Representing the system's most unsavory characters in his work as a criminal defense lawyer, jaded attorney Mickey Haller takes on his first high-paying and possibly innocent client in years, but finds the case complicated by sinister events that suggest the workings of a particularly evil perpetrator.
From the #1 bestselling author of the Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer series and who "is the master of the universe in which he lives" (Huffington Post), comes the gripping novel that inspired the film starring Clint Eastwood. When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. But when Graciella tells him the way her sister, Gloria, was murdered, Terry realizes he has no choice. Now the man with the new heart vows to take down a predator without a soul. For Gloria's killer shatters every rule that McCaleb ever learned in his years with the Bureau-as McCaleb gets no more second chances at life...and just one shot at the truth. *Winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière- International Category *Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel *Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel
When Dave Gurney, retired NYPD homicide detective, is contacted by an old college acquaintance about some startling letters he's been receiving, it is at first little more than a diverting but sinister puzzle. Then the acquaitance is killed. Gurney finds himself in the midst of a murder investigation that makes no sense.
Tras varios años en la cárcel, Cassie Black desea cerrar su historial delictivo para siempre y llevar una vida convencional. Trabaja en un concesionario de automóviles de Los Ángeles y nada parece enturbiar su plena reinserción hasta que un hecho inesperado le obliga a dar un golpe final y jugárselo todo a una carta. Para ello recurre a Leo Renfro, un amigo de los viejos tiempos que le propone participar en un gran robo en Las Vegas. A pesar de lo arriesgado del asunto, Cassie acepta convencida de que con su experiencia como ladrona de guante blanco logrará salir airosa de la operación. Supersticioso, Leo le da un último consejo: evitar realizar el trabajo durante la luna vacía de curso, una situación astral que puede torcer incluso el plan más perfecto.