Cometh the Hour….

Over the past few years it does seem that while Connelly (and his many fans) will always hold Harry Bosch close to  heart, there’s been something of a generational shift, making him almost a veteran supporting player – valued and vital to events and irascible as ever but perhaps more reactive than active. Renée Ballard has been slowly grabbing more and more of the spotlight in the novels. On television there’s a similar change. We will see the final season of the top-rated Bosch: Legacy on freevee (starring Titus Welliver) early in 2025 and a Ballard series (still technically untitled) starring Maggie Q debut later that year. For completists: The Lincoln Lawyer (with Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as legal wunderkind Mickey Haller) enters its third season later this month on Netflix. A proposed J. Edgar spin-off (featuring Jamie Hector reprising his role as Bosch’s ex-partner on an undercover mission in Miami) is now not going forward. Larry Andries (Blue Bloods) was due to write that show but is, ironically, currently facing serious off-screen felony charges of his own.