The Brass Verdict

The Brass Verdict: A Novel by Michael Connelly (ARC for review) ~~ Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next.Enter Harry Bosch. Determined to find Vincent's killer, he is not opposed to using Haller as bait. But as danger mounts and the stakes rise, these two loners realize their only choice is to work together.Bringing together Michael Connelly's two most popular characters, The Brass Verdictis sure to be his biggest book yet.

Wow! Michael Connelly does it again! While this is touted as the 14th in the Harry Bosch series, it focuses more on Mickey Haller (The Lincoln Lawyer) and his return to practicing law. Mickey's friend Vincent is murdered. And since the two would often help each other out with cases, Vincent leaves his practice to Mickey along with all of his open cases. One of these happens to be the high profile case of a studio executive accused of killing his wife and her lover. There are too many secrets for Mickey to think this is a straight up murder case and does his best to find the "magic bullet" to crack things wide open. Harry Bosch is the detective assigned to investigate Victor's death and for the first time we get a sense there could be more to the Mickey/Harry relationship. This is an action packed legal thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. There are so many twists and turns in this book, you'll be quickly turning the pages just to keep up - dying to know what happens next. One of his best to date! A+

ARC Reading Challenge

June 21 - September 21, 2008

Teddy from So Many Precious Books So Little Time is hosting her FIRST reading challenge - and it's a good one! The ARC Challenge is all about reading Advance Reader's Copies (or Advance Reader's Editions) of books.

Here are the rules:

1. Make a list of all of the ARC's that you currently have and/or are on their way to you.

2. If you have:

• 1-3 ARC's then pick at least one to read and review for this challenge.
• 4-6 ARC's then pick at least two to read and review for this challenge.
• 7-9 ARC's then pick at least three to read and review for this challenge.
• 10 or more Arc's then pick at least 4 to read and review for this challenge.

3. Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.

4. List the books that you plan to read for this challenge (you can change it at any time, as long as the books you change are also ARCs). You can read the books on your list in any order.

5. Read the books and review them on your blog. If you don't have a blog, you can post your review on sites like Amazon. Leave a comment on the post about the challenge with a link to each of your reviews.

To sign up, go to the post about the challenge and leave a comment for Teddy with a link to your blog post about the challenge.

My list of ARC's ~ ** = books to use for this challenge. I'm going to read 7 books for this challenge :)

1. Angel's Tip by Alafair Burke**
2. Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain** finished for Challenge 6/28
3. Night Kills by John Lutz** finished for Challenge 7/12
4. The Other Queen: A Novel by Philippa Gregory
5. The Brass Verdict: A Novel by Michael Connelly** finished for Challenge 6/27
6. Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner read
7. Testimony: A Novel by Anita Shreve
8. Cold Hearted by Beverly Barton** finished for Challenge 6/22
9. Songs for the Missing: A Novel by Stewart O'Nan
10. The 19th Wife: A Novel by David Ebershoff
11. The 7th Victim by Alan Jacobson
12. Fractured by Karin Slaughter
13. Left To Die by Lisa Jackson
14. Don't Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt
15. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
16. Die, Decorator, Die: A Novel of Murder, Greed and Interior Design by Franklin H Levy **finished for challenge 6/30
17. The Condition: A Novel by Jennifer Haigh
18. The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) by Faye Kellerman ~ finished for challenge 7/26
19. Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay - finished for challenge 8/16