Ironwood: A Catalina Novel by Michael Connelly

Paradise Has a Dark Side — The Explosive New Thriller from #1 Bestselling Author Michael Connelly

In Ironwood: A Catalina Novel, Michael Connelly returns to the sun-drenched shores of Catalina Island with the highly anticipated second book in his gripping new series.

Detective Sergeant Stilwell thought he’d found peace policing one of America’s most beautiful islands — twenty-two miles of ocean separating it from the chaos of Los Angeles. But when a routine nighttime drug bust at the Airport in the Sky goes catastrophically wrong — leaving a deputy dead and the suspects escaping by plane — Stilwell realizes the mainland’s evils have already arrived.

As he digs deeper, the case collides with a long-buried missing persons cold case, pulling him into a web of secrets, corruption, and deadly consequences. With time running out, Stilwell teams up with the one detective he trusts most: Renée Ballard, the relentless LAPD investigator from Connelly’s acclaimed series.

Packed with Connelly’s signature relentless pace, razor-sharp dialogue, and atmospheric tension, Ironwood delivers a page-turning procedural that proves no island is truly safe — and no one is above suspicion.