Renée Ballard book 2 · 2018
Dark Sacred Night
Working the night shift, Renée Ballard finds Harry Bosch going through old files at Hollywood Division. He is looking into the murder of fifteen-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway killed nine years earlier, and the two detectives decide to work it together, on their own terms.
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Book facts
- Author
- Michael Connelly
- Series
- Renée Ballard, book 2 of 6
- Also part of
- Harry Bosch, book 22
- Published
- 2018
- Setting
- Set in Los Angeles
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Dark Sacred Night on screen
- Bosch (2014–2021, series, Prime Video). Titus Welliver plays LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch across seven seasons, each weaving together cases from several novels. Watch with Prime
Who is in Dark Sacred Night
5 recurring or key characters from Michael Connelly’s chart.
Lead 2
- Harry BoschLAPD homicide detective, later retiredFirst case with Ballard
- Renée BallardLAPD detective, later head of Open-UnsolvedMeets Bosch
Minor and cameo 3
- Maddie BoschBosch’s daughter
- Bella LourdesSan Fernando PD detective
- John JenkinsBallard’s night-shift partner
Also featuring these characters
Other Michael Connelly books that share the most characters with Dark Sacred Night.
- Two Kinds of Truth2017 · Harry Bosch · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Wrong Side of Goodbye2016 · Harry Bosch · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Desert Star2022 · Renée Ballard · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Waiting2024 · Renée Ballard · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon