Dark Sacred Night: A Ballard and Bosch Novel
Autor Michael Connellyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 oct 2018
Considerăm că autoritatea lui Michael Connelly în genul polițist este incontestabilă, având în vedere experiența sa de peste trei decenii și cele peste 74 de milioane de exemplare vândute global. În Dark Sacred Night, autorul demonstrează o măiestrie tehnică rară prin orchestrarea primei întâlniri dintre veteranul Harry Bosch și noua stea a LAPD, Renée Ballard. Putem afirma că acest volum nu este doar un simplu roman polițist, ci o analiză procedurală riguroasă a modului în care obsesia pentru un caz nerezolvat — uciderea tinerei Daisy Clayton — poate uni două generații diferite de anchetatori. Merită menționat că structura narativă este construită pe contrastul dintre tura de noapte istovitoare a lui Ballard și tenacitatea de detectiv retras a lui Bosch. Dacă The Late Show v-a oferit cadrul teoretic și prezentarea personajului Ballard, această carte oferă instrumentele practice ale unei colaborări complexe, unde metodele vechi se ciocnesc cu birocrația modernă. În contextul operei sale, Dark Sacred Night face tranziția de la investigația solitară din Nightshade către o dinamică de echipă ce va fi explorată ulterior și în The Night Fire. Cititorul va învăța procesul meticulos de redeschidere a unui 'cold case', observând cum datele uitate de un deceniu capătă sens sub o nouă perspectivă. Ritmul este unul calculat, axat pe autenticitate, reflectând realitatea dură a sistemului juridic american.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1538714353
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 152 x 235 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
Seria A Ballard and Bosch Novel
De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută rigoare procedurală și o intrigă densă, lipsită de artificii inutile. Veți câștiga o înțelegere profundă a tehnicilor de investigație moderne și a psihologiei din spatele cazurilor nerezolvate. Este un titlu esențial pentru fanii seriilor Amazon Prime, oferind substanța literară care a stat la baza personajelor Ballard și Bosch. Un motiv concret pentru a o citi este dinamica fascinantă dintre experiența lui Bosch și determinarea lui Ballard.
Despre autor
Michael Connelly este un nume de referință în beletristica polițistă contemporană, fiind creatorul unor personaje emblematice precum Harry Bosch și avocatul Mickey Haller din seria The Lincoln Lawyer. Fost jurnalist de investigații, Connelly aduce în lucrările sale un nivel de realism și acces la detalii tehnice rar întâlnit. Debutul său, The Black Echo, a câștigat prestigiosul premiu Edgar în 1992, marcând începutul unei cariere în care a publicat peste 30 de romane traduse în 40 de limbi. A servit ca președinte al Mystery Writers of America, consolidându-și statutul de arhitect al thrillerului modern.
Descriere scurtă
Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin.
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Recenzii
"Spectacular...Dark Sacred Nightis ingenious, frantically suspenseful, and very, very, bleak."—Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post
"Michael Connelly is superhuman...His hallmark has been his precise, faultless plotting...Connelly has always been especially good when it comes to truly creepy killers-he was once a crime reporter-and his denouement here is thrilling."—Charles Finch, USA Today
"LAPD Det. Renée Ballard, first seen in 2017'sThe Late Show, makes a welcome return in this outstanding, complex police procedural...Bosch and Ballard, both outsiders with complicated pasts, form a perfect partnership in this high spot of Edgar-winner Connelly's long and distinguished career."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Det. Renée Ballard is a formidable character, an insightful and tenacious investigator with an unusual background and a sturdy personality to carry a series...Connelly has achieved success as one of the top mystery writers by continuing to keep his storytelling fresh. InThe Late Show, he delivers an exciting police procedural with a unique character."—Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Michael Connelly has earned his place in the pantheon of great crime fiction writers by creating characters people care about and are eager to come back to. InDark Sacred Night, he brings together two of his best...Here's hoping we don't have to wait long for another Ballard and Bosch novel."—Paul Saltzman, Chicago Sun-Times
"This one needs no introduction...Expect all the dark, brooding LA neo-noir you've come to appreciate from Connelly's superlative procedurals."—CrimeReads
"Superb...Once again, Connelly delivers an exciting police procedural, only this time with two unique characters."—Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Harry Bosch has had plenty of partners, but he might have met his match...Both face complicated challenges to their personal ethics, challenges born not out of greed or fear but of their burning desire to make things right. Through it all, they challenge each other. Ballard brings a fresh perspective, and Bosch brings all the things so many readers love about him."—Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times
"Of the myriad things Connelly does superbly as a crime writer, perhaps one of the least heralded is his ability to bring characters together from different series...A guaranteed chart-topper."—Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review)
PRAISE FORTHE LATE SHOW:
"Few writers can capture the gritty streets of L.A.--and the inner workings of the LAPD--like Connelly."—Entertainment Weekly
"The most intriguing mystery inThe Late Showis Ballard herself. Connelly is too skillful to hand us her resume in one document dump; instead, he fills out her portrait with a subtle hand over the course of the novel, a little background here, a glimpse of her temperament there, the revelation of her unusual living conditions sketched in between."—Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times
Descriere
A MURDER HE CAN'T FORGET.
A CASE ONLY SHE CAN SOLVE.
'OUTSTANDING' IAN RANKIN
Amazon Best 100 Books of The Year
Barnes & Noble Best Books of The Year
Top Ten Best Thrillers of the Year - Washington Post
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Daisy Clayton's killer was never caught. In over ten years, there has been no breakthrough in her murder case.
Detective Renée Ballard has faced everything the LAPD's notorious dusk-till-dawn graveyard shift has thrown at her. But, until tonight, she'd never met Harry Bosch - an ex-homicide detective consumed by this case.
Soon, she too will become obsessed by the murder of Daisy Clayton.
Because Ballard and Bosch both know: every murder tells a story. And Daisy's case file reads like the first chapter in an untold tragedy that is still being written - one that could end with Ballard herself, if she cannot bring the truth to light...
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CRIME DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN CONNELLY.
'One of the world's greatest crime writers' Daily Mail
'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' Guardian
'A terrific writer with pace, style and humanity to spare' The Times
'America's greatest living crime writer' Daily Express
'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' Ian Rankin
'A master' Stephen King
'A genius' Independent on Sunday
'A superb natural storyteller' Lee Child
'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction' Sunday Telegraph
'Justly regarded as one of the world's finest crime writers' Mail On Sunday
'No one writes a better modern thriller than Connelly' Evening Standard