The Reversal

Michael Connelly

Oct 2010 · Sold by Little, Brown

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The stakes have never been higher: when DNA evidence frees a sadistic killer, defense attorney Mickey Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must put him behind bars before he strikes again.   Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After twenty-four years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA evidence. Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty, and he takes the case on the condition that he gets to choose his investigator, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch.

Together, Bosch and Haller set off on a case fraught with political and personal danger. Opposing them is Jessup, now out on bail, a defense attorney who excels at manipulating the media, and a runaway eyewitness reluctant to testify after so many years.

With the odds and the evidence against them, Bosch and Haller must nail a sadistic killer once and for all. If Bosch is sure of anything, it is that Jason Jessup plans to kill again.

Ratings and reviews

Mickey Hatcher has been a well known defense attorney. Now he crosses the aisle and is hired by the district attorney to be the prosecutor. Jason Jessup has been in prison for twenty-four years for kidnapping and murdering a twelve-year-old child. He's been granted a retrial based on new DNA evidence. To recreate the case, Mickey is joined by Harry Bosch of the LAPD. Harry's job is to review the evidence and find a missing witness, the victim's sister, Sarah, who was thirteen-years-old when the crime was committed. Celebrity attorney Clive Rivas defends Jessup and relishes his every moment in front of TV and news reporters. Jessup feels that he will be set free and make millions of dollars from a book deal. The novel does a good job in dealing with the grievous subject of child kidnapping and murder. Since both Harry and Mickey have teenage daughters, we observe how parents worry about their children when a child killer and kidnapper are out of jail on bail. The enticing story mixes events of the past with the current trial and resulting conclusion. Harry, Mickey and Sarah are sympathetic characters who are well described and generate feelings of hope from the reader. I enjoyed the story and feel that the outcome was logical and justified.

This is another one of those books I read simply because I had yet to read anything from the author. It was there. I picked it up. And I must say I was impressed. Mickey Haller, defense attorney, is brought in by the state to lead the prosecution's case against Jason Jessup, a convicted felon who was thrown in prison twenty-four years earlier for the murder of a little girl. His conviction was reversed after DNA evidence of semen on the dress was determined not to be his. Yet, the state decides to retry him. Haller agrees to switch sides, and he brings with him his ex-wife, prosecutor par excellence Maggic McPherson, and his main detective, Harry Bosch. While this story is rather basic when it comes to the traditional elements of a court drama, what I found so fascinating was how much I actually learned through the execution of the case. For example, defense attorney and prosecutor - I always presumed they were merely the same

I have never been a fan of reading. I have always been the type that would rather just watch the movie. However, after watching the Lincoln Lawyer, I decided that I would give this book a try. TO MY GREAT SURPRISE, the book was great!!! It fully kept my attention. Which I must say is very hard to do. The story is gripping. You almost feel like you are in the scenes with the characters. The author paints pictures in your mind with the words that he places on paper.

About the author

Michael Connelly is the author of twenty-seven previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Burning Room and The Gods of Guilt. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series and Lincoln Lawyer series, have sold more than sixty million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels and is the executive producer of Bosch, starring Titus Welliver. He spends his time in California and Florida.