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The Waiting - Michael Connelly

The Waiting

By Michael Connelly

  • Release Date: 2024-10-15
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 2,424 Ratings

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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.

Renée 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 two decades ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father 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 ammunition to end her career as a detective. She works the burglary alone, but her mission draws her into unexpected danger. With no choice but to go outside the department for help, she knocks on the door of Harry Bosch.

At the same time, Ballard takes on a new volunteer to the cold case unit: Bosch’s daughter Maddie, now a patrol officer. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city’s library of lost souls—a case that may be the most iconic in the city’s history. Complex, satisfying, and full of dexterous twists, The Waiting demonstrates once more that “you can’t do better than Michael Connelly” (Forbes).

Reviews

  • The Waiting

    5
    By Flygirlnana
    Another great Renee Ballard story. I can’t wait for the TV Series!
  • One of Connelly’s best!

    5
    By k.l.l.
    I marvel at how he can weave so many mysteries and cases into one novel. You will love Ballard and her quick mind and enjoy getting to know Maddie in her new job. I love the twists and turns and never tire of my old friend Harry.
  • Always the best

    5
    By Mrunderhill12
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  • The Waiting

    5
    By suemac78587
    Exciting and also shows how politics can interfere with justice. Good that some people can rise above it while their leaders get lost in their political quagmire.
  • Great book

    1
    By Luft Waffe
    I loved this book, however, I wish there was more Harry Bosch in story. Might be a bit misleading to say it is a Renee/Harry book. But still great story!
  • The Waiting

    1
    By zoesampoochie
    Did not finish SICK of popular authors and their underlying political agendas
  • Excellent

    5
    By Avoiduntilfixed
    Excellent
  • The waiting

    5
    By Bibi Cakes1
    Very good book
  • The Waiting

    5
    By QXabby
    Great read. Connelly is a master
  • Tedious

    2
    By laserMD1
    Tedious and disjointed. My rule is to quit a book after 100 pages if not avidly turning them, but I struggled through. Quit 200 pages from the end. Too many characters, distant subplots, not cohesive.

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