Hard to say much about the author who has published 37 previous novels. He will be read no matter what. And why not? He won the writing chops game long ago. His narratives are strong and full of surprises at just the right time. His characters live and breathe through simple familiarity. You are pre-primed to see how the Lincoln Lawyer will win another case and you want to know how his now investigator Harry Bosch’s cancer treatments are progressing and how he will contribute to the case. The defendant is sympathetic to the core. And finally, the connection to the title is neatly positioned early on and solidly integrated at the end.
Of his books I have read this seems to be about half way--nowhere
near the worst but not taking the gold. It
is totally workmanlike and kept me turning the pages, which is what a legal or
police procedural is supposed to do.
I give it a solid 4 out of 5
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