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  <title><![CDATA[The Brass Verdict (Mickey Haller, #2) (Harry Bosch, #14)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next.

Enter Harry Bosch. Determined to find Vincent's killer, he is not opposed to using Haller as bait. But as danger mounts and the stakes rise, these two loners realize their only choice is to work together.

Bringing together Michael Connelly's two most popular characters, &lt;I&gt;The Brass Verdict&lt;/I&gt; is sure to be his biggest book yet.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">14</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">10</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Brass Verdict (Mickey Haller, #2) (Harry Bosch, #14)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael Connelly]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lawyer Mickey Haller is back and this time he gets to share the spotlight with Connolly's L.A. Detective Harry Bosch.<br/><br/>It's been over a year since the events of &quot;The Lincoln Lawyer&quot; and Haller is looking to get back into the world of lawyering.  He gets to do so in a big way, whe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38601917">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38179787">
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 19 17:55:08 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 23 05:16:52 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Connelly has some of the best quotes in his books.<br/>&quot;There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.&quot;  A quote from Mickey Haller when discussing his prior addiction to OxyContin.<br/><br/>This was a fantastic read!  Mickey Haller is taking a break from the law.  Aft...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38179787">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65192716">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Any mystery fans, Michael Connelly fans, courtroom mystery fans.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Love the author.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 27 17:35:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 27 17:35:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mickey Hatcher is back after being wounded. He's summoned to the judge's office where he learns that his friend and courtroom advesary, Jerry Vincent has been murdered.<br/>Hatcher is to take over his cases and the most notorious is that of Walter Elliot, on trial for killing his wife and her lover...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65192716">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42517621">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 09 17:51:12 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 14 14:59:05 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Harry Bosch, and I hated how he was portrayed in this book.  He was a side character in this one, so I didn't expect to like it as well, but I kept getting bored.  Kind of meh, but I love Connelly, so I'll give it a pass.<br/><br/>Lori Anderson<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lorianderson.net">Lori Anderson:The Store</a> <br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lorianderson.blogspot.com">Lori ...</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42517621">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31398473">
    <user id="1446530">
    <name><![CDATA[Paula]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Legal thriller fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 27 21:58:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 27 21:59:00 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Lincoln Lawyer" title="The Lincoln Lawyer">The Lincoln Lawyer</a>, this second book featuring attorney Mickey Haller delves into the often amusing and usually unsavory realities of defending accused criminals.  Even though Haller's been struggling with a painkiller addiction he's still a barrel of laughs compared to police detective Harry B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31398473">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35854027">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 21 10:00:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 02 17:12:47 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Michael Connelly's books are the best and it's so exciting when a new one comes out.  In this book he brings back Mickey Haller from another of his tomes (The Lincoln Lawyer) and the other protagonist is the infamous Harry Bosch - my favorite.  I couldn't put this book down and the circuitous paths ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35854027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26063346">
    <user id="137524">
    <name><![CDATA[Linda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 01 17:48:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 01 17:54:29 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite genres is Detective-in-Recovery (or Detective Dealing with Some Other Personal Demon)-- and Michael Connelly delivers a double in this one. Mickey, the attorney from THE LINCOLN LAWYER, and Harry Bosch star, but it's really Mickey who has the lead. Out of recovery and about to ste...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26063346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40121941">
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    <name><![CDATA[Wyma]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 14 21:15:15 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 20 17:02:02 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Connelly's such a good writer that it's hard to fault him. The Lincoln Lawyer however seems a bit gimmicky and the courtroom explanations go on too long.  I realize that I'd probably give anyone else 4 stars for this book because it is fast paced, a good mystery w/ logical misdirection, and a plausi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40121941">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48500416">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 07 07:40:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 07 08:05:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Most of Michael Connelly's books feature detective Harry Bosch and although Bosch has a minor (but ultimately important role) in this story, center stage is given to defense attorney Mickey Haller. Understand, Haller's been out of the legal arena for about a year when the story starts, but he's quic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48500416">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47468982">
    <user id="597660">
    <name><![CDATA[Nena]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 25 05:01:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 25 05:08:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In a pickle, take the nickel. -- This is the best Michael Connelly book ever!  The blending of Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch was done extremely well and very poignantly.  I was impressed with this entire book.  Two murder mysteries simultaneously being dealt with and the addition of a surprise chara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47468982">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42253584">
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    <name><![CDATA[LJ]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 07 13:54:41 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 07 13:56:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[THE BRASS VERDICT (Legal Thriller-Michael Haller-Los Angeles-Cont) - Ex<br/>Connelly, Michael – 2nd in series<br/>Little, Brown and Company, 2009, US Hardcover – ISBN;  0316166294<br/><br/>First Sentence:  Everybody lies.<br/><br/>Michael Heller had decided to return to practice but not at...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42253584">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41879445">
    <user id="1291703">
    <name><![CDATA[Kathleen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 15:18:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 04 15:18:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Brass Verdict, by Michael Connelly, A.  Narrated by Peter Giles, produced by Hachette Audio, downloaded from audible.com.<br/><br/>Well here’s the case where Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller finally meet each other.  Haller is a defense attorney who has taken time off because he had to go throu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41879445">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76996795">
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    <name><![CDATA[Morris]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 07 06:51:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 07 06:55:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[From the Publisher:<br/><br/>Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76996795">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75734866">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bonnie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 25 20:45:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 25 20:45:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Didn't mean to read this book. Had to give tours at the new Riverton hospital all day with lulls easily of 15 minutes or more and one of the few times I didn't have a book on me, so I ran to the gift shop, and with my choice of Danielle Steele and Nora Roberts books, Michael Connelly was a dead ring...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75734866">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75418562">
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    <name><![CDATA[Gerald]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 22 16:04:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 22 16:29:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brass Verdict is a nearly perfect book. It's a first-person court procedural, told by defense attorney Mickey Haller, main character of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4091519.A_Welcome_Grave_Lincoln_Perry_" title="A Welcome Grave (Lincoln Perry) by Michael Koryta">Lincoln Lawyer</a>. Harry Bosch is in there, too, in the third person. Fascinating switch.<br/><br/>The plotting is razor-sharp, all the setups there for the twist-tw...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75418562">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Let me start by admitting that I am a sucker for Michael Connelly novels.  The guy tells stories that I like to hear.<br/><br/>In this case, the story is about L.A. lawyer Mickey Haller, a sometimes successful/sometimes down-and-out defender-for-hire with a lot of talent and a shriveled conscience...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63904664">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 11 16:34:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Michael Connelly is a fine mystery writer with compelling characters, literate writing, and engrossing plots.  This one - in which Mickey Haller, recovering from an Oxycontin addition after a gunshot wound, suddenly inherits all the cases belonging to his murdered colleague, Jerry Vincent - is a win...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59328975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After two years recuperating from a gunshot wound and subsequent addiction to pain pills, defense attorney Mickey Haller thinks he’s ready for work, although he intends to take things slow and easy. When his colleague Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller, as Vincent’s surrogate, inherits his active...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54696351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having just finished Connelly's The Lincoln Lawyer a month ago, I was eager to read this next book featuring defense attorney, Mickey Haller. As if another Haller book wasn't enough of a gift to his readers, the author further rewards us by injecting Harry Bosch into the mix. Be still my heart!!! Ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53179448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Michael Connelly’s “The Brass Verdict” is a well-written, taunt, suspenseful read.  Defense attorney, Michael “Mickey” Haller inherits his murdered friend’s high profile law firm.  This no doubt comes with a high price complete with the case of the decade involving a Hollywood producer a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47630184">more...</a>]]></body>
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