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The Verdict

by Osman Haneef

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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.

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"This novel is more serious. It’s about a Christian boy who is framed. I don’t remember who he’s framed by, but he’s framed for writing on a mosque wall. A human rights lawyer tries to defend him. Towards the end, he says that the child is uneducated, so he couldn’t have written on the wall, so he’s being framed for something he hasn’t done. It talks about minority rights; it talks about the law; it talks about how things can be mangled in Pakistan sometimes. It also has a slight love story angle to it because the lawyer has a love interest and she’s also a lawyer and she’s helping him out. I really like what Haneef has done with this fiction story, and this is, I think, also loosely based on true events."
The Best Novels from Pakistan · fivebooks.com