When the body of a local teenager turns up in a community garden, veteran homicide detective Gus Ramone teams up with T. C. Cook, a legendary, now retired detective, and Dan "Doc" Holiday, his former partner who left the force under a cloud of suspicion.
When Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's a defense lawyer, one of the best in the business, and to switch sides like this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-profile case of Jason Jessup, a convicted child-killer who spent almost 25 years on death row before DNA evidence freed him, is an intriguing one - particularly since the DA's determination to re-charge and re-try him for the same crime seems doomed to failure. Eager for the publicity and drawn to the challenge, Mickey takes the case, with Detective Harry Bosch on board as his lead investigator. But as a new trial date is set, it starts to look like he's been set up, with the renewed prosecution merely a tactic to prevent Jessup from successfully suing the state and county for millions of dollars. To avoid humiliation, Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about Melissa Landy and what really happened to her all those years ago.
Ex-SAS trooper Nick Stone is extremely highly trained. Clever, ruthless and very effective, it is no surprise that he is hired by British Intelligence. On deniable operations - one of the most dangerous lines of work. Sarah Greenwood is beautiful, intelligent and cunning - and the only woman Stone has ever truly opened up to. But now he has been ordered to hunt her down. Hotly pursued through the American wilderness, Stone finds himself at the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse. He must get to the heart of a terrifying conspiracy theory to which only Sarah holds the key. But will he manage to before the tension reaches boiling point?
For Jack McEvoy, the killer named The Poet was the last word in evil. Think again, Jack. Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. Forced to take a buy-out from the Los Angeles Times as the newspaper grapples with dwindling revenues, he's got only a few days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his replacement, a low-cost reporter just out of journalism school. But Jack has other plans for his exit. He is going to go out with a bang — a final story that will win the newspaper journalism's highest honor — a Pulitzer prize. Jack focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer from the projects who has confessed to police that he brutally raped and strangled one of his crack clients. Jack convinces Alonzo's mother to cooperate with his investigation into the possibility of her son's innocence. But she has fallen for the oldest reporter's trick in the book. Jack's real intention is to use his access to report and write a story that explains how societal dysfunction and neglect created a 16-year-old killer. But as Jack delves into the story he soon realizes that Alonzo's so-called confession is bogus, and Jack is soon off and running on the biggest story he's had since The Poet crossed his path years before. He reunites with FBI Agent Rachel Walling to go after a killer who has worked completely below police and FBI radar—and with perfect knowledge of any move against him. What Jack doesn't know is that his investigation has inadvertently set off a digital tripwire. The killer knows Jack is coming—and he's ready.
In his third book the brilliant Andy McDermott sends Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase hurtling round the globe in search of the legendary sword Excalibur.
Ex-SAS soldier Nick Stone is working in the USA as a "K"--An underground agent - when he sees a newscast about the Canary Wharf bombing. Tipped off by old friend Kev, Nick flies down to see him, only to find him brutally murdered. With unanswered questions about the murder, he must go on the run
Anni di cause di serie B, poi una ferita da arma da fuoco che gli ha causato una dipendenza da psicofarmaci e l'ha tolto a lungo dalla piazza: Mickey Haller non può certo definirsi un avvocato di grido. Eppure, la ruota sembra finalmente girare nel verso giusto quando il suo più illustre collega Jerry Vincent viene misteriosamente assassinato e lui ne eredita tutti i clienti. Tra questi spicca Walter Elliot: noto produttore di Hollywood, accusato di aver ucciso la moglie e il suo amante. La difesa del magnate potrebbe essere per Haller il biglietto per il successo che da tanto aspettava. Ma sulla sua strada incontra il detective Harry Bosch: più di trent'anni di carriera alle spalle, una vocazione per la giustizia che va oltre il semplice senso del dovere, una leggenda per tutti. Solo Haller sembra non averne mai sentito parlare. Tuttavia, a osservarlo meglio, anche per lui quell'uomo dagli occhi da squalo ha un'aria vagamente familiare. Tra i due non è certo amore a prima vista. Perché Bosch guida l'indagine sulla morte dell'avvocato Vincent, e i clienti ora difesi da Haller sono tutti potenziali indiziati per il detective. Si fronteggiano così dai lati opposti della barricata, finché Haller scopre che lui stesso potrebbe essere il nuovo bersaglio del killer. Solo allora Bosch e Haller capiranno che fare squadra è l'unica soluzione possibile. Dopotutto, non sono che le due facce della stessa medaglia. E hanno in comune molto più di quanto loro stessi immaginino.
