The Late Show

DETECTIVE RENÉE BALLARD WORKS ‘THE LATE SHOW the notorious graveyard shift at the LAPD. It’s thankless work for a once-promising detective, keeping strange hours in a twilight world of crime.

Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet.

Two shocking cases, hours apart: a brutal assault and a multiple murder with no suspects.

Ballard knows it is always darkest before dawn. But what she doesn’t know – yet – is how deep her investigation will take her into the dark heart of her city, her police department and her own past…