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    <![CDATA[The Brass Verdict (Mickey Haller, #2) (Harry Bosch, #14)]]>
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    <![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Bringing together Michael Connelly's two most popular characters, &lt;ST1:PLACE w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;ST1:PLACENAME w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;<em>&lt;ST1:PLACE u1:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;ST1:PLACENAME u1:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;The Brass Verdict</em>&lt;/ST1:PLACENAME&gt;&lt;/ST1:PLACE&gt;<em>&lt;ST1:PLACETYPE w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;ST1:PLACETYPE u1:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;</em><em></em>is sure to be his biggest book yet. (2008)]]>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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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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