RESURRECTION WALK
by Michael Connelly (A&U, $36.99)
Californiam crime maestro Michael Connelly’s most famous character, the grizzled sleuth Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch, once mired in development hell, has now been portrayed on TV by Titus Welliver for nineand And “Lincoln lawyer” Mickey Haller has leapt from silver screen to Netflix, too. In Connelly brings together half-brothers Haller and Bosch in another struggle for justice. Lawyer and ex-addict Haller is chasing anew high: freeing the wrongly convicted. An ageing Bosch is battling blood cancer while working for Haller as a driver and sounding board so he can access a promising treatment trial. When Lucinda Sanz, convicted of killing her sheriff’s deputy ex-husband, writes to Haller, Bosch finds himself “across the aisle” from old colleagues and the life he’s known for decades as a cop. Can he live with working to free a “cop killer”? Connelly showcases his masterful touch for holistic crime storytelling: fascinating mysteries, rich characters, thematic undercurrents and a strong sense of time and place.
