I was very impressed with this book, for two reasons: it kept my interest (very important, especially as I read it in audiobook format, a hard one for me) and it didn't fail to keep me guessing.

Recovering (in more ways than one) from the events of The Lincoln Lawyer, defense attorney Mickey Haller discovers that he has unexpectedly "inherited" a colleague's entire practice. The "inheritance" is a just term, seeing as the practice's previous owner was gunned down in the parking structure adjacent to his office space. Among the various clients is a huge potential franchise--the case of Walter Elliot, the studio mogul accused of killing his wife and her supposed lover in cold blood.

As Mickey and his staff--case manager Lorna and new investigator Cisco--handle the windfall that has dropped into their laps, the Elliot case looms with a twist: the client wants there to be no delay in the process. NONE. Add this to the case of the dead lawyer, and Mickey finds he has to put up with an unexpected element in Det. Harry Bosch, who has his own unique methods of getting to the bottom of the lawyer's murder.

Combined with the twists and turns that the pair of cases make, it leads to some startling revelations about the dead lawyer, Mickey's troublesome franchise client, the justice system and ultimately Mickey himself.

I was impressed at the intricacy of plot that Connelly wove together, and even more impressed in how he could effortlessly drop a key character like Det. Bosch into Mickey Haller's world and make him seem as if he always belonged there. I have not read the Bosch novels, but this book makes me consider doing so greatly. I especially liked the unexpected endings Connelly used to both satisfy the reader after a complicated journey through the tale and give them a little of the "atta boy" readers want to believe Mickey felt at the conclusion.

I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy a well-executed plot and stellar characterization. It made me want to delve more into Mickey's world, and I am beginning yet another foray into that series.