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Praise for Michael Connelly

Connelly is one of the great crime writers, a novelist who
creates a fictional world so succinctly, and inhabits it so
purposefully, that you are convinced it must be real. His
mastery of place and character, his ease with dialogue, his
control of plot gives his books a subtlety that is irresistible
Daily Mail
A clever plot, full of twists, to make a first-rate legal thriller
Sunday Telegraph
Connellys fifth novel to feature roguish defence lawyer
Mickey Haller is even better than last years The Black Box
Mail on Sunday
Expect surprises and plenty of dark moments in this punchy
legal drama from an ever-reliable writer Financial Times
Connelly is superb at building suspense Wall Street Journal
In the crime fiction stakes Connelly is comfortably in the
upper bracket Daily Express
A clever thriller with a brilliant double twist but also a heartfelt examination of the difference between natural justice
and the law Evening Standard
Connelly masterfully manages to marry an absorbing courtroom drama with a tense and exciting thriller of detection
The Times
While the themes of Connellys LA crime novels are familiar
(power, envy, corruption), his plotting is anything but Esquire
A story thats as old as the genre itself but Connellys
skill is such that it all feels entirely fresh and vibrant, but
heartbreakingly poignant too Irish Sunday Independent

A former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Michael

Connelly is the author of the Harry Bosch thriller series
as well as several other bestsellers, including the highly
acclaimed legal thriller, The Lincoln Lawyer. Michael Connelly
has been President of the Mystery Writers of America. His
books have been translated into 31 languages and have won
awards all over the world, including the Edgar and Anthony
Awards. He lives in Tampa, Florida, with his family. Visit his
website at www.michaelconnelly.com.au

By Michael Connelly
Fiction
The Black Echo
The Black Ice
The Concrete Blonde
The Last Coyote
The Poet
Trunk Music
Blood Work
Angels Flight
Void Moon
A Darkness More Than Night
City of Bones
Chasing the Dime
Lost Light
The Narrows
The Closers
The Lincoln Lawyer
Echo Park
The Overlook

The Brass Verdict

The Scarecrow
Nine Dragons
The Reversal
The Fifth Witness
The Drop
The Black Box
The Gods of Guilt
The Burning Room
Non-fiction
Crime Beat
Ebooks
Suicide Run
Angle of Investigation
Mulholland Dive
The Safe Man
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