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Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After 24 years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA evidence. Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty, and he takes the case on the condition that he gets to choose his investigator, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch.

Together, Bosch and Haller set off on a case fraught with political and personal danger. Opposing them is Jessup, now out on bail, a defense attorney who excels at manipulating the media, and a runaway eyewitness reluctant to testify after so many years.

With the odds and the evidence against them, Bosch and Haller must nail a sadistic killer once and for all. If Bosch is sure of anything, it is that Jason Jessup plans to kill again.

Table of Contents
Part One - The Perp Walk
Chapters 1 - 13

Part Two - The Labyrinth
Chapters 14 - 24

Part Three - To Seek a True and Just Verdict
Chapters 25 - 36

Part Four - The Silent Witness
Chapters 37 - 41

Part Five - The Takedown
Chapters 42 - 44

Part Six - All That Remains
Chapter 45

Character List
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J. Michael (Mickey) Haller: The "Lincoln Lawyer" who teams up with crime buster Harry Bosch to prosecute Jessup for a crime committed 24 years ago. Haller has been married and divorced twice, and has a young daughter from his first wife. Haller is normally a commited defense attorney, but becomes a special prosecutor for this specific case. Haller is called the "Lincoln Lawyer" because in the previous books he has performed all of his office work from his Lincoln car while being driven from case to case.
Harry Bosch: LAPD homicide detective in the Homicide Special Unit, Mickey's half brother, and lead detective on the Jessup case. He's Maddie's father.
Margaret ( Maggie) McPherson: Mickey Haller's first ex-wife. She is second chair on the Jessup case, and is a skilled prosecutor in the District Attorney's office.
David Chu: Harry's partner.
Hayley Haller: Maggie and Mickey's daughter.
Madeline (Maddie) Bosch: Bosch's daughter. Her mother recently passed away, and she is now living with her father.
Larry Gandle: Lieutenant in charge of the Homicide Special Unit.
Gabriel Williams: District attorney.
Joe Ridell: Gabriel Williams' chief of staff.
Rachel Walling: FBI Agent.
Stephen Wright: Head of the Special Investigations Sections (SIS) responsible for the 24-hour surveillance on Jessup.
Manuel Branson: SIS detective.
Jacquez: SIS detective.
Doral Kloster: Lead detective of the investigation in 1986. Currently retired and has late-stage Alzheimer’s.
Kathy Kohl: Medical examiner's forensic anthropologist.
Art Donovan: Former crime scene tech.
Izzy Gordon: Crime scene tech who had accompanied Donovan at the Landy crime scenes.
Lisa Atwater: DNA technician.
Lorna Taylor: Mickey's second ex-wife and his current office manager.
Clive (Clever Clive) Royce: Defense attorney for Jessup.
Denise Graydon: Clive Royce's associate who assists him in the defense of Jason Jessup.
David Bell: Defense attorney, a man Maggie briefly dated.
Karen Revelle: Clive's investigator.
Jason Jessup: Convicted of the murder of a 12 year old girl. His conviction was reversed because of DNA being applied to his case.
Derek Wilbern: One of the three drivers from Aardvark who were on duty when the murder happened.
Diane Breitman: Judge at Jessup's second trial.
Sarah Ann Landy Gleason: Melissa's older sister, who identified Jessup as the abductor 24 years ago.
Melissa Theresa Landy: Twelve-year old victim, abducted from her yard and found strangled in a dumpster.
Regina Landy: Sarah and Melissa's mother. She was married to Kensington.
Kensington Landy: Melissa Landy's stepfather.
William Johnson: Worker at the El Rey theater, who discovered the body in a dumpster outside of the theatre.
Bill Clinton: Tow truck driver who worked with Jessup at Aardvark Towing.
Derek Wilbern: Tow truck driver who worked with Jessup at Aardvark Towing.
Felix Turner: Repeat drug offender and jailhouse snitch/informant.
John Rivas: Junior prosecutor who handles afternoon arraignments in Department 100.
Malcolm Firestone: Judge handling evening arraignment dockets.
Judith Champagne: Trial judge.
John Sullivan: Officer who is part of the Valley Enforcement Team, a street-level drug unit. He's partnered with Gilberto. There called Gilbert & Sullivan.
Gilberto Reyes: Officer who is part of the Valley Enforcement Team, a street-level drug unit. He's partnered with Sullivan.
Sue Bambrough: Assistant principal at Madeline Bosh's school.
Kate Salters: LA Times reporter.
Edward Roman: Sarah's boyfriend from when she was in rehab.
Sonia Reyes: Roman's current girlfriend.
Brorein: Park ranger.
Cassius Clay Montgomery: Mickey's client.
Carla Tucci: Juror dismissed at the beginning of the trial.
Rory: Maddie's friend.
Solantz: Court deputy.
David Eisenbach
Korish
Marshall Daniels
Chad Steiner
Valerie Schlicter
Shipley
Philip Hellman
Mr. Korish
Philip Kirns
Brown
Charles Barnard
Gary Lintz
Mitchell Bondurant
Ross Shuler
Gail Duvall
Jeff Trammel
Mrs. Pena
Lisa Trammel
Jack McEvoy
Cisco
Kiz
Adriana Dolan
Irvin Irving
Marcia
Rojas
Glanville
Rampone
Ms. Gordon
Abbot Kinney
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