title: The Brass Verdict: A Novel (A Lincoln Lawyer Novel)
author:  Michael Connelly 
description: Michael Connelly, a #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling novelist and a former journalist, has won numerous crime fiction prizes. He lives in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:state>.<br /><br />
zlib_text: **Synopsis:**
  
    
  
  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
  Verdict_ is sure to be his biggest book yet.
  
  ![](BrassVerdict.jpg)
  
  THE BRASS VERDICT  
    
  Michael Connelly
  
  Book 14 in the Harry Bosch series
  
   _In memory of Terry Hansen and Frank Morgan_
  
  PART ONE
  
  —Rope a Dope
  
   _1992_
  
  One
  
    
  
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