: A woman is found brutally beaten and left for dead in a parking lot.
: Ballard's former supervisor and the man she accused of harassment, who remains a powerful obstacle in her career. Series Order Sesion Nocturna Michael Connelly epub
is the Spanish title for the crime novel The Late Show (2017) by Michael Connelly. It introduces a new protagonist, Renée Ballard , a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Plot Summary : A woman is found brutally beaten and
: A fierce and dedicated detective who lives on the beach and is determined to prove herself despite the department's attempts to sideline her. It introduces a new protagonist, Renée Ballard ,
The story follows Renée Ballard, a once-rising star in the LAPD who has been relegated to the "late show"—the grueling midnight shift in Hollywood—after filing a sexual harassment complaint against her superior, Lieutenant Robert Olivas.
Sesión Nocturna is the first book in the Renée Ballard series. The character later goes on to team up with Connelly's long-running protagonist, , in subsequent novels such as Dark Sacred Night ( Noche Sagrada ) and The Night Fire ( Fuego Nocturno ).
Defying orders and her partner's wishes, Ballard works both cases during the day while maintaining her regular night shift. As the two investigations begin to intertwine, she must confront her own past and put her career and life at risk to find justice.