I’m generally a big Michael Connelly fan, with the newer series featuring Renee Ballard (sometimes partnered with Harry Bosch) probably being my favorite, but I’m also a Lincoln Lawyer/Mickey Haller fan (which I originally read with an image of Matthew McConaghey etched in my brain…now replaced by an image of Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, thanks to Netflix). And of course, the original books featuring LA cop Harry Bosch are what got me started as a Connelly fan in the first place! So I was especially happy to get an ARC of Connelly’s latest, Resurrection Walk, featuring BOTH Bosch and Haller from Little, Brown and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
Courtroom dramas are among my favorite genres, when done well, and LA attorney Mickey Haller is terrific at legal wrangling. In this book, Haller has recently won a BIG case, resulting in tons of people wanting him to take their cases…so he needs help. Fortunately, his half-brother Harry Bosch needs health insurance to deal with his serious illness, so Haller hires Bosch as an investigator – win-win, right?
A woman who is in prison for killing her husband, who was a sheriff’s deputy, swears she is innocent (don’t they all?) and she desperately writes to Mickey asking for help to prove her innocence. Harry is screening the piles of requests for help, and something about this one nags at him, so they look into it…and the drama begins.
The really awesome thing about this one is that , despite the cover calling it “a Lincoln Lawyer novel”,not only does it feature BOTH Bosch and Haller, the story is told in alternating chapters so the reader gets a dual perspective as the criminal investigation and the legal process go through the various somewhat complicated steps. There are some other familiar characters, and the LA setting is vividly drawn, with of course some help from the Bosch and Haller series on TV for those who have watched either or both series to make it even more effective. BTW, if you haven’t watched, what are you waiting for? I can hardly wait for Season 2 of the Netflix version of Lincoln Lawyer, and I am loving Bosch Legacy despite it only being available on a streaming service with commercials (ugh).
Overall, this is terrific entertainment for fans of police procedurals and/or legal thrillers. Highly recommended. Five stars!