One-time hotshot lawyer Mickey Haller tries to come back from an addiction problem when he inherits a slain friend's clients, including a big-time movie producer about to go on trial for double murder, in Michael Connelly's brisk legal thriller The Brass Verdict.
I find Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series, about a tarnished cop with his own code of ethics and a weighted past, to be one of the finest contemporary mystery series out there (with Walter Mosely's Easy Rawlins a close second). I have not read Connelly's off-series novels as closely, but picked this one up as Bosch has a supporting role.
Connelly writes in a clipped style that gives away his background in journalism, but writes fully-rounded characters. I enjoyed this outing, even though Bosch had a tertiary part, and read it at a good clip. I will probably seek out the other novel featuring Haller, The Lincoln Lawyer.
Connelly is one of my favorite mystery writers, and I think this is a solid read from him.
I checked this out from the Farmland Public Library in Farmland, Indiana.
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