Oh, the problem with sequels… Often, it is like this. You cook a gallon of good soup. You and your family eat half a gallon one day, and then to prolong the culinary feat, you add half a gallon of water to the remaining soup, and have half a gallon of it the next day. Then you add another half a gallon of water the next day, and so on and on, and soon you have no soup at all, just water, and a memory of good soup. "The Reversal" is a sequel to Michael Connelly's "The Lincoln Lawyer", which is a

This is the third entry in Michael Connelly's Mickey Haller series, after The Lincoln Lawyer and The Brass Verdict. The Reversal, though is almost as much of a Harry Bosch novel as it is a Mickey Haller.As the book opens, Haller gets an unusual offer from the L.A. County District Attorney who wants Haller to join the team as an independent prosecutor for the purpose of retrying a convicted child killer who has been granted a new trial after a successful appeal. Haller agrees to the proposition w...

I somehow cannot get to like Mickey Haller and I really do not enjoy court scenes so I probably should have left this book out of my reading of the Harry Bosch series. On the other hand there is always the worry that I might miss a bit of Harry so read it I did.And I did enjoy the Harry Bosch chapters and the parts where he interacted with Mickey and Maggie. I also learned more about the progress Harry is making with his daughter which I would have missed if I had jumped past this book. He showe...

This is listed as the third book in the Mickey Haller series but Harry Bosch plays a prominent role in the story. The story opens with Mickey meeting L.A. District Attorney Gabriel Williams for lunch. Mickey is a defense lawyer. He is The Lincoln Lawyer. Williams has an unusual offer. He wants Mickey to cross the aisle and be the prosecutor in the retrial of a convicted lowlife child killer. Jason Jessup was convicted twenty-four years ago of kidnapping and killing 12 year old Melissa Landy and

A tale of Haller and Bosch together again, handled with the usual consummate professionalism we expect from Connelly--the only difference being that defense lawyer Haller is working as a special prosecutor this time. Still nothing special, though.

3.5 stars. Another fine instalment in Mr Consistent's Mickey Haller series with Harry Bosch along for the ride. Reliable entertainment.

** Continuing my read and review of Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller books *Michael Connelly’s 22nd book and third outing with Mickey Haller as the protagonist- “The Reversal” - was first published back in 2010. Mickey is the son of Michael Haller, a famous defense attorney in the Los Angeles area back in the sixties and seventies. Mickey himself is a somewhat successful criminal defense attorney operating in Los Angeles County. Unlike his father, his office is a Lincoln Town Car, and his client...

The end ruined this for me. It's as if the author was driving his car along on a pleasant Sunday outing, didn't watch where he was going, and drove off a cliff mid-drive. Stupid ending. Up until then, I enjoyed the book as a midrange outing for this author. I like it that Bosch and Mickey are awkwardly working their way to a relationship, and how they have many unconscious characteristics in common. I liked the premise. I have to admit, I got tired of the scenes of voir dire, although I liked ho...

EXCERPT: Jason Jessup was a convicted child killer who had spent nearly twenty-four years in prison until a month earlier when the California Supreme Court reversed his conviction and sent the case back to Los Angeles County for either retrial or a dismissal of the charges. The reversal came after a two-decade long legal battle staged primarily from Jessup's cell and with his own pen. Authoring appeals, motions, complaints and whatever legal challenges he could research, the self-styled lawyer m...

4.5/5 stars (9/10)This was another excellent entry in the Harry Bosch Universe. I loved it that Mickey and Harry sort-of shared top dog, although it was really more from Mickey's viewpoint than Harry's. I liked the interaction between the brothers and Maggie...an awkward triangle if ever there was one. I seriously doubt that's the direction Connelly is going, but it was fun to read about Mickey's petty jealousy in that regard...really makes him more human and less "sleazy." The only thing that k...

4 stars

A SINGING TELEGRAM FROM ME TO MICHAEL CONNELLYNobody does it better,Makes me forget all the rest, Nobody does it half as good as you, Baby you're the best...Every time I'm disappointed by some other author in the genre, it just makes me appreciate Connelly's skills all the more. He leaves all the others in the dust. I read the last 215 pages of this one all in a night. Stayed up till 2:00 a.m. No one else can make me focus like that.This book is a Mickey Haller/Harry Bosch hybrid. It takes place...

Objection!Although I haven't read much of Connelly, I've loved almost everything I have read and so I consider myself a fan. This was my first interaction with Mickey Haller, and I wasn't enthusiastic about it, but I had it with me at the airport and decided it was going to be better than nothing.Straight away, Red Heaven found the alternating between 1st and 3rd person incredibly annoying. The book never settled into a consistent tone as a result.I also noticed that for a 400 page novel, the ch...

Mickey Heller finds himself in the weird position of prosecutor when the 24-year old murder conviction of Jason Jessup is reversed after the DNA results point to someone else. The DA wants an independent counsel and Mickey's tagged. He agrees but with two conditions: Maggie McPherson is his second chair and Harry Bosch is assigned as investigator. This was headed to a 5-star rating until I reached the end. Everything about this case was interesting and compelling, including the dynamics of Micke...

4 Stars. This guy Mickey Haller is something - brash, always looking for the dollar, full of cynicism concerning authority, but a hell-of-a great defence lawyer and, in his own way, a very good father to his preteen daughter, Hayley. The two other stars? Harry Bosch, LAPD detective par excellence, and prosecuting attorney Maggy McPherson (aka McFierce), Haller's former wife and the other parent in the Hayley equation. She's forced to take second chair to Mick! That's one big obstacle. On a DNA t...

The Reversal--titled such because The Lincoln Lawyer is asked to work an old case getting a new trial, but maybe also because Haller is usually a defense attorney, not the prosecutor as he is in this story. Most of the case and characters are laid out from the beginning with little doubt as to the criminal and his guilt. The question is, can Haller and his x-wife convince a new jury, or will the defense team create doubt with new DNA evidence and questionable witnesses? Just when you think you k...

Number three in the Mickey Haller series.Michael Connelly never fails to entertain me. This is yet another tight well paced thriller. This is the first of Mickey Haller books where Harry Bosch plays a major part. The book takes place partly in a courtroom with Mickey and partly out in the field with Harry. So if you're thing is courtrooms dramas or if you prefer detective dramas everybody's covered. You are never sure what Jason Jessup, the would be villain of the book, is up to. A times he look...

New York Best Seller List - Oct. 24, 2010 - #1 Mickey Haller (”The Lincoln Lawyer”) crosses his attorney defense “line” & goes to The Reversal on a prosecution “side”.Jason Jessup, in jail 24 years, convicted for a 12-year-old girl murder. Released, due to the new “Genetic Justice Process” reviewing past murder cases. Jessup had other convictions. Run from LAPD surveillance or wait for The Reversal trial?Prosecution - Mickey Haller, Harry Bosch (LAPD investigator) & Maggie McPherson (deputy D

Wow. This was a really good book. We get a team-up of Haller and Bosch. Haller doing his own moves in this one that leaves you wondering who the good guys are. And the ending with Bosch determined to find out the truth.Haller is called upon by the DA's office to prosecute a retrial of a man who was accused of abducting and murdering a young child. The man accused, Jason Jessup, is given a new trial after some DNA shows that it does not match him. But all evidence points to Jessup. It's going to

I love a good legal thriller and the Mickey Haller books have been some of my favourites. Add in the addition of his half-brother, Harry Bosch and this story had me hooked. This was another fantastic story, and I loved the scenes in the courtroom. I enjoyed seeing Haller working for the prosecution, and also his ex-wife being on the same team as well and working with Bosch. The ending might have been written with a film in mind because it was very Hollywood blockbuster-ish but it was another thr...