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The Late Show

Written by: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Katherine Moennig
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From New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD.

Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none, as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor.

But one night she catches two cases she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing of a young woman in a nightclub shooting. Ballard is determined not to give up at dawn. Against orders and her own partner's wishes, she works both cases by day while maintaining her shift by night. As the cases entwine, they pull her closer to her own demons and the reason she won't give up her job, no matter what the department throws at her.

©2017 Michael Connelly (P)2017 Hachette Audio

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Worth the Time and Money

#Audible1 After reading a dull, obviously hastily written, Harry Bosch novel a few years back, I stopped buying Connelly's books. Recently, I decided he had been punished enough and gave him another try with this audiobook. So glad I did! The Late Show was a gripping police procedural with well-defined characters. Sadly, the performance was just okay. I get that the reader kept to a "just the facts" dispassionate style of narration that a homicide detective might use but, ultimately, it became monotonous. Overall, definitely worth the money.

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Good story but absolutely the worst narrator ever

Good Michael Connelly story. I like Renee Ballard’s character, she’s pretty complex and I look forward to seeing how he develops her. Nice plot twist at the end.
But the narrator was terrible. It was a very flat delivery, which completely robbed the story of any excitement or emotion. Further, her enunciation and pronunciation were awful. You’d think an audiobook reader would be chosen based on their ability to read clearly and actually pronounce words correctly... but in this case you’d be wrong.
I’d recommend buying the book instead svdcreadjng it yourself, and choosing a different audiobook.

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  • 2018-11-23

Boring Narrator

This was disappointingly cookie cutter book with a narrator who sounded like she was reading a shopping list. It was really hard for me to get to the end of this book but I made it. Just a sigh that it was over.

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Worst Narrator Ever

This is an excellent book. I love Michael Connelly but to listen to this narrator is just plain painful. She adds nothing to this book. She has the most monotone delivery I have ever heard. She offers no difference between the narrative portions of the piece and the dialogue. She reads as if bored and she is not invested in the job at hand whatsoever. Every character is read as if they are of no consequence to the plot and the plot becomes lost in the narrators lack of enthusiasm. If I ever see this woman's name associated with any audio book - I will take a pass thanks. That was a brutal 9 hours and 23 minutes. I would have stopped after the first few minutes but I kept hoping it would get better. It didn't.

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Fantastic listen

Great suspense and wonderful twists. Just when you think you have it all figured out they change it.

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not one of my favorites

found it difficult to connect with the story. not sure if it was the narrator or the main character. i'm a big Connelly fan but his one was a bit difficult for me to follow.

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good book.

Liked the book a lot. Narrator was a little flat. Story was interesting and kept me entertained.

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Great New Character

Love the new character and voice.. really feels like I'm hearing Renee Ballard. Too bad not same voice in second Ballard novel.

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  • 2018-12-07

Great story.

I loved it. It was a riveting story. I hated for it to end. Recommend.

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Love Michael Connelly and now Renee Ballard!!

I’m a longtime fan of Michael Connelly and all his characters: Bosch, Haller, and now Ballard!! I have read and re-read all of them. Can’t begin to pick favourites - that’s like choosing a fave child. Each one is so well developed and different, yet all still carry the same “Connelly traits” that make them so enjoyable, never predictable.

The Late Show is the character Renee Ballard’s debut, and it doesn’t disappoint. Ballard is tough, smart, fiercely loyal to her beliefs and her family. She’s dogged, independent, and still knows when to play by the rules in order to get the job done.

I CAN NOT WAIT!!!! For Connelly’s next instalment, when Ballard and Bosch team up. Knowing these two characters as I do, I know it will be EPIC!!

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