At the end of a long night, Detectives Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch cross paths for the first time. The new blockbuster crime thriller from the #1 bestseller. A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. Yet, after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving "the Late Show" to rebuild the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division.