The Waiting

LAPD Detective Renee Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry''s daughter. Renee Ballard and the LAPD''s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty years ago. The arrested man is only twenty-three, so the genetic link must be familial. It is his father who was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the city of angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles. Meanwhile, Ballard''s badge, gun, and ID are stolen-a theft she can''t report without giving her enemies in the department the ammunition they need to end her career as a detective. She works the burglary alone, but her solo mission leads her into greater danger than she anticipates. She has no choice but to go outside the department for help, and that leads her to the door of Harry Bosch. Finally, Ballard takes on a new volunteer to the cold case unit. Bosch''s daughter Maddie wants to supplement her work as a patrol officer on the night beat by investigating cases with Ballard. But Renee soon learns that Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city''s library of lost souls. CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: ''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'' IAN RANKIN ''The best mystery writer in the world'' GQ ''A superb natural storyteller'' LEE CHILD ''A master'' STEPHEN KING ''America''s greatest living crime writer'' DAILY EXPRESS ''One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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Michael Connelly

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The master of modern crime fiction will delight fans and new readers alike with a gripping plot, unforgettable characters, topical themes, and big moral questions of truth and justice. There is, quite simply, no better writer of crime-thrillers in the world right now.

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'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game."
MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES

IN COLD CASES,
IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU.
IT'S THE WAITING.

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels.

But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight...

With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city's library of souls.

Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others...

An electrifying and authoritative page-turner from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime's Bosch and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer.

CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:

'A superb natural storyteller'
LEE CHILD

'A master of the genre'
STEPHEN KING

'An incredible writer'
RICHARD OSMAN

'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'
IAN RANKIN

'Nobody writes a better modern thriller'
EVENING STANDARD

'One of the world's greatest crime writers'
DAILY MAIL