschajuschee gromkij uspekh delo "v nasledstvo" ot ubitogo kollegi, gollivudskogo advokata Dzherri Vinsenta. Obstojatelstva ego gibeli rassleduet opytnyj detektiv Garri Boskh, pri pervoj zhe vstreche preduprezhdajuschij ob opasnosti: Khollera tozhe zastavjat zamolchat navsegda i eto lish vopros vremeni. I poskolku sobytija razvorachivajutsja stremitelno, eti dvoe odinochek ponimajut, chto vykhod u nikh odin: rabotat vmeste...

Nakonets-to dela u advokata zaschity Mikki Khollera idut na lad! Posle dvukh let fatalnogo nevezenija on vozvraschaetsja v zal suda, chtoby zaschischat kinomagnata, obvinjaemogo v ubijstve svoej zheny i ee ljubovnika. Net khuda bez dobra, kak by tsinichno eto ni zvuchalo, - Kholler poluchil krupnoe, obeschajuschee gromkij uspekh delo "v nasledstvo" ot ubitogo kollegi, gollivudskogo advokata Dzherri Vinsenta. Obstojatelstva ego gibeli rassleduet opytnyj detektiv Garri Boskh, pri pervoj zhe vstreche preduprezhdajuschij ob opasnosti: Khollera tozhe zastavjat zamolchat navsegda i eto lish vopros vremeni. I poskolku sobytija razvorachivajutsja stremitelno, eti dvoe odinochek ponimajut, chto vykhod u nikh odin: rabotat vmeste...

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.

SOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET. Detective Renee Ballard is given the chance of a lifetime: revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is they must first crack the unsolved murder of the sister of the city councilman who is sponsoring the department - or lose everything... OTHERS YOU CAN'T FORGIVE. Harry Bosch is top of the list of investigators Ballard wants to recruit. The former homicide detective is a living legend - but for how long? Because Bosch has his own agenda: a crime that has haunted him for years - the murder of a whole family, buried out in the desert - which he vowed to close. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW WHO DID IT? With the killer still out there and evidence elusive - Bosch is on a collision course with a choice he hoped never to make...

Ballard og Bosch er tilbage! Der er gået et år, siden Renée Ballard skred fra politiet med al dets hadske bureaukrati. Politichefen lover hende frit valg mellem stillinger, hvis bare hun vil vende tilbage, og hun beslutter, at hun vil genoprette afdelingen for kolde sager under enheden for røveri og drab. Bosch har arbejdet på en gammel sag, der hjemsøger ham, i årevis. En psykopatisk morder, som dræbte en hel familie, er på fri fod, og den tanke ødelægger Bosch’ nattesøvn. Det er hans hvide hval. Ballard tilbyder Bosch en plads i sin nye afdeling som frivillig efterforsker, hvor han blandt andet kan arbejde med sin hvide hval. Men de må lægge gammelt nag bag sig for at få ram på en rå og ubarmhjertig morder.

LAPD detective Ren e Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch's white whale--a man responsible for the murder of an entire family. A year has passed since LAPD detective Ren e Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. Yet, after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving the Late Show to rebuild the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him but that he hasn't been able to crack--the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free. Ballard makes Bosch an offer: come work with her as a volunteer investigator in the new Open-Unsolved Unit, and he can pursue his white whale with the resources of the LAPD behind him. The two must put aside old resentments to work together again and close in on a dangerous killer. Propulsive and unstoppable, this new novel demonstrates once again why Connelly is the real deal (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review).

LAPD detective Ren e Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to hunt the brutal killer who is Bosch's "white whale"--a man responsible for the murder of an entire family. A year has passed since LAPD detective Ren e Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. But after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her own ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving "the Late Show" to rebuild and lead the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him--the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free. Ballard makes Bosch an offer: come volunteer as an investigator in her new Open-Unsolved Unit, and he can pursue his "white whale" with the resources of the LAPD behind him. First priority for Ballard is to clear the unsolved rape and murder of a sixteen-year-old girl. The decades-old case is essential to the councilman who supported re-forming the unit, and who could shutter it again--the victim was his sister. When Ballard gets a "cold hit" connecting the killing to a similar crime, proving that a serial predator has been at work in the city for years, the political pressure has never been higher. To keep momentum going, she has to pull Bosch off his own investigation, the case that is the consummation of his lifelong mission. The two must put aside old resentments and new tensions to run to ground not one but two dangerous killers who have operated with brash impunity. In what may be his most gripping and profoundly moving book yet, Michael Connelly shows once again why he has been dubbed "one of the greatest crime writers of all time" (Ryan Steck, Crimereads).