by Michael Connelly · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253249702
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«L'Étoile du désert» is the crime novel by Michael Connelly, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (480 pages, in French).
Detective Renée Ballard, who had left the LAPD because of bureaucracy and misogyny, returns to launch the cold case unit. She recruits Harry Bosch as a volunteer investigator, a man long obsessed with the killer of an entire family. Together they venture into the desert and into the secrets of the past to catch a criminal who remains at large.
Fifth novel in the Renée Ballard series; the original English title is 'Desert Star'. French translation by Robert Pépin.
For readers of crime fiction and fans of the Harry Bosch and Renée Ballard series.
Michael Joseph Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, including 10 with both those characters. Connelly is the bestselling author of 42 novels and one work of non-fiction, with over 74 million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into 40 languages. His first novel, The Black Echo, won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. In 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in the movie adaptation of Connelly's 1997 novel, Blood Work. In March 2011, the movie adaptation of Connelly's novel The Lincoln Lawyer starred Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. Connelly was the president of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004.
