Mickey Haller the lawyer decides to switch sides and becomes a prosecution lawyer rather than his usual defence lawyer side of the fence. For the case which is the retrial of a convicted killer on new DNA evidence he has Maggie McPherson his ex-wife as co-prosecutor and Harry Bosch his half brother as his investigator from LAPD.
The case concerns the murder of a 12 year old murdered in 1986, and unbeknown to the killer the victim's sister had witnessed the abduction. The evidence at the time was conflicting, implicating both Jason Jessup a truck driver and the girl's stepfather Ken Landy.
Jessup is bailed and Haller has him tailed by the police to try and break the case. Jessup proves to be a shady character but the police cannot quite catch him in the act to get the evidence. Jessup then hangs around Bosch's house and both Bosch and Haller become concerned for their own daughter's safety.
The original victim's sister is an unreliable witness as she has drug convictions and has been a prostitute.
The trial scenes are great as well as the dramatic turn of events that help to flush the killer out into the open.
A great read and 9/10 for me.
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