At the end of a long, dark night Detectives Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the very first time. * * * * Detective Renée Ballard is working the graveyard shift again, and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find that an older man has snuck in and is rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is none other than legendary LAPD detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out, but eventually Bosch persuades her to help and she relents. Bosch is investigating the death of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway who was brutally murdered. He crossed paths with her devastated mother while working a previous case, and Daisy's story has seized hold of him. PRE-ORDER THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER CRIME THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER TODAY. * * * * Critics agree, crime writing doesn't come better than Connelly: 'One of the world's greatest crime writers' Daily Mail 'A master of the genre' Stephen King 'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian 'A superb natural storyteller' Lee Child 'Harry Bosch: one of the finest minds in crime fiction' Evening Standard 'America's greatest living crime writer' Daily Express 'A crime writing genius' Independent on Sunday