A few books back, Detective Harry Bosch and defense attorney Mickey Haller learned they were half brothers. In Michael Connelly's latest, the two join forces to re-secure the conviction of a man who murdered a young girl some 25 years earlier.
Tests on the child's clothing have shown that the DNA did not come from Jason Jessup, the man convicted of her murder. The court has released him pending a retrial, and the District Attorney has asked Mickey Haller to serve as a special prosecutor. Haller agrees, upon the condition that he can pick his own team. He chooses his ex-wife, Maggie McPherson as his second chair, and Bosch as his investigator.
Jessup is a total creep, and the three know he's guilty. But he's managed to get public sentiment on his side, and there is strong support for letting him go. Bosch has the police department follow Jessup to make see what he's up to, and the case turns personal when he shows up outside of Bosch's house, with the detective's teenaged daughter inside.
Haller, Bosch, and "Maggie McFierce" make a great team, and it was fun to see them work on the same side of the courtroom. As always, Connelly's plotting and pacing are superb.
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