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Giuliana Traverso

    The scarecrow
    Numeri Primi - 9: Il respiro del drago
    The reversal
    The Brass Verdict
    • Numeri Primi - 9: Il respiro del drago

      • 355 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Fortunato è colui che trova rifugio in se stesso, una massima che il detective Harry Bosch ha fatto sua, ispirata dall'uomo ora giacente sul pavimento di un emporio di liquori a Los Angeles. John Li, un commerciante cinese immigrato, viene ucciso con tre colpi al petto prima di poter afferrare la pistola per difendersi. Inizialmente sembra una rapina finita male, ma esaminando le registrazioni delle telecamere, Bosch nota uno strano scambio di denaro tra Li e un giovane asiatico, che sembra indicare una tangente. Il ragazzo diventa il principale sospettato e l'ombra della Triade, la potente mafia cinese, si fa strada nel caso. Tuttavia, Bosch preferirebbe che le sue ipotesi non si avverassero. Un video ricevuto da sua figlia tredicenne, legata e imbavagliata, lo colpisce profondamente. Qualcuno a Hong Kong, dove Maddie vive con la madre, gli manda un avvertimento, colpendo il suo punto più vulnerabile. Bosch sapeva che prima o poi le forze oscure con cui combatte avrebbero trovato un modo per colpirlo attraverso di lei. Quel momento è finalmente arrivato.

      Numeri Primi - 9: Il respiro del drago2013
      3.5
    • The reversal

      • 485 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      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 defence 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... 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. Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about what really happened to the victim all those years ago.

      The reversal2012
      4.1
    • The Brass Verdict

      • 640 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      Defense attorney Mickey Haller and Detective Harry Bosch must either work together or die as they investigate a Hollywood lawyer's murder in this "epic page-turner" (Library Journal). 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. Enter Harry Bosch. Determined to find Vincent's killer, he is not opposed to using Haller as bait. But as danger mounts and the stakes rise, these two loners realize their only choice is to work together.

      The Brass Verdict2011
      4.2
    • Crime reporter Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line. With cuts being made, he's got 30 days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his young replacement. But Jack has other plans. He is going to go out with a bang — a final story that will the journalism's highest honor: a Pulitzer Price. Jack focuses on a 16-year-old drug dealer who has confessed to a brutal murder. But he soon realizes that the so-called confession is bogus. The investigation leads him to a killer known as The Scarecrow who has worked completely below the police radar. Jack is off and running on the biggest story he's had since The Poet crossed his path twelve years before — but The Scarecrow knows he's coming...

      The scarecrow2011
      3.9