Michael Connelly – The Law of Innocence (Canada)

Praise for The Law of Innocence

"A fine legal thriller and a revealing character study… Connelly has always displayed great ability to write courtroom scenes, combining thrust-and-parry exchanges between defense and prosecution with a look at the personal motives driving all the players. He does all that here, too, but the extended focus on the pretrial discovery process, with Bosch and investigator Cisco Wojciechowski doing the legwork while Haller sits in jail, gives the novel a double-barreled appeal.”
—Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review)

"A tightly crafted thriller, with some nice crossover flair to boot... Haller is the creation of legendary crime author, Michael Connelly, and has his own wildly popular series under his better known moniker, The Lincoln Lawyer."
—Dwyer Murphy, Crimereads

Praise for Michael Connelly

“There is no better news than a new book from the great Michael Connelly."
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News

“Confession: I’m addicted to the crime fiction of Michael Connelly, with a bullet next to the page-turners featuring attorney Mickey Haller, defender of desperate scumbags and the occasional lost cause.”
—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

“Mickey Haller is the kind of slick, cynical showman who can’t resist making high drama out of every routine legal procedure . . . But Connelly is himself a master manipulator, and there’s always something deadly serious behind his entertaining courtroom high jinks.”
—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

“Taken together, Connelly’s novels form an indispensable, compelling chronicle of LA . . . His books are rich in the details and meanings of seismic events that have formed the rough contours of LA law and order.”
—Jonathan Shapiro, Los Angeles Times

“When it comes to series mysteries, there’s everybody else, and then there’s Michael Connelly. Is he really that good, you ask? Oh yeah, he’s really that good.”
—Bruce Tierney, BookPage

“A murder case is like a tree. A tall tree. An oak tree. It has been carefully planted and cared for by the state. Watered and trimmed when needed, examined for disease and parasites of any kind. Its root system is constantly monitored as it flourishes underground and clings tightly to the earth. No money is spared in guarding the tree. Its caretakers are granted immense powers to protect and serve it.

The tree’s branches eventually grow and spread wide in splendor. They provide deep shade for those who seek true justice.

The branches spring from a thick and sturdy trunk. Direct evidence, circumstantial evidence, forensic science, motive and opportunity. The tree must stand strong against the winds that challenge it.

And that’s where I come in. I’m the man with the ax. My job is to cut the tree down to the ground and burn its wood to ashes.”

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