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After a period of setbacks, defense lawyer Mickey Haller returns to the courtroom to take on a high‑profile case: defending Walter Elliott, a studio executive charged with murdering his wife and her lover. The case is complicated by the looming threat that Vincent’s killer may target Haller next. Detective Harry Bosch, determined to solve the murder of Jerry Vincent, is willing to use Haller as bait. As both men confront escalating danger and competing stakes, they realize that cooperation is their only chance to survive and succeed.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller
Authors: Michael Connelly
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