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Six months ago, Harry Bosch left the LAPD before they could fire him, and then hired maverick Defense Attorney Mickey Haller to sue the department for forcing him out. Although it wasn't the way he wanted to go, Harry has to admit that being out of the game has its benefits. Until Mickey asks him to help on one of his cases, and suddenly Harry is back where he belongs, right in the centre of a particularly puzzling murder mystery. The difference is, this time Harry is working for the defense, aiming to prevent the accused, Da'Quan Foster, from being convicted. And not only does the prosecution seem to have a cast-iron case, but having crossed over to 'the dark side' as his former colleagues would put it, Harry is in danger of betraying the very principles he's lived by his whole career.

L'avocat Mickey Haller est au plus bas. Il a échoué à l’élection au poste de procureur, son ex s'est éloignée de lui, sa fille ne lui parle plus si ce n’est pour lui faire des reproches. Un jour, il

Sono tempi duri per Mickey Haller. La crisi picchia sodo e, nonostante i crimini non siano diminuiti, pare che nessuno, nemmeno i delinquenti piu incalliti, possa piu permettersi un avvocato.E cosi, per far quadrare il bilancio, non gli resta che imboccare unaltra strada in un settore che purtroppo, sempre a causa della crisi, ha avuto una vera e propria esplosione, quello dei pignoramenti delle abitazioni. Sembra che la gente, infatti, oltre a non avere i soldi per pagare un avvocato, non abbia neanche quelli per restituire le rate del mutuo contratto con le banche per lacquisto della casa.Quello di Lisa Trammel e il primo caso di cui Mickey Haller si occupa e anche se finora e riuscito a evitare che la banca le sequestri la casa, lo stress e la sensazione di aver subito uningiustizia lhanno profondamente segnata. Comunque Lisa non e una donna facile. Combattiva, ficcanaso, e stata persino diffidata dallavvicinarsi allistituto di credito che minaccia di lasciarla senza un tetto sopra la testa.Le cose si complicano, e di molto, quando viene accusata di aver ucciso Mitchell Bondurant, il dirigente che segue la sua pratica.Per Mickey significa tornare a quello che ha sempre fatto, cioe occuparsi di diritto penale, ma se pensava che difendere Lisa fosse una passeggiata, si sbagliava di grosso.Non solo scoprira delle verita sconvolgenti sulla sua cliente, ma, al momento del verdetto, prendera delle decisioni che capovolgeranno radicalmente la sua vita.

Dans la chambre de motel où l’officier des Narcotics, Cal Moore, est retrouvé mort, l’inspecteur du LAPD Harry Bosch se fait éconduire par sa hiérarchie : l’homme s’est suicidé, affaire classée. Mais

There is no client as scary as an innocent man. From the bestselling author of THE GODS OF GUILT.Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defence attorney who operates out of the back of his car, a Lincoln, taking whatever cases the system throws in his path. He''s been in the business a long time, and he knows just how to work it. When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested for brutally beating a woman, Haller has his first high-paying client in years. The evidence mounts on the defence''s side, and Haller might even be in the rare position of defending a client who is actually innocent.But then the case starts to fall apart, neither the suspect nor the victim are quite who they seem - and Haller quickly discovers that when you swim with the sharks, it''s easy to wind up as prey.

A superb novel featuring both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch from the No. 1 bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and THE GODS OF GUILT.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.

When LAPD detective Harry Bosch shot and killed Norman Church - the ''Dollmaker'' - the police were convinced it marked the end of the search for one of the city''s most bizarre serial killers.But four years later, Norman Church''s widow is taking Bosch to court, accusing him of killing the wrong man. To make matters worse, Bosch has just received a note, eerily reminiscent of the ones the Dollmaker used to taunt him with, giving him a location where a body can be found.Is the Dollmaker still alive? Or is this the work of a vicious copycat killer, determined to repeat the Dollmaker''s grisly feats and destroy Bosch''s career in the process?

He''s back... Private investigator Harry Bosch confronts a villain who''s long been in hiding - a fiend known as The Poet.Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she''s been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her.Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and a new father. He gets a call, too, from the widow of a friend who died recently. Previously in his FBI career, the friend worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet. This fact alone makes some of the elements of his death doubly suspicious.And Harry Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered...

Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But his first case is a little more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal. A rekindled romance with an old girlfriend opens new perspectives on the murder, and he begins to glimpse a shocking triangle of corruption and collusion. Yanked off the case, Harry himself is soon the one being investigated. But only a bullet can stop Harry when he's searching for the truth . .

Only Harry Bosch can uncover LA's darkest secrets in this new gripping thriller from global bestseller Michael Connelly. 'What do you want me to do?' Bosch asked again. 'I want you to find someone for me,' Vance said. 'Someone who might not have ever existed.' Harry Bosch is working as a part-time detective in the town of San Fernando outside of Los Angeles, when he gets the invitation to meet with the ageing aviation billionaire Whitney Vance. When he was eighteen Vance had a relationship with a Mexican girl called Vibiana Duarte, but soon after becoming pregnant she disappeared. Now, as he reaches the end of his life, Vance wants to know what happened to Vibiana and whether there is an heir to his vast fortune. And Bosch is the only person he trusts to undertake the assignment. Harry's aware that with such sums of money involved, this could be a dangerous undertaking - not just for himself, but for the person he's looking for - but as he begins to uncover Vibiana's tragic story, and finds uncanny links to his own past, he knows he cannot rest until he finds the truth

DARK SACRED NIGHT: A BOSCH AND BALLARD THRILLER

Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she''s been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her. Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and as a new father. He gets a call, too, from the widow of a friend who died recently. Previously in his FBI career, the friend worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet. This fact alone makes some of the elements of his death doubly suspicious. And Harry Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered...

En su primer caso tras abandonar la undiad de Homicidios de la Policía de Los Ángeles, Harry Bosch debe investigar el asesinato de un doctor que tiene acceso a peligrosas sustancias radioactivas; el caso puede tener consecuencias para la seguridad nacional. Tras reconstruir los últimos pasos de la víctima, Harry descubre que una gran cantidad de cesio radioactivo fue robada poco antes de la muerte del doctor y que ahora puede suponer un ingrediente clave en un posible ataque terrorista.

El ya conocido detective Harry Bosch se enfrenta a uno de los casos más complejos de su carrera.Harry Bosch tiene la oportunidad de reabrir un caso en el que trabajó en el pasado y que había quedado sin resolucion; se trata del asesinato de Marie Gesto, una joven desaparecida años atras. Bosch tuvo siempre el presentimiento de quenunca la encontrarian con vida y cuando las circunstancias le forzaron a cerrar el caso, se quedo con la desagradable sensacion de haber dejado escapar al culpable. Por ello recibe, entre esceptico y aliviado, la confesion de un hombre que alega estar detras del asesinato de la joven. Las circunstancias que envuelven el caso son atipicas dado el interes de un politico por llegar a un pacto con el presunto culpable. Arguye que resultaria beneficioso para ambas partes: el detenido detallaria que paso con otros casos irresolutos cuya autoria se atribuye, evitando asi la pena de muerte. A Bosch no le gusta la propuesta, pero no puede reprimir su deseo de cerrar un caso que le ha inquietado durante años.

When down-at-heel lawyer Mickey Haller gets the news that his old colleague Jerry Vincent has died, he also gets an unexpected windfall. Jerry had left instructions that Mickey should inherit all of his clients - putting Mickey''s stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent was about to go to bat for Walter Elliott, the Hollywood mogul accused of brutally slaying his wife and her lover, in a trial that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight. If Mickey could find the magic bullet and win that one against the odds, he''d really be back in the big leagues. The only problem is that Vincent was murdered, shot at close range in his office garage. And the detective handling the case - a certain Harry Bosch - is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent''s clients. Suddenly Jerry Vincent''s legacy is beginning to look more like a poisoned chalice, and Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to successfully defend a client who might just be planning to murder him.

The pulse-quickening new thriller from master of suspense Michael Connelly sees Harry Bosch plunged into the dangerous world of international terrorism. When a physicist is murdered in LA it seems the killer has no fear of publicity, leaving the body on The Mulholland overlook, a site with a stunning view over the city. And when it''s discovered that the victim turned over a quantity of a lethal chemical to his killer before he died, Harry knows he has more than just a single death to worry about. Alongside the forces of Homeland Security, Harry realises he must solve the murder or face unimaginable consequences.

Michael Connelly enfrenta a sus dos personajes más populares, Harry Bosch y Terry McCaleb.Harry Bosch participa como testigo en un juicio en el que se acusa a un director de cine del asesinato de una actriz. Mientras tanto, el ya retirado agente del FBI, Terry McCaleb, investiga un homicidio complejo. Su primer examen del escenario del crimen le lleva en pos de un asesino metodico con un gusto por los rituales y la venganza: junto al cadaver de la victima han sido halladas la figura de una lechuza y un extraño mensaje en latin. A medida que McCaleb desentraña las claves de este escabroso asesinato, Bosch cobra mayor protagonismo en el juicio del que esta pendiente toda la ciudad de Los Angeles. Sorprendentemente, las piezas de uno y otro rompecabezas empiezan a solaparse.

«Lo que eleva el cuento hasta más allá del simple miedo y al reino de lo genial es que Poe previó la oscuridad de generaciones que estaban muy lejos de la suya. La nuestra, por ejemplo.» Stephen King

A superb new novel featuring both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch from the No.1 bestselling author.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''d 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 successfully defend a client who might just be planning to murder him.

From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm''s way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves. In T. Jefferson Parker''s Skinhead CentralA", an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have chosen for their retirement. In Alafair Burke''s WinningA", a female officer who is attacked in the line of duty must protect her own husband from his worst impulses. Other authors in the collection include the acclaimed Laurie R. King; Edgar winners Edward D. Hoch and Jon L. Breen; Dagger winner and bestseller John Harvey, as well as the bestselling Peter Robinson. Most important, there''s Michael Connelly himself as editor. His own contribution, an original Harry Bosch story, crowns this outstanding collection.