Mickey Haller has been out of the practice of law, going through rehab due to an addiction to prescription pain killers. He is just thinking he might be ready to start again slowly when a colleague of his is killed and Haller is named to fill in his practice. Suddenly, Haller has 31 active cases and one is really big. A big-time movie producer has been accused of shooting his wife and her lover. Haller is thrown back in the limelight doing his best to defend his client and trying to figure out of the person who killed his colleague is also after him.
Micheal Connelly is one of my favorite writers. His protagonists are flawed heroes. Harry Bosch does appear in this book, but the spotlight is definitely on Haller. This was a good read, full of the complex issues that one expects in Connelly's novels. Of course, there is some old-fashioned smart-aleck commentary, not to mention sharp lawyering on Haller's part.
Rating - 4.5 stars
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