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Mar 14, 2018
A great book for detective junkies like me. Connelly is as close to original noir (and quality writing) that I can find. I automatically sign up for any Connelly book that the library gets, but I was expecting another book in the Bosch series or the Lincoln lawyer series, or mixed. I was surprised by Renee Ballard, a driven and angry female detective. It is courageous move by Connelly to try to bring a female personality to life, and he does it well. The day-to-day for Ballard happens to be the current headlines about abuse of women, if nothing else of constant hits on her as an attractive woman. Don't think that Ballard can't handle the heat. The interesting parts are of her internal fight to keep herself moving forward, and to apply rules to a dangerous world. There are three crime stories going on at the same time, and also Ballard's fight with the PAB (the Police Administrative Bureau, or the Politics and Bullsh*t, take your pick). Looking forward to Ballard series #2.