by vjbooks | May 11, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
Matthew McConaughey, who had a breakout role as a lawyer in 1996’s “A Time to Kill,” is returning to the courtroom for his latest project. Variety reports that the actor is attached to star in “The Lincoln Lawyer,” a legal thriller based on the 2005 Michael Connelly...
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 | 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 28, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(John Hutchinson, Nov. 11) I suppose you might grow tired of hearing how great Michael Connelly’s latest novel is. Every time he releases a new mystery, we tell our customers that this, his latest, is the best he has ever written. I must apologize. None of that was...
