The Late ShowThe Late Show introduces a terrific female character: Detective Rene Ballard. This new star is a beauty. Ballard is complicated and driven enough to sustain the series Connelly doubtless has in mind for her. Connelly writes passionately about, and captures especially well here, the detective's high when the pieces of a puzzle fall into place. Janet Maslin, New York Times Los Angeles can be a dangerous city never more so than in the dead of night. Rene