Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case.
If Harry proves that his client did it, under the rules of discovery, they are obliged to turn over the evidence to the prosecution. But Mickey promises to let the chips fall where they may. He feels it will undo all the good he's done in his thirty years as a homicide cop. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup.īosch doesn't want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man.
Many writers, including Raymond Chandler, drew the names of their characters from literature and art.Harry Bosch crosses the line to team up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller in the new thriller from #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Michael Connelly.ĭetective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. In naming my character after a real historic figure I was to a small extent continuing literary tradition. But overall I love Los Angeles and love writing about it. It can be in certain places and under certain circumstances - and this is where I place Harry Bosch. I do not consider Los Angeles to be hellish. I should point out that this is a fictional conceit. In other words, I was planning to cast my Bosch adrift in a hellish landscape of present-day Los Angeles. I thought this would be the perfect name for my character because I saw the metaphoric possibilities of juxtaposing contemporary Los Angeles with some of the Bosch paintings. There is a “world gone mad” feel to many of his works, including one called Hell - of which a print hangs on the wall over the computer where I write. He was a 15th century painter who created richly detailed landscapes of debauchery and violence and human defilement. I briefly studied the work of the real Hieronymus Bosch while in college. I wanted all aspects of his character to be meaningful, if possible. The main reason I chose that name is that when I approached the creation of this character I didn’t want to waste anything.
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