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The Reversal

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Peter Giles
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 Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.

When defence lawyer Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's one of the best American legal brains in the business, and to switch sides likes this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-profile case of Jason Jessup, a convicted child killer who spent almost 25 years on death row before DNA evidence freed him, is an intriguing one . . .

Eager for the publicity and drawn to the challenge, Mickey takes the case, with LAPD Detective Harry Bosch on board as his lead investigator. But as a new trial date is set, it starts to look like he's been set up. Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about what really happened to the victim all those years ago in this nail-biting courtroom drama.

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Critic reviews

[This] Scott Turow-style court drama, starring both of Connelly's favourite characters, is as exciting as anything this formidable writer has ever produced
This is vastly superior stuff, from America's greatest living crime writer
This novel is further proof that this writer is on a roll. ... Connelly's background as a police reporter gives his books the powerful verisimilitude that few possess and balancing the police and legal shenanigans makes for wonderfully involving reading
Connelly masterfully manages to marry an absorbing courtroom drama with a tense and exciting thriller of detection
The novel has a gripping clarity from the off, and very quickly establishes a gripping momentum. ... it's another expertly handled tale from a born storyteller that blazes into an incendiary denouement
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Two characters Michael Connelly's developed over several titles - Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch - both sign up for what seems like an impossible prosecution. A courtroom drama and a detective story unfold, with both players living up to their illustrious pasts. As a Bosch fan, I was pleased to see old Harry back and the whole thing unfolded in a gripping way that had me on the edge of my seat. Every spare moment, I was sticking my earbuds in and catching up on the next steps in the tale. There wasn't any great last minute revelation or theatrical finale to build up to like a crescendo, but it didn't feel any less enthralling despite that. A great listen.

Courtroom drama and detective story

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Yes, this is a worthy book, keeps your interest all the way through with an eye opening unexpected event before the end. Good job, Mr Connelly.

Gripping

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Holler & Bosch together what not to like? Time to stop turning pages and get some sleep .

Excellent storytelling a must for thriller addicts

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Michael Connelly does what he does best in the Reversal! Skillfully building tension and credibility and always with an unexpected twist, even for the reader on the lookout for one. Connelly does a great job in providing both Haller and Bosch with their own characters and the narrator manages to give them their own voice without it sounding too strained. Whether you are a Bosch or a Haller fan, or maybe not a fan yet, this is a musthave!

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I love Michael Connelly books. They are not the most complicated plots in the world, you can usually figure out most of it but that doesn't usually distract from the well written characters. In this book the Bosch and Haller join forces to get the bad guy.

I liked the writing, the characters and most of the plot but just felt a bit flat at the end of the book. Obviously it would be wrong to give away the ending but i just felt that I had been listening to a mini series that had been cancelled just before the end so the writer just finished it off.

There is either a sequel or Connelly got bored with it and his publisher wanted the book out in time for Christmas.

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