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2009: #11 – The Brass Verdict (Michael Connelly)

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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.

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2009: #1 – Eclipse (Richard North Patterson)

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The spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case—the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government’s charge of murder.

Damon Pierce’s life has just reached a defining moment: a gifted California lawyer, he’s being divorced by his wife and his work often seems soulless. Then he receives a frantic e-mail from Marissa Brand Okari—a woman he loved years ago—and decides to risk everything to respond to her plea for help.

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2008: #2 – The Indictment (Barry Reed)

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Book #2 was The Indictment by Barry Reed.  The back of the book reads: A beautiful young woman’s corpse is found along a highway. There’s not a mark on her and an autopsy can’t determine the cause of death. Rumor says her boyfriend, a prominent surgeon, will be charged with murder….unless Dan Sheridan can stop the indictment.Once a cop, now a hard-nosed defense attorney, Sheridan

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