Michael Connelly The Waiting 2025 Orion 2025

Synopsis

<b>THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S <i>BALLARD</i> AND</b> <b><i>BOSCH</i></b> <br> <b><br> 'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. <i>The Waiting</i> is proof he is at the top of his game."</b><br> <b>MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of <i>SLOW HORSES</i></b><br> <br> ****<br> <br> <b>IN COLD CASES,</b><br> <b>IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU.</b><br> <b>IT'S THE WAITING.</b><br> <br> LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels.<br> <br> But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight...<br> <br> With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city's library of souls.<br> <br> Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others...<br> <br> <b>An electrifying and authoritative page-turner from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime's <i>Bosch</i> and Netflix's <i>The Lincoln Lawyer</i>.</b><br> <br> ****<br> <br> <b>CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:</b><br> <br> 'A superb natural storyteller'<br> <b>LEE CHILD</b><br> <br> 'A master of the genre'<br> <b>STEPHEN KING</b><br> <br> 'An incredible writer'<br> <b>RICHARD OSMAN</b><br> <br> 'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'<br> <b>IAN RANKIN</b><br> <br> 'Nobody writes a better modern thriller'<br> <b><i>EVENING STANDARD</i></b><br> <br> 'One of the world's greatest crime writers'<br> <b><i>DAILY MAIL</i></b>