His books are rich in the details and meanings of seismic events that have formed the rough contours of LA law and order.” “Taken together, Connelly’s novels form an indispensable, compelling chronicle of LA. Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review But Connelly is himself a master manipulator, and there’s always something deadly serious behind his entertaining courtroom high jinks.” “Mickey Haller is the kind of slick, cynical showman who can’t resist making high drama out of every routine legal procedure. “Confession: I’m addicted to the crime fiction of Michael Connelly, with a bullet next to the page-turners featuring attorney Mickey Haller, defender of desperate scumbags and the occasional lost cause.” “There is no better news than a new book from the great Michael Connelly." Haller is the creation of legendary crime author, Michael Connelly, and has his own wildly popular series under his better known moniker, The Lincoln Lawyer." "A tightly crafted thriller, with some nice crossover flair to boot. He does all that here, too, but the extended focus on the pretrial discovery process, with Bosch and investigator Cisco Wojciechowski doing the legwork while Haller sits in jail, gives the novel a double-barreled appeal.” "A fine legal thriller and a revealing character study… Connelly has always displayed great ability to write courtroom scenes, combining thrust-and-parry exchanges between defense and prosecution with a look at the personal motives driving all the players.
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