#32 The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly, Titus Welliver (Narrator), Christine Lakin (Narrator)

 

Renee catches the first case of the year of a murder disguised as an accidental shooting of a gun fired as the midnight struck on the NYE.  She drags her feet a bit getting info the the dayshift since they are working several horrific rape cases.  When the casing from the shooting matches an old open case of Bosch’s and the file is missing, she reaches out to him and working off the books together they solve the murder.  Ballard is also helping out with the rape cases task force on dayshift, and she solves that one as well.  She catches flack for how she did things and it will be interesting to see how it comes up in the next book. 

#33 Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines

Every wonder what happens to all the Chosen Ones/Scooby Gang when they grow old? Well now you can find out.  A used bookstore built into a very old house that has been in Temple’s family for generations and infused with all of the previous generations magics.  Temple is a very old sorcerer living with two roommates; Jenny and Annette. Jenny is a former Hunter of Artemes, she was taught at a young age to hunt all monsters but now she heals them in the kitchen and works in the bookstore.  Annete is a half succubus retired PI that is working on repairing her relationship with her son and keeping her two grandchildren in her life.  When a young man shows up in the store the morning after an attack on one of the friendly local monsters everyone goes on alert that he is the one attacking them.   The POV rotates between the three and each of them have regrets about their lives. The story uses a lot of urban fantasy mythos and is a fun read.  I’m really hoping there will be more to read about in the future.

 

 

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