{"id":972,"date":"2008-11-20T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T17:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=972"},"modified":"2008-11-20T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T17:28:04","slug":"the-brass-verdict-by-michael-connelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/brass-verdict.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-973\" title=\"brass-verdict\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/brass-verdict.gif\" alt=\"brass-verdict\" width=\"61\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">\u201c<em>Back when I was riding patrol you know that they called a killing that came down to simple street justice?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\"><em>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\"><em>\u201cThe brass verdict\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">Mickey Haller, of\u00a0<strong>The Lincoln Lawyer<\/strong>, is back in the attorney\u2019s saddle again. He is , however, still running his law office out of his fleet of Lincolns. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">When high-powered <span>\u00a0<\/span>attorney Jerry Vincent is murdered, Mickey inherits all of his cases. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">The most prominent case involves defending Walter Elliot, a movie\u00a0mogul who is accused of killing his wife and her lover. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">Early on, Mickey suspects the information he is given is not to be trusted. &#8220;Everybody lies&#8221;&#8230;he tells himself. As he begins his own investigation,\u00a0<span>\u00a0he finds himself <\/span>forced to team up with the legendary Harry Bosch. Like oil and water, they overcome their differences and t<\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">ogether they work to unravel the puzzle before them. Along the way, they make some <\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;\">interesting and life-changing discoveries.\u00a0 Connelly&#8217;s latest proves him to be a master at his craft.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u201cBack when I was riding patrol you know that they called a killing that came down to simple street justice?\u201d \u201cWhat?\u201d \u201cThe brass verdict\u201d \u00a0 Mickey Haller, of\u00a0The Lincoln Lawyer, is back in the attorney\u2019s saddle again. He is , however, still running his law office out of his fleet of Lincolns. 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