Renée Ballard book 6 · 2024
The Waiting
Renée Ballard’s badge and gun are stolen from her car while she is out surfing, and she sets out to get them back without telling her superiors. At the same time her cold case unit is working a DNA lead on a long-unsolved series of crimes, and Maddie Bosch joins the team.
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Book facts
- Author
- Michael Connelly
- Series
- Renée Ballard, book 6 of 6
- Also part of
- Harry Bosch, book 26
- Published
- 2024
- Setting
- Set in Los Angeles
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in The Waiting
4 recurring or key characters from Michael Connelly’s chart.
Lead 1
- Renée BallardLAPD detective, later head of Open-Unsolved
Major 3
- Harry BoschLAPD homicide detective, later retired
- Maddie BoschBosch’s daughterNow an LAPD officer; works a case with Ballard
- Colleen HatterasVolunteer in Open-Unsolved
Also featuring these characters
Other Michael Connelly books that share the most characters with The Waiting.
- The Night Fire2019 · Renée Ballard · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dark Sacred Night2018 · Renée Ballard · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Dark Hours2021 · Renée Ballard · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Ironwood2026 · Catalina · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon