{"id":301,"date":"2017-02-22T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=301"},"modified":"2017-09-10T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T22:26:13","slug":"book-the-brass-verdict-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/22\/book-the-brass-verdict-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Brass Verdict (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1280243052l\/8664117.jpg\" alt=\"The Brass Verdict\" width=\"128\" height=\"142\" \/>The Brass Verdict<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nYear: 2008<br \/>\nAuthor: Michael Connelly<br \/>\nLength: 681 minutes \/ 11.35 hours<\/p>\n<p>Another book, another trial for the Lincoln Lawyer. While I appreciated the stand-alone nature of this book, I also liked that knowledge of the events in the first book of this sub-series helped to provide context for the challenges Mickey Haller now faces. The main case of this novel was pretty predictable, especially if you read into the insinuation of the title. I would have liked a little more attention on the side-case surrounding the death of Haller\u2019s lawyer colleague. It seemed to be more of a Harry Bosch story, though, so I can understand why the focus was on Haller\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Michael Connelly creates an easily readable series of events that unfold in the courtroom. Some twists at the end were exciting developments\u00a0but were definitely easily guessed if the reader was paying attention. There\u2019s almost a guilty pleasure in following Haller along as he embeds that reasonable doubt into the jury\u2019s minds. Something about the justice system being used to make absolutely sure someone is innocent or guilty just sits right, even if it\u2019s in the defense of a completely unlikeable character. This character\u2019s final fate was equally as satisfying, even if it wasn\u2019t in court.<\/p>\n<p>As noted above, my only qualm with the novel was that it seemed to be only one side of the story. While we followed Mickey Haller, there was another story unfolding with Harry Bosch that probably could have filled up another volume. There was a lot that Bosch did behind the scenes that made his story also seem quite interesting, even if it wasn\u2019t expressed in these pages. The connection between these two characters at the end of the book was also nice, and I am curious how often Bosch will come back into play in future Mickey Haller books.<\/p>\n<p>A straightforward courtroom drama with predictable twists, I give <em>The Brass Verdict<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a01\/2<\/strong><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brass Verdict Year: 2008 Author: Michael Connelly Length: 681 minutes \/ 11.35 hours Another book, another trial for the Lincoln Lawyer. While I appreciated the stand-alone nature of this book, I also liked that knowledge of the events in the first book of this sub-series helped to provide context for the challenges Mickey Haller [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,54],"tags":[126,64,55,341,323,324,8,340],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-5-stars","category-book","tag-126","tag-audiobook","tag-book","tag-harry-bosch","tag-michael-connelly","tag-mickey-haller","tag-review","tag-the-brass-verdict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}