Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home.
Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too--and he's certain he's on the right trail.
Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in. Connelly proves again why he "may very well be the best novelist working in the United States today" San Francisco Chronicle .
CONNELLY MICHAEL
Michael Connelly es un escritor estadounidense nacido el 21 de julio de 1956 en Filadelfia, Pensilvania. Es conocido por sus novelas policíacas, especialmente las protagonizadas por el detective Harry Bosch, un personaje inspirado en el pintor flamenco El Bosco. También ha creado otras sagas como El abogado del Lincoln y Renée Ballard.
Antes de dedicarse a la escritura, Connelly trabajó como periodista en el Los Angeles Times, cubriendo noticias de crímenes. Su primera novela, El eco negro 1992 , ganó el Premio Edgar a la mejor primera novela, lo que impulsó su carrera literaria. Desde entonces, ha publicado más de 30 libros, muchos de los cuales han sido adaptados a televisión y cine.
