{"product_id":"the-late-show","title":"The Late Show","description":"\u003cb\u003eCRIME NEVER SLEEPS.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF AMAZON'S BEST MYSTERY\/THRILLERS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e* * * * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetective Renée Ballard works 'The Late Show', the notorious graveyard shift at the LAPD.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's thankless work for a once-promising detective, keeping strange hours in a twilight world of crime.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Two shocking cases, hours apart: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspects.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ballard knows it is always darkest before dawn. But what she doesn't know - yet - is how deep her investigation will take her into the dark heart of her city, the police department and her own past...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Late Show\u003c\/i\u003e will keep you up all night: it's time to meet Detective Renée Ballard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * * * * *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'The new novel from America's greatest living crime writer is a gripping thrill ride that will entrance you and keep you reading until the small hours' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'It has been more than ten years since Connelly, one of the world's greatest crime writers, last launched a major new character. Superb storytelling - this cements Connelly's place at the very top of the crime-writing tree' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Classy and clever, with a tenacious heroine' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Connelly achieves an enormous amount in these pages: he creates a new character who immediately leaps into life; and controls a complex, fast-paced plot full of surprises' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eThe Late Show\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a terrific female character: Detective Renée Ballard. The pacing is breathless ... Ballard has astonishing resourcefulness and bravery - she is complicated and driven' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Although the usual Connelly fingerprints are in evidence here - the real achievement is the creation of his tenacious heroine, Ballard' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Ballard is significantly more than a Bosch replacement or clone - an absorbing character on her own terms. Connelly has created yet another potentially iconic tarnished knight of those perennially mean streets' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A characteristically complex tale of murder and police corruption' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e (Thriller of the Week)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'First there was Detective Harry Bosch, then Lincoln lawyer Mickey Haller, and now comes Renee Ballard, ace thriller writer Michael Connelly's first new protagonist in 10 years. A nail-bitingly exciting investigation featuring a finely realised new character from one of America's finest contemporary novelists' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Group, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54862308639063,"sku":"9781409147558","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/19586273482689.jpg?v=1788381711","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/the-late-show","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}