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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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What a great book and, hopefully, the first of a series of many involving DCI Matilda Darke and the fantastic cast of excellent supporting characters. Well written at a great and unrelenting pace, the story follows the investigation of a cold case and the, possible, link to a recent murder.

Review at <a href="https://readingstuffnthings.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/for-reasons-unknown-by-michael-wood.html">Reading Stuff 'n' Things</a>
  
A skeleton that Luanne found two years ago becomes part of a current case as Luanne and the sheriff's department start looking for a serial killer that preys on women. Not a serial killer book but a good procedural mystery with characters I enjoy and writing so vivid it puts you there.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-cold-water-corps-by-glynn.html">Carstairs Considers<a/>.
  
Dark Sacred Night
Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly | 2018 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
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8.0 (4 Ratings)
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I Sense the Beginning of a Beautiful Partnership
It all starts one night when Ballard catches Bosch breaking into the file cabinets in the Hollywood police station. While he claims he is feeling nostalgic for his old case files, she doesn’t believe him. Some investigating on her own leads Ballard to the conclusion that Bosch is working on a case involving a teen who was murdered and left in an alley dumpster over 10 years before and she gets herself involved in the case. Will the two of them solve this cold case together?

I knew this team up was coming, and I enjoyed it now that I finally got here. The main case was set up in the previous Bosch novel, and I enjoyed seeing the follow through. It kept me entertained, although I did feel like Ballard was a little stupid at the end. The book splits time between both characters, so we get to see what is going on in both of their individual lives. We also get some individual cases the two are solving, although again, Ballard’s seem to get a little short shifted. Still, I enjoyed this first team up and am looking forward to more.