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A review by harperv28
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
4.0
This is Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch, book number four. It is the year 2020, and with the pandemic and lots of pushback to police behavior, many police are just phoning in their jobs, but Renee is still very dedicated to solving crimes. In this book, she is involved in two different cases.
The first is the murder of Javier Raffa on New Year's Eve. He used to be part of Las Palmas 13, but he bought his way out many years ago, so it doesn't really make sense that the gang would murder him all these years later. Renee, of course, wants to work the case as much as possible before she has to hand it over. In this case, she would turn it over to West Bureau, but luckily, they are very busy with another big case, so she can do a lot of the work. This is where Harry comes in because the gun used to kill Javier Raffa is tied to a cold case that Harry worked on, and the murder book is missing, so she contacts Harry to see what he remembers about the cold case.
While she is starting the investigation for that case, a third rape comes in by two men that Renee has dubbed the Midnight Men. It is unusual for rape to be a two-person crime, and these men also strike on holidays. Everyone is assigned a partner, even Renee, for New Year's Eve. Her partner for the night is Lisa Moore from the Hollywood Division Sexual Assault Unit. However, the rape case doesn't come in until after she is off, and she leaves town to be with her boyfriend and leaves Renee to do most of the work.
Renee gets some hatred from other cops who aren't currently doing their jobs due to the current political climate. She also gets herself into some tricky sitatutions with both cases.
The book leaves us with a bit of a cliffhanger, so it will be interesting to see how the next book starts off.
The first is the murder of Javier Raffa on New Year's Eve. He used to be part of Las Palmas 13, but he bought his way out many years ago, so it doesn't really make sense that the gang would murder him all these years later. Renee, of course, wants to work the case as much as possible before she has to hand it over. In this case, she would turn it over to West Bureau, but luckily, they are very busy with another big case, so she can do a lot of the work. This is where Harry comes in because the gun used to kill Javier Raffa is tied to a cold case that Harry worked on, and the murder book is missing, so she contacts Harry to see what he remembers about the cold case.
While she is starting the investigation for that case, a third rape comes in by two men that Renee has dubbed the Midnight Men. It is unusual for rape to be a two-person crime, and these men also strike on holidays. Everyone is assigned a partner, even Renee, for New Year's Eve. Her partner for the night is Lisa Moore from the Hollywood Division Sexual Assault Unit. However, the rape case doesn't come in until after she is off, and she leaves town to be with her boyfriend and leaves Renee to do most of the work.
Renee gets some hatred from other cops who aren't currently doing their jobs due to the current political climate. She also gets herself into some tricky sitatutions with both cases.
The book leaves us with a bit of a cliffhanger, so it will be interesting to see how the next book starts off.