" She had played the part in an episode of a television show called Bosch, which Ballard knew was based on the exploits of a now-retired LAPD detective who had formerly worked at RHD and the Hollywood detective bureau. The production occasionally filmed at the station and had underwritten the division’s last Christmas party at the W Hotel. "

― Michael Connelly , The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)