They were eastbound, coming up to the big curve where the road would turn south and head down through the pass into Hollywood.Įllis was behind the wheel, where he preferred to be, even though he was the senior partner and could dictate to Long who drove and who rode shotgun. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at Thank you for your support of the author’s rights.Įllis and Long were four car lengths behind the motorcycle on Ventura Boulevard. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. We appreciate your interest in Michael Connelly’s work and hope you enjoy both novels.Īll rights reserved. You can access your bonus copy of The Brass Verdict at any time through the Table of Contents or by paging through the ebook. Please be aware that your reader registers your progress through both books, so when you finish The Crossing, your reader will most likely indicate that you are approximately 50 percent of the way through this ebook.

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Read Excerptīegin Reading the Bonus Novel The Brass Verdict Thrilling, fast-paced, and impossible to put down, The Crossing shows without a shadow of doubt that Connelly is 'a master of building suspense' (Wall Street Journal). Soon his investigation leads him inside the police department, where he realizes that the killer he's been tracking has also been tracking him. The prosecution's file just has too many holes and he has to find out for himself: if Haller's client didn't do it, then who did? With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucy Soto, Harry starts digging. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case. If Harry proves that his client did it, under the rules of discovery, they are obliged to turn over the evidence to the prosecution. But Mickey promises to let the chips fall where they may. He feels it will undo all the good he's done in his thirty years as a homicide cop. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup.īosch doesn't want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense.

A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. In this 'tense' thriller and #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller to track down a killer who just might find them first ( Wall Street Journal).ĭetective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help.

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