Michael Connelly

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department...

"Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. Criminal defense in Los Angeles has virtually dried up, and he has had to expand his business into foreclosure defense. But just when Mickey thinks criminal court is in his rearview mirror, one of his new clients is accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. For Mickey, it's back to what he does best. He puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, despite what seems...

"V zhizni Garri Boskha, detektiva polit︠s︡ii Los-Andzhelesa, nastupaet chernai︠a︡ polosa: ego dom razrushen zemletri︠a︡seniem, ot nego ukhodit li︠u︡bimai︠a︡ zhenshchina i... on vremenno otstranen ot raboty za rukoprikladstvo. Zato teperʹ u Garri poi︠a︡vilsi︠a︡ dosug, chtoby izuchitʹ starye materialy dela ob ubiĭstve, proizoshedshem v dalekom 1961 godu. Ėto lichno kasaetsi︠a︡ Boskha: zhertvoĭ byla ego matʹ, "devushka...

"It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories--a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar...