Michael Connelly

The Brass Verdict

Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his career. Then another lawyer, Vincent, dies, and Haller gets an unexpected windfall: he inherits all Vincent's clients - putting his stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent had taken on a high profile and potentially lucrative murder case. It'll be a trial that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight - and if Mickey can win against the odds, he'll really be back in the big leagues. The only problem is the detective handling the case - a certain Harry Bosch - is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent's clients. Suddenly Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to defend a client successfully who might just be planning to murder him.

Sarah Escorsa

This was such a tedious read! The story started off very slowly and by the time the pace finally picked up I was no longer interested. What's more, I felt no sympathy or interest for any of the characters and didn't care what might happen to them. A boring, uninteresting read.

Jeff Brown 

“I understand now why there wasn’t a Lincoln Lawyer sequel — this book was awful!”

Well, that was what I was going to write until the final two chapters. I was listening to this as an audiobook on a car trip after regaling to my wife how wonderful “The Lincoln Lawyer” was. I turned ”The Brass Verdict” off about halfway through to end my wife’s suffering.

The missing ingredient? Suspense. TLL not only had the suspense of the on-going trial, but the immediate, imminent threat of Haller’s death.

The suspense in the majority of this book? That Haller just got out of rehab and was given the 30 cases of a murdered lawyer — AND HOW WILL HE HANDLE IT??!?? ooooo.

When finally in the courtroom, there was a lengthy Law & Order 101 on Voir Dire and gun residue tests.

After some actual lawyering, drama finally arrives big time, and there’s a shocking ending. Enough for me to bump my rating from a 1 to a 2.5. Maybe it reads better, but can’t recommend anyone listening to 10 1/2 hours of this for a one-hour, very-good ending.

Francine Corry

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Fran Lewis

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, The Brass Verdict is sure to be his biggest book yet.

The Brass Verdict

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