An Evening with Bestselling American Author Michael Connelly!

Join award-winning crime writer, Michael Connelly, the New York Times bestselling author of thirty nine previous novels which have sold more than eighty-five million copies worldwide and one of the most successful writers working today, as he launches , the sixth in his Renee Ballard/Harry Bosch series of novels. Connelly will be in conversation with Ann Fisher, longtime journalist and former host and executive producer of All Sides with Ann Fisher.

A ticket, which includes a copy of The Waiting, is $35 with tax.

COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN and BUCKEYE CRIME WRITERS are Gramercy’s Community Partners for this exclusive program.

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.

Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty years ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the city of angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles.

Meanwhile, Ballard’s badge, gun, and ID are stolen—a theft she can’t report without giving her enemies in the department ammunition to end her career as a detective. She works the burglary alone, but her mission draws her into unexpected danger. With no choice but to go outside the department for help, she knocks on the door of Harry Bosch.

At the same time, Ballard takes on a new volunteer to the cold case unit: Bosch’s daughter Maddie, now a patrol officer. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city’s library of lost souls—a case that may be the most iconic in the city’s history. Complex, satisfying, and full of dexterous twists, The Waiting demonstrates once more that “you can’t do better than Michael Connelly” (Forbes).

Michael Connelly is the author of thirty-nine previous novels, including New York Times bestsellers Resurrection Walk, Desert Star, and The Law of Innocence. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, and the Renée Ballard series, have sold more than eighty-five million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels. He is the executive producer of three television series: Bosch, Bosch: Legacy, and The Lincoln Lawyer. He spends his time in California and Florida.

Ann Fisher is the former host and executive producer of All Sides with Ann Fisher. She joined WOSU Public Media in 2009 after nearly 30 years in the newspaper business, covering politics, public affairs, culture, media, and business over the course of her career at The Grand Rapids Press, The Blade in Toledo, and Columbus Dispatch. She retired last year from WOSU. A native of Michigan, Ann earned a B.S. in journalism at Michigan State University and lives in Worthington with her husband, Jeff Martin.

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