The story follows Renée Ballard, a once-rising star in the LAPD who has been relegated to the "late show"—the grueling midnight shift in Hollywood—after filing a sexual harassment complaint against her superior, Lieutenant Robert Olivas.

: A fierce and dedicated detective who lives on the beach and is determined to prove herself despite the department's attempts to sideline her.

Sesión Nocturna is the first book in the Renée Ballard series. The character later goes on to team up with Connelly's long-running protagonist, , in subsequent novels such as Dark Sacred Night ( Noche Sagrada ) and The Night Fire ( Fuego Nocturno ).

: A woman is found brutally beaten and left for dead in a parking lot.

is the Spanish title for the crime novel The Late Show (2017) by Michael Connelly. It introduces a new protagonist, Renée Ballard , a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Plot Summary

: Ballard's "by-the-book" partner on the midnight shift.

: A young waitress is killed during a chaotic shooting at a club.