Superb again

Another excellent book from the incomparable Michael Connelly. Renee is an instantly likeable character that has you with her & hooked from the start. This is made all the more enjoyable by Katherine and her wonderful performance !!

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well performaned

the teller was good story jumped around had to concentrate to understand what was happening

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Great story and narrator

loved it, narrator was great, don't be put off by other reviews. three words remaining

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connelly on brilliant form

A brilliant new character from Connelly, can't wait to hear more of Renee Ballard, or better yet see her meet up with Bosch and Haller. I was so enthralled I just sat and listened, instead of doing chores at the same time, so as not to miss a single precious word. Nice to see some familiar LAPD characters from earlier books, too. And the reader is perfect.

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Not one of his best

I do think that the narration of a book can make or break it, This narrator made me feel as if I was having a panic attack because she read at such a speed. The story was OK but it was whizzed through at pace and I felt that some of the tale was lost in the telling.
I will get the second book in the series as there is a different reader and the characters seem OK.

I have another gripe with the narrator who managed to mispronounce some words, and I am not talking about the American language, common words that either she emphasised wrongly or completely mispronounced.

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Brilliant writer.

I've always enjoyed Michael Connelly's character driven stories. Bosch is an absolute legend and now his new female detective is awesome. the story kept me hooked and will look forward to reading more of her battles.

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Hints of Bosch but not enough

As others have said, it took quite a while for the story to get going. I'm not sure of the research Connolly has done, but I never got the sense that he was comfortable with writing a woman as the lead.

All the pieces are there for a decent read, but none of the characters really made an impression on me.

I welcome the move away from Bosch, but the story here was a pretty mediocre effort to introduce a new character to focus on

I only gave three marks because any higher would be because I liked previous Connolly efforts.

I'll try one more of Ballard, in the hope the books develop into a more entertaining read.

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His best ever!

I read the next in this new series first, loved it, but this is so very good!. there's no Bosch in it. the central Character called Rene Ballard gives a story with discrimination agains women in the police, she has all of the moral high ground of Bosch and more. highly recomended for twists and turns in a brilliantly crafted storyline.

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Gripping!

If this was a paperback I would have said un-putdownable! I couldn’t stop listening. As usual Michael Connelly doesn’t disappoint.

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Great story, shame about the narrator

I enjoyed the new character, Renee Ballard, and hope Michael Connelly will produce more books with this feisty heroine. Sadly I was distracted some/much of the book due to the monotonal voice of the narrator, Katherine Moennig. She didn’t differentiate between voices or narrative, her strategy for differences seeming to be speed of reading. Otherwise the story was really pacy and exciting. Next one, please, Mr Connelly, but with the one change!

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