This book was very disappointing for several reasons: 1. It is not primarily a Harry Bosch mystery, although Bosch plays a significant but secondary role. 2. The writing is so poor that I frequently wondered whether it was really written by Michael Connelly. 3. When Connelly writes about law and courtroom events he messes up a lot of it, making the reading cumbersome and tedious ... and frustrating. He makes many references to facial gestures that go on between lawyers and between lawyers and judges, and biting, harsh comments between same, and uses nicknames for some of the lawyers and judges. I practiced trial law for many years and almost never encountered the simplistic and juvenile attitudes and gestures he writes of, and never encountered a judge of lawyer who was known in the courthouse by a nickname. ( )

What is there to say, another excellent, believable, impeccably paced book by a true master. ( )

Legal suspense at its best!

There's little doubt that this author is a master of storytelling, especially when it comes to crime. Having been introduced to Mick Haller in The Lincoln Lawyer, I felt it important to read the second installment which was on par with the first. While I enjoy well crafted stories, I have to admit that this genre is lower on my list than others. Regardless, for those that enjoy well paced crime stories with plot twists a many, you'll love this book! ( )

excellent! ( )

It's the second in Connelly's Lincoln Lawyer/Mickey Haller series, and also has cameos from characters in two of his other series, cop Harry Bosch and newspaperman Jack McEvoy. Haller inherits a murdered colleague's cases, and among them is a high-profile murder involving a very rich man accused of killing his wife and her lover. The title of the book refers to slang used by lawyers to indicate when a suspect is "found guilty" not by a jury but by being killed on the street. Connelly sometimes gets a little pedantic about the workings of a criminal lawyer and trial procedures, which can be tiresome to those of us who read our fair share of Turow and Grisham, and watched our fair share of L.A. Law and Private Practice. It's solidly entertaining but nothing that will keep you up nights or keep you thinking after you turn the final page. ( )