Saturday, April 16, 2011

Weekend Book Club: The Brass Verdict

I was first introduced to Michael Connelly through his cop character Harry Bosch and was hooked! THE BRASS VERDICT is a legal thriller, featuring lawyer Mickey Haller. I bought it a while ago and have had it on my TBR pile, so when I picked it up this week I didn't realise it was book 2 of the Mickey Haller series, the first being THE LINCOLN LAWYER, currently a movie starring Matthew McConaughey. (I don't get to the movies much these days. Only movie I've seen in the last few years is Toy Story 3 but I'm definitely making time for The Lincoln Lawyer, for many reasons!) As a character, Mickey Haller is intelligent, quick-witted and human, with enough vulnerabilities to stop him from straying into cocky territory. This is a real skill by the author, to keep us from disliking him. I adore thrillers and this one had great twists at the end. And having Harry Bosch as a secondary character throughout made things interesting too. Anyone seen The Lincoln Lawyer? Thoughts? Do you recommend it? Or should I wait for DVD? What are you reading this week?

6 comments:

Jill said...

My dad loves Michael Connelly. I need to give him a shot. Mysteries and thrillers were my first reading love before romance. Now a lot of them are too gruesome for me. Grew up on Ken Follett, Sydney Sheldon, and Ed McBain.
I just finished Sophie Page's "To Marry a Prince" and am feeling a bit bereft. Sophie Weston/Page's voice is so unique and I miss her Harlequin Romances.
However, I have a ton of Harlequin Romances/RIVAs on my Kindle and I can't wait to dive in.

Lois said...

Ah well, I haven't read any of these books or have seen the movie... but I usually end up waiting for the DVD for any movie I want to see, so I'm no help there. LOL But I can say what I'm trying to read in between homework - Much Ado About Marriage by Karen Hawkins. :) Tackled all the Harlequin Romances I had at present, so now going to some historical that have been sitting on my TBR pile for a while! :)

Lois

Romance, Rumours and Rogues said...

I've heard so many good things about Sophie's book!

And I'm rapt to hear you have so many Harlequin Romances waiting to be read, Jill :)

Romance, Rumours and Rogues said...

I'm still glowing from your 5 star review on Goodreads for Deserted Island, Dreamy Ex! Lois, so I'm glad you caught up on your Harl. Roms :)

Anonymous said...

Aww, shucks... LOL Well, I'm caught up at present on the Romances -- I still have my Presents, Blazes, Silhouette Special Editions, the Romantic Suspenses to go... plus I'm sure soon I'll be adding more Romances when I catch the new ones... and those, of course are just the Harlequins. Have many, many more single titles around here too! LOL Thankfully, I'm not taking a summer class this year, so way more time to catch up on all these! :)

Lois

Romance, Rumours and Rogues said...

Sounds like you need some catching up reading time, Lois :)