{"id":6483,"date":"2019-11-12T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gilbertsvillefreelibrary.org\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2019-11-12T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:00:01","slug":"the-night-firerenee-ballard-and-harry-bosch2-michael-connelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.gilbertsvillefreelibrary.org\/?p=6483","title":{"rendered":"The Night Fire(Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch:#2)\/Michael Connelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41zqZwXZ-WL._SL160_.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"120\" \/><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Renee Ballard works the midnight shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing few, as each morning she turns everything over to the daytime units. It&#8217;s a frustrating job for a once up-and-coming detective, but it&#8217;s no accident. She&#8217;s been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> But one night Ballard catches two assignments she doesn&#8217;t want to part with. First, a prostitute is brutally beaten and left for dead in a parking lot. All signs point to a crime of premeditation, not passion, by someone with big evil on his mind. Then she sees a young waitress breathe her last after being caught up in a nightclub shooting. Though dubbed a peripheral victim, the waitress buys Ballard a way in, and this time she is determined not to give up at dawn. Against orders and her partner&#8217;s wishes, she works both cases by day while maintaining her shift by night. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #111111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> As the investigations intertwine, Ballard is forced to face her own demons and confront a danger she could never have imagined. To find justice for these victims who can&#8217;t speak for themselves, she must put not only her career but her life on the line. <\/span><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renee Ballard works the midnight shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing few, as each morning she turns everything over to the daytime units. It&#8217;s a frustrating job for a once up-and-coming detective, but it&#8217;s no accident. She&#8217;s been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. 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