by vjbooks | Jan 3, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(akemplaw.com, Nov. 22) In 2005, Michael Connelly published The Lincoln Lawyer and introduced us to a new protagonist, Mickey Haller, notable at the time because he is not Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch, the star of most of Connelly’s excellent detective stories. Haller is...
by vjbooks | Dec 25, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(mcherald.com, Nov. 22, JC Patterson) Here’s a by-the-book breakdown of fine reads I have known and appreciated this year. The Big Boys: Heavyweight hits like Richard Price’s Lush Life, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski , and my favorite read...
by vjbooks | Dec 20, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(catholic.org, Dec. 17) Sun Sentinel (MCT) – In “The Finder,” Colin Harrison combines a strong eye for social details and the intricacies of New York City for a novel that is equally literary fiction and mystery. A scheme in which office cleaners...
by vjbooks | Dec 4, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(tampabay.com, Colette Bancroft) ‘‘everybody lies.” You can’t say Michael Connelly didn’t warn you: That’s the opening line of his electrifying new novel The Brass Verdict. This is Connelly’s second novel about Los Angeles criminal...
by vjbooks | Nov 29, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(app.com, Nov. 23, Bruce DeSilva) Michael Connelly is hard on his heroes. They are always getting shot, stabbed, bludgeoned, kidnapped, blown up or run over. And given the emotional trauma he subjects them to, physical injury is often the least of it. Mickey Haller,...
by vjbooks | Nov 29, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(www.news-press.com, Nov. 9, Jay MacDonald) Of course, you’ll find this tale, Connelly’s best work in years, in your bookstore under its correct title, “The Brass Verdict” (Little, Brown, $26.99). But for longtime fans of Connelly’s moody...
by vjbooks | Nov 18, 2008 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(nationalpost.com, Nov. 17, Robert Fulford) The producers of Without a Trace, a TV series about fictional FBI agents searching for missing persons who may be victims of crime, recently introduced a 16-year-old character who mentions casually that in high school...
by vjbooks | Nov 10, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
“The Gate House” by Nelson DeMille Hits #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List (wwww.readitnews.com, Nov. 10, Anthony Jones) The Gate House, the new thriller from Nelson DeMille, debuts at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List. The Gate House is the...
by vjbooks | Oct 22, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
Share a photo of you or a friend reading Michael Connelly’s new novel, THE BRASS VERDICT. The first 1,200 people to submit their photo with the book will receive a very special prize — an in depth profile of Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller, written by Michael...
