#81 in Crime & mystery
The Dark Hours
- NYT bestseller · 6 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“The Dark Hours” is a police procedural of a high order, tightly plotted and easy to read. Connelly’s fourth novel with Renée Ballard keeps the Los Angeles detective at the centre, with Harry Bosch back as well. Some readers find its pandemic-era setting uncomfortably close, and there are those who feel the author’s politics intrude on the story. For readers who enjoy the mechanics of detection, this is the genre done properly.
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About the book
The Dark Hours is the 36th novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the 23rd novel featuring Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch. It is the fourth to feature Renee Ballard. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2021.
Reading order · Harry Bosch
Full order & progress →- The Black EchoStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - The Black Ice
7.77.7 / 10 - The Concrete Blonde
8.08.0 / 10 - The Last Coyote
8.08.0 / 10 - Trunk Music
7.97.9 / 10 - Angels Flight
7.97.9 / 10 - A Darkness More Than Night
7.77.7 / 10 - City of Bones
7.87.8 / 10 - Lost Light
7.97.9 / 10 - The Narrows
7.87.8 / 10 - The Closers
7.97.9 / 10 - Echo Park
7.97.9 / 10 - The Overlook
7.77.7 / 10 - Nine Dragons
7.77.7 / 10 - The Drop
7.97.9 / 10 - The Black Box
7.87.8 / 10 - The Burning Room
7.87.8 / 10 - The Crossing
8.08.0 / 10 - The Wrong Side of Goodbye
7.97.9 / 10 - Two Kinds of Truth
7.97.9 / 10 - Dark Sacred Night
7.97.9 / 10 - The Night Fire
8.08.0 / 10 - The Dark HoursThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Desert Star
7.97.9 / 10 - The waiting
7.77.7 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 99 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 99 | 100% |
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